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Cheap Mobile Calls

 

 

Recently, my parents returned from Italy with a few bottles of Chianti and $750 in AT&T calling charges.

                                                                                                                                       전화 비용

Buon giorno! (그저 감탄사. 이태리어로)

 

 

Chiant:이탈리아의 키안티 지방의 적포도주.

AT&T:미국 장거리 전화회사.

 

 

Racking up exorbitant mobile charges is easy to do if you are not careful about using your cellphone

쌓아올리다. 손실 혹은 수익을 보다

 

internationally. AT&T charge 99 cents a minute to use your phone in Italy(RATES VARY BY COUNTRY),

                                                                                                                       나라별로 다르긴 하다

 and that is if you pay for the carrier's international calling plan. If you do not, the charge goes up to

                                          AT&T   전화나 인터넷 서비스를 제공하는 회사, 택배, 항공사. 신문배달원 등

 

$1.29 a minute.

 

 

exorbitant: 엄청난

 

international calling plan: 국제전화요금제

 

What my parents did not realize was the they could have nearly eliminated those charges if they had set

                                                                                                 제거하다. 없애다.

up their (in this case) iPhond and BlackBerry to take advantage of mobile Internet calling services:

 

 

mobile Internet calling services: 무선인터넷 마이나 3G망을 이용해서 휴대폰을 이용해 전화를 거는 서비스. 일반적으로 고비용의 해외 전화에 해당.

 

 

 

That $1.29-a-minute charge would have gone down to a much more reasonable 2.4 cents a minute( or

                                                                                                       합리적인, 사리에 맞는

 nothing at all if they were on a Wi-Fi network).

 

 

Wi-Fi : 무선 데이터 전송 시스템(Wireless Fidelity)

                                                             정확도, 충실도

 

 

 

The internet has been used to make calls for some time. One of the largest providers of the service,

                                                                 얼마전부터

 

Skype, was founded in 2003 and has more than half a billion user accounts.

 

 

 

And while many people gather around the PC to talk to far-flung friends and family, new apps and

                                                                                   먼, 멀리 떨어진

 

 

services can replicate that experience(and that savings) on cellphones.

                     복제하다

 

 

To transform your mobile phone into a device capable of making cheap international calls. you need to

      변환시키다.                                        기구

consider a few things. Ideally, you have a smartphone that can access Wi-Fi, like an iPhone or a Droid.

 

 

 

 Wi-Fi ensures the best call quality, since it's carried over a high-speed Internet connection rather than

                                       통화품질

through third-generation, or 3G, cellular network.

                                      

 

But if you don't have a Wi-Fi-enabled smartphone, you are not out of luck. There are calling services

                                                                                           운이 없는 것은 아니다

 

that use local phone numbers rather than wireless data connections to place calls, making them compatible with a wide range of devices.

호환이 가능한

 

 Application can dial a local access number as if you were placing a regular call; and your call is routed

                                     지역(시내)접속 번호                                                                               전송되다

over the Internet at similarly discounted rates.

                                                할인된 요금

                                         

 There are also free calling mobile applications, each with its own layout, feature list and call puality. In

                                                                                                    배치      특징 목록

my tests of more than six different applications by calling friends in Europe and Africa, these stood out:

 

SKYPE FOR MOBILE

 

 

Like the program for Mac and PCs, Skype Mobile lets you make free calls and send instant message to

                                                                                                                            즉석문자

 fellow Skype users. You can also call non-Skype landlines and cellphones using Skype Credit, a fee-based service that charge pennies per minute for international calls.

                                        분당 수십 원 정도

 

 

 

Skype Credit=a fee-based service

 

Skype offers several mobile versions, including Skype for the iPhone and iPaid Touch, Skype for Windows phones.

 

 

The application for the iPhone and iPaid Touch most closely resembles Skype's familiar desktop program. Though I could send text-based message to my Skype -using friend in Belgrade over AT&T's

                                              문자를 이용한 메시지

 

3G network, I needed to connect the phone to a Wi-Fi network to make a call.

 

(You currently cannot make Skype or other Internet-based calls on the iPhone via AT&T's 3G network, though that could change soon.)

 

After a simple tap of the call button, I could clearly hear is familiar accent without any noticeable lag or

                     휴대전화에 있는 '전화걸기'버튼을 가볍게 톡치다

choppiness.

 

Similarly, a call I made to a friend's cellphone in Senegal using Skype Credit was crystal clear in sound and

비슷하게                                                                                소리가 투명하게 뚜렷하다.    음색이 맑고 깨끗하다.

connected in only 15 seconds. We chatted for 10 minutes, which cost me only $2.40.

 

 

 

That same call on AT&T, even if I signed on to its international calling plan(which cost$4 a month),

                                                      계약을 하다

 

 

would have cost $8.80. Without the international calling plan, the fee would have climbed to $27.80.

 

For those without iPhones or Windows Mobile devices, Skype provides its Skype Lite application. Skype Lite cannot make calls over Wi-Fi or 3G networks, but instead routes calls through a local cellphone number.

 

It isn't as complicated as it sounds : when using a My Touch 3G phone, I selected a Skype contact in London. The application started the phone's dialer and automatically routed the call to a local number.

My British pal came through clear and static-free.

 

One thing to remember is that while calls made with Skype Lite are local and your carrier won't exact a long-distance fee. you are technically making a call. So those calls will count against the minutes in your

                                                                                                            ~에게 불리하게 작용하다

calling plan.

 

exact: 여기서는 요구하다. 받아내다, 의미로 사용

 

 

 

FRING

Picking up where Skype Mobile leaves off, Fring provides an even richer experience on more phones. It

                                                                                                         풍부한 경험

supports calling over Wi-Fi and 3G on Android and Nokia devices; iPhone 3G calling is on the way. In addition to free calling to Fring members anywhere in the world, the service connects to Skype, Google

                 Fring 서비스에 가입된 회원에게 거는 전화를 무료로 해주는 것.

 

Talk and MSN Messenger contacts.

 

After installing the Fring application from the Android Marketplace on Sprint's HTC Hero, I tapped into my Skype account to call my Belgrade friend over Sprint's network. Since I didn't need to be in a Wi-Fi hotspot, I made the call while walking down a noisy New York street.

 

 

install: (소프트웨어를)설치하다

 

Unfortunately, because 3G data network weren't built for packets of data as fast-moving as a cellphone call, the connection was weak and kept fading in and out. When I was standing still, the call was slightly

                                                                                                       움직이지 않고 정체

 

clearer but like a dialogue between in-studio anchors and on-the-ground news corresopndents, there

                                                      스튜디오 안에 있는 뉴스 앵커/ 현장에 있는 뉴스 기자

 

was a noticeable lag in the conversation.

            분명히 알아차릴 수 있는 시간적 지연

That all disappeared when I commected the Hero to a Wi-Fi network; we talked for five minutes with no interruptions or delay.

 

If you are a fan of Skype's desktop video-calling service, you maybe wondering when it will be appearing on its mobile app. Fring's already beaten Skype to the punch on this feature. The company recently update its iPhone application with one-way video calling. "One-way," because the iPhone doesn't have a front-facing camera? so you can see your caller but your caller can't see you.

 

TRUPHONE

 

Truphone, which works a bit differently from Skype and Fring, is available for a number of devices

                                                                                                                    꽤 많은 숫자의 기기들

 including the iPhone, the ipod Touch and Android, Nokia and BlackBerry handsets.

 

Truphone doesn't have a 3G calling option, but offers calling over Wi-Fi for Android, Nokia and iPhone handsets. The company offers Truphone Anywhere , a service similar to Skype's Lite application that routes long-distance calls first over a local number and then via the Internet for lower rates.

 

Though Truphone permits you to sign into your Skype account and call Skype users, you can also make free calls to other Truphone users. When I called a Truphone friend in London on his cell using a Wi-Fi network, call quallity was decent and there was no background hissing.

 

Blending the functionality of both Fring and Skype, I discovered the true beauty of Truphone when I ventured outside of Wi-Fi territory and was able to automatically call Truphone users and international numbers by using my phone's own dialing capabilities. Although I need to buy Truphone credit, the call was routed over a local number and then to Truphone's network.

 

What's the benefit of that, rather than it switching to 3G like Fring? Much better call quality. Just as with Skype Lite, when I Dialed my friend in Israel, Truphone called a local New York City number, and connected me to her cell. Her voice was as clear as if she was sitting right next to me.

 

Clearly, making a choice about which service to use to reduce the cost of international calling will

              선택을 하다                                                     비용을 줄이다

 

depend heavily on what cellphone you have and whether you have east access to a Wi-Fi network.

 

 

depend on: ~에 달려있다.

 

But no matter which option you select, you will definitely save some money. AT&T may have heavily charge habits, but with so many new and cheaper option, that won't happen again.