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	<title>Comments on: Free Phone Calls At IconDial. If Only The Business Model Would Work</title>
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		<title>By: IconDial: llamadas gratuitas a fijos y celulares &#124; Cep Telefoncunuz</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/29/free-phone-calls-at-icondial-if-only-the-business-model-would-work/comment-page-2/#comment-2702623</link>
		<dc:creator>IconDial: llamadas gratuitas a fijos y celulares &#124; Cep Telefoncunuz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Shakira Khan</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/29/free-phone-calls-at-icondial-if-only-the-business-model-would-work/comment-page-2/#comment-2588969</link>
		<dc:creator>Shakira Khan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi all. kindly help me i am female from pakistan. i want call worldwide free mobile to mobile kindly anybody give me tip. i will be very thankful. +923452238166 shakira_khanpk@yahoo.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi all. kindly help me i am female from pakistan. i want call worldwide free mobile to mobile kindly anybody give me tip. i will be very thankful. +923452238166 <a href="mailto:shakira_khanpk@yahoo.com">shakira_khanpk@yahoo.com</a></p>
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		<title>By: Touraj</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/29/free-phone-calls-at-icondial-if-only-the-business-model-would-work/comment-page-1/#comment-2569396</link>
		<dc:creator>Touraj</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 05:53:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Andres, glad to hear you are happy with jaxtr. We have launched a new service today and overhauled the UI as you requested, so be sure to log back in and check it out!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Andres, glad to hear you are happy with jaxtr. We have launched a new service today and overhauled the UI as you requested, so be sure to log back in and check it out!</p>
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		<title>By: Mike</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/29/free-phone-calls-at-icondial-if-only-the-business-model-would-work/comment-page-2/#comment-2568636</link>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Not working for me, too.

I&#039;m using www.freebuzzer.com lately, only a few short calls permitted but it&#039;s free for international calls.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not working for me, too.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m using <a href="http://www.freebuzzer.com" rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.freebuzzer.com'>http://www.freebuzzer.com</a> lately, only a few short calls permitted but it&#8217;s free for international calls.</p>
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		<title>By: boston_geek</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/29/free-phone-calls-at-icondial-if-only-the-business-model-would-work/comment-page-1/#comment-2491404</link>
		<dc:creator>boston_geek</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Free411 raised $70 million + and they&#039;re down to a few million left. Down rounds by insiders, if they&#039;ll invest in this dog in a down market (watch it get dumped into the AOL line of business just purchased, at a price less than dollars in Jingle, no employees will make money). It&#039;s on life support, but let the patient die. It got that way by eating way too much Taco Bell with a Diet Coke. The patient is obese, has a bad heart and is brain dead, with only BFF execs left.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Free411 raised $70 million + and they&#8217;re down to a few million left. Down rounds by insiders, if they&#8217;ll invest in this dog in a down market (watch it get dumped into the AOL line of business just purchased, at a price less than dollars in Jingle, no employees will make money). It&#8217;s on life support, but let the patient die. It got that way by eating way too much Taco Bell with a Diet Coke. The patient is obese, has a bad heart and is brain dead, with only BFF execs left.</p>
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		<title>By: hermannzon</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/29/free-phone-calls-at-icondial-if-only-the-business-model-would-work/comment-page-2/#comment-2490763</link>
		<dc:creator>hermannzon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>can I have your attention please! I&#039;m from a french country so i&#039;ll speak in french.

j&#039;ai découvert ce site sur une chaine d&#039;infos et j&#039;ai kiffé grave. Malheureusement j&#039;ai tenté à plusieurs reprises mais c&#039;est pas passé.j&#039;aimerais savoir si ce n&#039;est pas seulement les pays francophones qui sont pris en compte.j&#039;attends vos réponses merci.

you can bring me your answer in english if you want.Thank you very much I expect to receive your answer soon as you can!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>can I have your attention please! I&#8217;m from a french country so i&#8217;ll speak in french.</p>
<p>j&#8217;ai découvert ce site sur une chaine d&#8217;infos et j&#8217;ai kiffé grave. Malheureusement j&#8217;ai tenté à plusieurs reprises mais c&#8217;est pas passé.j&#8217;aimerais savoir si ce n&#8217;est pas seulement les pays francophones qui sont pris en compte.j&#8217;attends vos réponses merci.</p>
<p>you can bring me your answer in english if you want.Thank you very much I expect to receive your answer soon as you can!</p>
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		<title>By: Joe</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/29/free-phone-calls-at-icondial-if-only-the-business-model-would-work/comment-page-2/#comment-2490038</link>
		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Tried from Ireland, works fine. But the number that comes up on my mobile, when i call my mobile, is another Irish mobile number, it doesn&#039;t show up as &quot;number unavailable&quot; whys that and what is that number? are they routing the calls through this number?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tried from Ireland, works fine. But the number that comes up on my mobile, when i call my mobile, is another Irish mobile number, it doesn&#8217;t show up as &#8220;number unavailable&#8221; whys that and what is that number? are they routing the calls through this number?</p>
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		<title>By: jakou</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/29/free-phone-calls-at-icondial-if-only-the-business-model-would-work/comment-page-2/#comment-2489479</link>
		<dc:creator>jakou</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>the site is cool</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>the site is cool</p>
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		<title>By: IconDial: llamadas gratis a cualquier teléfono móvil o fijo del mundo &#171; MerKamóvil lo mejor de la telefonía móvil</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/29/free-phone-calls-at-icondial-if-only-the-business-model-would-work/comment-page-2/#comment-2489130</link>
		<dc:creator>IconDial: llamadas gratis a cualquier teléfono móvil o fijo del mundo &#171; MerKamóvil lo mejor de la telefonía móvil</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] servicio realmente funcionaba aunque con algunas fallas, hasta que TechCrunch hizo un post sobre él :P. Habrá que esperar un tiempo para probarlo y ver como [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] servicio realmente funcionaba aunque con algunas fallas, hasta que TechCrunch hizo un post sobre él <img src='http://www.techcrunch.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> . Habrá que esperar un tiempo para probarlo y ver como [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Panic {RE}_Programming &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Top Five Week Two Hundred Eight</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/29/free-phone-calls-at-icondial-if-only-the-business-model-would-work/comment-page-2/#comment-2488880</link>
		<dc:creator>Panic {RE}_Programming &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Top Five Week Two Hundred Eight</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] IconDial Free ad-supported Net calls; will it last? [...]</description>
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		<title>By: hamza</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/29/free-phone-calls-at-icondial-if-only-the-business-model-would-work/comment-page-2/#comment-2488716</link>
		<dc:creator>hamza</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>040267636</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>040267636</p>
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		<title>By: subzero</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/29/free-phone-calls-at-icondial-if-only-the-business-model-would-work/comment-page-1/#comment-2488424</link>
		<dc:creator>subzero</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>yes use 1 + the area code..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>yes use 1 + the area code..</p>
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		<title>By: subzero</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/29/free-phone-calls-at-icondial-if-only-the-business-model-would-work/comment-page-1/#comment-2488421</link>
		<dc:creator>subzero</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How can I star using this service, Itryed it but it sending me to other wae page..plz help</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How can I star using this service, Itryed it but it sending me to other wae page..plz help</p>
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		<title>By: rafael lamadrid</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/29/free-phone-calls-at-icondial-if-only-the-business-model-would-work/comment-page-1/#comment-2488322</link>
		<dc:creator>rafael lamadrid</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>es muy bueno saber de esta pagina de ustedes, sera muy interesante conocerlos</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>es muy bueno saber de esta pagina de ustedes, sera muy interesante conocerlos</p>
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		<title>By: Llama gratis a cualquier teléfono fijo o móvil gracias a IconDial &#171; Bloguear por bloguear&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/29/free-phone-calls-at-icondial-if-only-the-business-model-would-work/comment-page-1/#comment-2488150</link>
		<dc:creator>Llama gratis a cualquier teléfono fijo o móvil gracias a IconDial &#171; Bloguear por bloguear&#8230;</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] TechCrunch (en inglés). [...]</description>
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		<title>By: ramiro r</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/29/free-phone-calls-at-icondial-if-only-the-business-model-would-work/comment-page-1/#comment-2487889</link>
		<dc:creator>ramiro r</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:22:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>es dificil conseguir el llamador de icon dial nunca se puede conectarce al llamador</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>es dificil conseguir el llamador de icon dial nunca se puede conectarce al llamador</p>
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		<title>By: John</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/29/free-phone-calls-at-icondial-if-only-the-business-model-would-work/comment-page-1/#comment-2487831</link>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>won&#039;t succeed. anyone remember dialpad ??</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>won&#8217;t succeed. anyone remember dialpad ??</p>
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		<title>By: Tash</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/29/free-phone-calls-at-icondial-if-only-the-business-model-would-work/comment-page-1/#comment-2487760</link>
		<dc:creator>Tash</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I really wanted to test this out. It&#039;s not workiing for me</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I really wanted to test this out. It&#8217;s not workiing for me</p>
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		<title>By: sergio</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/29/free-phone-calls-at-icondial-if-only-the-business-model-would-work/comment-page-1/#comment-2487203</link>
		<dc:creator>sergio</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Is  the  service  based  in  USA,  do  I  have  to  dial  as  from  USA?  what  is  the  country  code  for  the  States?  I  am  calling  from  Mexico</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is  the  service  based  in  USA,  do  I  have  to  dial  as  from  USA?  what  is  the  country  code  for  the  States?  I  am  calling  from  Mexico</p>
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		<title>By: Jay from 1-800-FREE411</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/29/free-phone-calls-at-icondial-if-only-the-business-model-would-work/comment-page-1/#comment-2487153</link>
		<dc:creator>Jay from 1-800-FREE411</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi &quot;Not George Garrick,&quot;

The fact that you know who George Garrick is is proof that you&#039;re writing from the perspective of one of our competitors, and you&#039;re therefore badly biased.  Which competitor, I can&#039;t tell.

I&#039;m not going to get any further into the financials, since the point of my first comment was to emphasize that our success is largely attributable to our callers&#039; good experiences with our number.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi &#8220;Not George Garrick,&#8221;</p>
<p>The fact that you know who George Garrick is is proof that you&#8217;re writing from the perspective of one of our competitors, and you&#8217;re therefore badly biased.  Which competitor, I can&#8217;t tell.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not going to get any further into the financials, since the point of my first comment was to emphasize that our success is largely attributable to our callers&#8217; good experiences with our number.</p>
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		<title>By: Arona</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/29/free-phone-calls-at-icondial-if-only-the-business-model-would-work/comment-page-1/#comment-2487098</link>
		<dc:creator>Arona</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:32:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think the business model does work. I did some research around this about 2 years ago - and you can even make it work for mobile-mobile calls (assuming you can gauge demand and buy enough minutes up front with the various operators).

The only difficulties are around gaining advertisers. But essentially - knowing the time of day and location of your caller is pretty good. Plus, don&#039;t forget - doesn&#039;t the calling party also get an ad?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think the business model does work. I did some research around this about 2 years ago &#8211; and you can even make it work for mobile-mobile calls (assuming you can gauge demand and buy enough minutes up front with the various operators).</p>
<p>The only difficulties are around gaining advertisers. But essentially &#8211; knowing the time of day and location of your caller is pretty good. Plus, don&#8217;t forget &#8211; doesn&#8217;t the calling party also get an ad?</p>
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		<title>By: Anthony</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/29/free-phone-calls-at-icondial-if-only-the-business-model-would-work/comment-page-1/#comment-2487035</link>
		<dc:creator>Anthony</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ve spoken to Ashod about icondial and have tested the product.

The icondial page as it stands is a calling card, a demo - and a scalability test it would seem. I&#039;ve got a widget on my contact page for an example - don&#039;t click it, it will call my phone and my local time is +8 GMT here.

Value: allow your customers to call you, whether that be your business web page, paid search or classifieds. with just a few lines of code you can widgetize a link to a phone without exposing the telephone number.

Would you pay an extra 50 cents to have this feature on a classified ad so that with one click anyone can call you without exposing your phone number ?

I looked around for a short bit and could not find anything that does the same - which surprised me, it seems this would have been done already.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve spoken to Ashod about icondial and have tested the product.</p>
<p>The icondial page as it stands is a calling card, a demo &#8211; and a scalability test it would seem. I&#8217;ve got a widget on my contact page for an example &#8211; don&#8217;t click it, it will call my phone and my local time is +8 GMT here.</p>
<p>Value: allow your customers to call you, whether that be your business web page, paid search or classifieds. with just a few lines of code you can widgetize a link to a phone without exposing the telephone number.</p>
<p>Would you pay an extra 50 cents to have this feature on a classified ad so that with one click anyone can call you without exposing your phone number ?</p>
<p>I looked around for a short bit and could not find anything that does the same &#8211; which surprised me, it seems this would have been done already.</p>
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		<title>By: splishsplash</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/29/free-phone-calls-at-icondial-if-only-the-business-model-would-work/comment-page-1/#comment-2487029</link>
		<dc:creator>splishsplash</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Site still down.  Error Message:

While trying to retrieve the URL: http://www.icondial.com/

The following error was encountered:

    * Read Error 

The system returned:

    (104) Connection reset by peer</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Site still down.  Error Message:</p>
<p>While trying to retrieve the URL: <a href="http://www.icondial.com/" rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.icondial.com/'>http://www.icondial.com/</a></p>
<p>The following error was encountered:</p>
<p>    * Read Error </p>
<p>The system returned:</p>
<p>    (104) Connection reset by peer</p>
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		<title>By: anesly</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/29/free-phone-calls-at-icondial-if-only-the-business-model-would-work/comment-page-1/#comment-2487004</link>
		<dc:creator>anesly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>pues  ya  le intente  y  parese q no  funciona, mas no se  si  es  a  vace  de  alguna  clave  aparte?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>pues  ya  le intente  y  parese q no  funciona, mas no se  si  es  a  vace  de  alguna  clave  aparte?</p>
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		<title>By: anonymouse</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/29/free-phone-calls-at-icondial-if-only-the-business-model-would-work/comment-page-1/#comment-2486926</link>
		<dc:creator>anonymouse</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22759#comment-2486926</guid>
		<description>did not last long - it&#039;s offline now</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>did not last long &#8211; it&#8217;s offline now</p>
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