A good Skype alternative is Google Hangouts. First, you should get a free Google voice number, which will be attached to your Google account and your Hangouts profile. Then download the app and login. You will then be able to call any number in the United States or Canada, including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, free of charge. I believe it might be possible to do this without a Google Voice number, but it could get confusing whether you are getting calls from Hangouts or your regular phone.
Hangouts runs on a data connection, which is great if you have Wi-Fi access such as on a ship or in a below ground space. The dial pad is accessible the last time I checked. Kelly On 1/11/18, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > Hi Kathy, > > If this work-around with using the phone in landscape mode works for you I'd > say Skype is still one of your best and cheapest options. For me this > work-around is perfectly acceptable, of course that doesn't mean Microsoft > shouldn't fix this and hopefully they will. Skype 8.x really was a step > backward, it used to be that the DialPad worked just as in the Phone app > which means touching and lifting your finger dialed the number, now you have > to double tap or split tap. > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Kathy Brandt > Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2018 6:17 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Options to replace Skype for landline call > > Going on a cruise to the Bahamas in April, and would occasionally like to > call land lines at home, which proved invaluable on my last trip when my > roommate needed to get in touch with someone, and when I of a sudden I had > to clear up a small thing with my bank. 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