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Switch from Free Phone Line to Fongo Home Phone and Save $40!
Hey FreePhoneLine Members! We are urging you to switch to Fongo Home Phone as we do not support Free Phone Line through technical support. Your service with Free Phone Line will not be interrupted, and will continue to function as expected; however, if you require technical support, we will not [...]
Fongo Tips – Improve Your Audio Quality
Are you looking to improve your audio quality? Check out this list of tips and tricks that will improve audio quality for both Fongo Mobile and Fongo Home Phone. Fongo Mobile Check Your Connection The quality of your call often depends on the strength of your connection. That being said, [...]
Transferring Your Number to Another Carrier
How to Transfer Your Fongo Number to Another Carrier: Please contact your new carrier to process the request on your behalf. You will need to provide your new carrier with the following information: Customer Name and Address - Obtaining your customer name and address from your Fongo account: Log into www.fongo.com or www.freephoneline.ca (depending [...]
How It Works – Ditch Your Talk and Text Plan!
You may be thinking... I can't use a tablet plan on my smartphone! Yes you can! The data-only SIM cards used in tablets are the same SIM cards used in smartphones. Who knew?! Want to use Fongo with a data-only tablet plan? Simply follow these 5 steps: Visit your phone [...]
How It Works – How to Set Up Call Forwarding
Setting Up Call Forwarding on Your Fongo Mobile App: Follow Me is Fongo's free call forwarding service. With Follow Me, you can forward your calls to up to 3 separate phone numbers - giving you the chance to answer the call on your most convenient device. If you are looking [...]
Fongo Referral Program – Earn Rewards!
Home Phone Referral Refer someone to Fongo home phone and you will receive 1 month of home phone service for free ($4.95 value). The person you refer must enter your email or home phone number during their sign up process (As seen below). Within a few business days your account [...]
How It Works – Government Service Numbers
Fongo has added support for X-1-1 numbers in different provinces. If the phone number originates from a specific area, we will connect to that area’s local version of the service based on the "from" number. 2-1-1: Community Health and Social Services Call to receive information regarding healthcare or social [...]
Using Fongo While Travelling
Taking Your Home Phone Adapter Abroad With Fongo Home Phone, you can take adapter anywhere in the world and continue making/receiving calls as if you’re still at home. It's still free to call all 10 provinces in Canada and international calling rates stay the same. Fongo App: Connecting with Canada [...]
How It Works – Setting Up A Conference Call
Fongo Mobile, Home Phone and Fongo Works Conference Calling First Things First…. Anyone in the conference call can use ANY phone they want, it doesn’t have to be a Fongo number. Conference calls can have up to 15 people. Example Conference Call Scenario – Everyone is either using Fongo or has [...]
Fongo Tips – Transfer Your Existing Number to Fongo!
Fongo Mobile Port-In Instructions * Do not contact your current provider indicating your intention of cancelling service with them. Once porting to Fongo is completed, your account with your old provider will be automatically cancelled. 1. Download the Fongo app to your smartphone 2. Create a Fongo account and get [...]
Fongo World Credits
How World Credits Work Mobile and home phone users need World Credits to make calls outside of Canada. Fongo users can call anywhere in the world if they have World Credits. If a Fongo user tries to call somewhere outside of Canada without World Credits, the call will not connect. [...]
Fongo Tips – Sync Contacts or Link Your Number to Fongo Mobile
The Fongo Mobile app not only offers free calling to over 1300 cities across Canada, but we also have great features that will help you manage your calls, texts and even the app. This blog will help you learn how to link a secondary number to Fongo and Sync your [...]
How It Works – Set Up Your Fongo Voicemail
Knowing how to use your voicemail is an important aspect of having a phone. If we miss a call or can’t answer at a specific time, we need to have a voicemail to be able to receive those important messages. Fongo offers you a wide range of features so you [...]
Fongo Tips – iOS App Features
Our iOS Version Comes With Exciting Features! Our features include: Answering calls without unlocking the phone- You can now answer your Fongo number without unlocking the screen. To start using this feature make sure you, Have launched the new app once Allow notifications Are logged into the Fongo service Have [...]
Fongo Tips – Improve Your WiFi at Home
Make Sure You Are Updated Sometimes to speed up your connection all you need is an update, this can include either your routers or your wireless card from your computer or device. To update your router will really just depend on your device type, just a simple google search and [...]
Fongo Tips – Traveling With Your Phone
Airplane mode When travelling this mode will be your best friend. This will disable all connections such as data, WiFi and Bluetooth, saving both your battery and data. If you have a travel plan that gives you a certain amount of data you can also check our data-saving tips blog [...]
Fongo Tips – Backing Up Your Phone
These days, our phones contain everything and we rely on them heavily for our day-to- day tasks (at least I know that I do). We all hope that we don’t lose them and all the valuable information on them. But, it does seem to happen and that’s why I've shared some [...]
Switch And Save With Fongo Home Phone – It’s Easy!
Making the switch to Fongo Home phone really is easy. To start you just have to visit our website and sign up and you can start saving in no time. You can sign up here https://www.fongo.com/home-phone/
Fongo Tips – Saving Data
Smartphones are great but they are not always cheap - nor are the big data plans that come with them. Although Fongo helps you save on talk and text, with how much we use the internet, it can be very easy to go over your data limit. So we are [...]
How It Works – Fongo Works App Login
How To Log Into The Fongo Works Mobile App Note: The login credentials to sign into the mobile app are NOT the same as the credentials used to sign in online. Begin by singing into your Fongo Works account on your computer. In the members tab, scroll to the member [...]
Fongo Works – Now Available in 48 New Areas!
We're expanding! Fongo Works now has local numbers available in 48 NEW areas. You can now receive local phone numbers for your Fongo Works phone system in or around the following cities: Alberta Banff Manitoba Oakbank Ontario Ancaster Aurora Belleville Brockville Carleton Place Chatham Collingwood Cooksville Cornwall Dundas Galt Gravenhurst Hespeler Huntsville Lindsay [...]