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Whoch is a VoIP services provider that strives to replace landline phone services. Whoch gives you a free phone number through which you can receive calls for free, and a lot of free phone features. Calls between Whoch users are free, and are cheap ($1.9) within the US and Canada. Calls to other destinations worldwide are lower as well compared to landline rates, but not among the lowest on the VoIP market.

Whoch Service Plans

With Whoch, users can replace their landline phone system. They can either use a softphone, which Whoch offers for free, or use their traditional home phone with a phone adapter (ATA). Whoch can also be used on mobile phones. The free number offered can be used to ring many phones on a single call.

Whochs most prominent service plan is called Whoch One, which offers the basic for free. This is meant for primarily tech-savvy residential users, who can benefit from the additional features and/or savings. Users can either use their softphone application or set up a SIP account which is about as difficult as setting up a printer.

This review is mainly on the Whoch One free service. There are however three other service plans, namely Whoch 3, 5, and 10. These plans allow respectively 3, 5 and 10 users, groups and locations. The prices start at around $20.

Whoch Prices

The entire service, if used to answer calls on a SIP phone is free - including the U.S. phone number. Calling other Whoch users is free as well. There are no restrictions in terms of usage. Outgoing and forwarded calls are on a metered plan at 1.9 cents per minute to the U.S. and Canada.

This means that local US calls are billed at this price, which makes it better than mobile GSM rates, but it still has to desire those services that allow free calls within the US. Calls to other destinations worldwide vary widely in range, some nearly reaching half a dollar per minute, which the cheapest is 1.9 cents. The rate depends on the destination.

Whoch Features

• Ring multiple phones at once (such as at work and at home) on the same number
• Transcriptions for voicemail - either by email or through our mobile apps
• Whoch calls can be forwarded to any phone worldwide, such as when traveling

• Inexpensive calls from abroad (at 1.9 ct a minute)
• Phone conferences at no extra cost
• Call recording
• Notifications (missed calls, voicemails, etc.)

Whoch Pros

• A U.S. phone number that rings any SIP phone worldwide if offered free.
• That number can be used to ring multiple phones at once.
• The Whoch service is flexible; it can be tailored to be used with desktop software, mobile apps, hardware phones, etc.
• It comes with a free voicemail including transcriptions.
• It allows for range of sophisticated call routing and notification functions.
• Whoch also provides free PC and Mac software as well as iPhone and Android apps to go with the service.
• Supports SIP
• All the features listed above

Whoch Cons

• Number portability not supported.
• Mobile app works only for the iPhone and Android phones.
• Numbers offered only from 27 states in the US