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09 May, 2009

How Connect2Pk works?

Posted by: Connect2Pk In: Uncategorized

Connect2Pk.com offers free calls from Pakistan. It’s a “Phone to PC” & “PC to PC” call solution. Connect2Pk offers local Pakistan phone numbers dialing (Karachi, Islamabad etc) through which the caller is connected to the softphone on PC, anywhere in the world! To register an account, simply provide a number within Pakistan (from which you will receive phone calls) and ask your friends & family to dial the Pakistan local phone number (Connect2pk number) from the registered number and the call will be forwarded to your PC/mobile.

To put this in simple steps:

  • Assuming that you are living anywhere outside Pakistan and you want to talk to your friends & family living in Pakistan
  • Assuming that your friends & family have either a landline phone or a mobile phone. And you have a PC with internet connection

Steps for free calls to Pakistan:

1. Register with Connect2Pk.com

Enter your name, email address and password.
Now in the Mapped number field (enter your friends & family Pakistan number).

2. Download the PC application (X-lite). You can also configure Fring to receive calls directly on your mobile phone. You will get SIP settings in your email.

SIP settings:
Username: <Your username>
Password: <Your password>
Domain: connect2pk.com:5065

3. Now ask your friends & family to call local Pakistan Connect2pk numbers. Any one of the local access numbers which is cheap for your friends & family in Pakistan:

  • 021-7016586 (Karachi)
  • 041-5529224 (Faisalabad)
  • 042-2008625 (Lahore)
  • 051-7185152 (Islamabad)

4. You will receive the phone call directly on your softphone (it could be either PC or mobile)

Call limits will be applied to all users as defined on the website:

  • 20min/call, round the clock!
  • 4-10am (PST), 45min/call

So this way you can connect to your loved ones in Pakistan for free. The only cost your friends & family will bear would be charges of a local call as per the tariff of PTCL or any other cellular network.

For more info, you may refer to the FAQ section.

64 Responses to "How Connect2Pk works?"

1 | Hashaam

May 12th, 2009 at 12:44 am

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salam.

i don,t have words for you, i would only saty that may you all live long life… Ameen

2 | jaadi

May 19th, 2009 at 7:20 am

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aoa
hi hw r u
its very helpful specialy 4 tht people..who live out of country.
but i try 2 register my account,he show me messge,signup closed 4 maintaince,so after hw mch time working.
i m waitng ur reply.
i dot hve word in wht way,i apprciate u,abt tht work,
May u do more 4 pakistai people.
thx

3 | Aze

May 19th, 2009 at 10:43 pm

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Hi, Connect2pk,

Great service, keep it going, are you planning to enhance the service and add commerical packages as well.
Thank you very much

4 | Connect2Pk

May 21st, 2009 at 11:50 am

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@jaadi
We’ll be resuming sign-ups from May 23, 2009 InshAllah!

5 | rizwan

May 24th, 2009 at 6:40 pm

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i need to regester my email add in connect2pk.i don,t know what ahppning so kindly advoice me to do regester my mail .

regards

6 | Connect2Pk

May 24th, 2009 at 6:53 pm

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@rizwan
New user registration has been resumed. Sign-up for an account now and get connected to your friends & family instantly!

7 | saif

May 25th, 2009 at 5:48 pm

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yes u r great..i love u guys

8 | Faarhan

May 28th, 2009 at 11:52 pm

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Hi,
Everything is go through well, but once my family try to call me from Pakistan, Number is busy, they tried almost two hour before the give up, is there something goes wrong or its a normal thing?

9 | Connect2Pk

June 3rd, 2009 at 3:14 pm

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It seems something is wrong on your side. For proper troubleshooting, please post a query on our Forums.

10 | Muhammad Asif Raza

June 8th, 2009 at 12:00 pm

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I really appreciate your work & thanks to start a very very good service for free. I was searching a good communication way and finally i found connect2pk. really very very thanks, ALLAH Bless to all connect2pk team.

11 | Muhammad Asif Raza

June 8th, 2009 at 12:05 pm

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Plz, tell me about outgoing calls, when you are going to start outgoing calls? and plz tell me about the charges of outgoing calls, thanks ……ASIF

12 | kamran

June 8th, 2009 at 3:43 pm

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hi you done a good work

13 | Connect2Pk

June 11th, 2009 at 11:38 am

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@Muhammad Asif Raza
We’ve already replied to your query via email.

14 | abrar

June 27th, 2009 at 5:18 pm

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Dear sir,
i and my friends are using connet2pk and happy to save money.but only one drop back that if i want to talk with other friend in Pakistan i can not talk must be open an other account and sign in that account but if my first friend want to talk with me he can not talk me because i am long in other account,this system is not good i was online and i must give my account to all friends and family when they call,they must call local number then the tap ask my account number when they dial my account number call will come on my pc.i hope you will update your system.abrar

15 | Connect2Pk

June 30th, 2009 at 9:02 am

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@abrar
Our system does support multiple account functionality but the free SIP phone (X-Lite) does not support multiple accounts. You can Google out for more SIP applications that can support more than 1 accounts at a time!

16 | Farhan

July 3rd, 2009 at 1:14 am

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I love to use this service but Please take a look for registration page and it not allow to me for registration :(

Thanks alot & you guys are rock!

17 | Connect2Pk

July 3rd, 2009 at 11:10 am

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@Farhan
We’ve temporarily closed registration due to PTCL 8 digit migration. Please check back after few days. Thanks!

18 | Tahir

September 12th, 2009 at 7:17 pm

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Great,aap ne perdesion ko qareeb ker dia hey,realy admirable service

19 | Connect2Pk

September 14th, 2009 at 9:11 am

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@Tahir
JazakAllah, happy talking (:

20 | iftikhar

September 17th, 2009 at 1:28 pm

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what is verification code

21 | Kamran

September 18th, 2009 at 4:04 pm

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Its look like these numbers are premium numbers, Can anyone calls on them from PTCL on same local to local call charges? or they are special rate numbers?

* 021-7016586 (Karachi)
* 041-5529224 (Faisalabad)
* 042-2008625 (Lahore)
* 051-7185152 (Islamabad)

22 | Connect2Pk

September 20th, 2009 at 5:51 pm

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@Kamran
Connect2Pk numbers are not premium numbers. Our users makes calls from PTCL and other cellular services and bear only local charges. We do not charge anything to our users, the service is 100% free!

23 | Connect2Pk

September 20th, 2009 at 5:56 pm

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@iftikhar
Verification code verifies that the registration has been done by a human. Please enter verification code as shown in the image.

24 | Arbab

October 13th, 2009 at 10:27 pm

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how to activet my account,
its nothing to show for activet plz help

25 | Connect2Pk

October 14th, 2009 at 10:17 am

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@Arbab
If you login on Connect2Pk.com, you’ll see “Account status: In-active” under “My Profile” section. Kindly activate your account from our website using ‘Activate My Account’ page before setting it up on any VoIP phone.

26 | mamnoon anwar

October 16th, 2009 at 9:00 pm

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hi
this is mamnoon anwar i got the username and donmin and i add to the SIP but there is coming error 408 and request time out.
what is the meaning of this one and what can i do.

27 | Connect2Pk

October 18th, 2009 at 9:33 pm

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@mamnoon anwar
Please post all your service related queries on our HelpDesk: http://www.connect2pk.com/helpdesk/

28 | junaid

November 9th, 2009 at 7:16 pm

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Hi. plz help me i have done my account on connect2pk but i am not able to make a call any where

29 | junaid

November 9th, 2009 at 7:24 pm

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when i call and dial a number then this voice is coming that. can not be completed plz check the number and dial again. now tell me what can i do

30 | Connect2Pk

November 10th, 2009 at 2:09 am

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@junaid
Please post all your service related queries on our HelpDesk: http://www.connect2pk.com/helpdesk/

31 | Zahid Riaz

November 18th, 2009 at 6:44 am

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hello
by mistake i entered my username only without @connect2pk.com:5065 in SIP setting. it will work or not
if not then what i do because i unsubscrib again but it didnot take password.
i will be thankful to u if u help me
take good care

32 | Connect2Pk

November 18th, 2009 at 9:40 am

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@Zahid Riaz
Please post all your service related queries on our HelpDesk: http://www.connect2pk.com/helpdesk/

33 | Zahid Riaz

November 18th, 2009 at 9:49 am

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As my above comments
i do some task
i reinstall fring and again install
i go to SIP setting but it didn’t take pasword which is of connect2pk.
it show msg that
use number 0-9
or alpaber a-z
kiddly tell me which pasword i put there
take care

34 | Jani

November 18th, 2009 at 7:19 pm

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hi em a new user kindly guide me wat can i do 4 make a free call in pakistan or else?

35 | Connect2Pk

November 19th, 2009 at 5:02 am

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@Jani
You can start receiving calls in 3 simple steps:
1. Register on Connect2Pk by providing a mapped number of your calling party (within Pakistan) from which you will receive phone calls
2. Setup your softphone on PC/Mobile
3. Ask your calling party to dial one of our numbers to get connected!

36 | Jani

November 19th, 2009 at 8:44 pm

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kindly tell me about mapped number i mean what is mapped number??

37 | Jani

November 19th, 2009 at 8:54 pm

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can i change da mapped number?

38 | Jani

November 19th, 2009 at 9:11 pm

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how can i transfer da incumin calls from x-lite 2 my cell phone??

39 | Connect2Pk

November 20th, 2009 at 4:31 am

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@Jani
Mapped number is the calling party’s number from which you’ll receive phone calls. Unfortunately, you cannot change the mapped number. However, you may register another account to map new number. To receive phone calls on your Mobile, you’ll need a SIP application on your handset. For more details, visit: http://www.connect2pk.com/mobile-settings.html – For further queries, please contact us at: http://www.connect2pk.com/helpdesk/

40 | VoIP for Bangladesh

November 20th, 2009 at 11:10 am

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Great service, great way to make call for free from Pakistan to around the globe. We have reviewed Connect2Pk.com in our VoIP blog – http://voipforbangladesh.blogspot.com. Bangladesh can have similar kind of service from Bangladesh.

Thanks

41 | qais

December 9th, 2009 at 12:42 am

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hi
my email address is this one which i have mentioned above .
but unfortuntely when i was making the account in connect2pk i wrote
zaildar295_680@gmail.com
bbut that email address does not exist i have forgotten the account details as well.
also u also know that in gmail account formation with the sign of ( _ )under score is not possible so that email addresss does not dxist so kindly either delete that old account or help me in changing my email address because i am in big trouble in this regard because i cant have same mapping numer in two accounts so please help me.
thanks

42 | Qais

December 9th, 2009 at 10:59 am

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i put a blog yesterday as well
that while making my account i put a wrong email address
like
zaildar295_680@gmail.com
rather than
zaildar295680@gmail.com
so i request u to change my email address
as my correct email address is
zaildar295680@gmail.com
thanks

43 | Qais

December 9th, 2009 at 11:00 am

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please reply
u can either delete my account
it is also clear from the fact that in gmail it is not possible to make an account with the under score _.

44 | Qais

December 9th, 2009 at 11:01 am

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please do something

45 | Qais

December 9th, 2009 at 11:02 am

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i am in a big fix so either delete my account or change my email address.
thanks

46 | Qais

December 9th, 2009 at 11:19 am

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now i have remembered my account and i have loggeg in as well now i want to change my email address how i can do that please reply

47 | 315710

December 9th, 2009 at 3:25 pm

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Hi What is error 408 time out , At the time when i have to receive a call from pakistan, then i have this error most of the time.

48 | Kamran

December 9th, 2009 at 3:27 pm

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Helllo ! sir i have error 408 most of the time. please give me a solution Thanks………

49 | Connect2Pk

December 10th, 2009 at 5:10 am

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@Qais
Please post your query on our HelpDesk so that we can update your e-mail address, thanks! http://www.connect2pk.com/helpdesk/

50 | Connect2Pk

December 10th, 2009 at 5:14 am

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@Kamran
Please post all your service related queries on our HelpDesk: http://www.connect2pk.com/helpdesk/

51 | Mzher

December 11th, 2009 at 6:57 pm

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AoA, sir i m v.thankful to u for this Great Service. plz send me the list of Connect2pk supported phone because i downloaded fring & this version is only text version . send me the list of mobile that supports voice version of Fring. My email address of mazhermajeed@hotmail.com

52 | Connect2Pk

December 14th, 2009 at 8:10 am

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@Mzher
Walaykumussalam, we’ve replied to your query via HelpDesk.

53 | zainab

December 15th, 2009 at 8:43 am

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great service can u tell me about outgoing calls, how can i do that how much will it charge me..n if u havent started it yet please start it soon as ..thanks

54 | Connect2Pk

December 15th, 2009 at 1:36 pm

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@zainab
We only support Phone to PC/Mobile calls for now.

55 | sehan

December 16th, 2009 at 5:08 am

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my friends is calling to local number provided by you, but number is busy

56 | Connect2Pk

December 16th, 2009 at 5:50 am

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@sehan
Please post all your service related queries on our HelpDesk: http://www.connect2pk.com/helpdesk/

57 | Muhammad Usman

January 26th, 2010 at 2:14 pm

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Dear Sir
I cannot register with my Nokia E51 mobile phone. Please let me know is there any thing wrong in UAE? Further more let me know that the call charges will apply to Pak user according to their career charges (Call packages included) or any extra charges will also be levied?

Further More if you can clerify my that your paid service also have call duration limitation barriers?

Looking forward for your instant response.

58 | Connect2Pk

January 27th, 2010 at 10:43 am

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@Muhammad Usman
Please post all your service related queries on our HelpDesk: http://www.connect2pk.com/helpdesk/

59 | khalid

January 28th, 2010 at 1:27 am

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Hi there , is there any number available for peshawar City

60 | Connect2Pk

January 28th, 2010 at 11:51 am

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@khalid
No, currently there is no number available for Peshawar.

61 | fiaz ahmed

March 9th, 2010 at 1:37 pm

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salam,
Plz tell me that when a call comes from my caller it drops down after 1 or 2 bells autometically.so i cant recieve it.plz help me regarding this problem.tahnks

62 | Connect2Pk

March 18th, 2010 at 9:34 pm

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@fiaz ahmed
Walaykumussalam. Please post all your service related queries on our HelpDesk: http://www.connect2pk.com/helpdesk/

63 | Mehmood

April 4th, 2010 at 6:09 pm

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Dear Sir,

I am using first time . my family try to calling me my pc. my family lives in lahore, so tell which no dial Islamabad no like 051 8340301 or Lahore no 042-2008625. please let me know by email and what time family can be call.

Best regards,

Mehmood
Mob: +966-556194773
E-mail: subhani98@hotmail.com

64 | Connect2Pk

April 27th, 2010 at 7:54 am

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