Facetime with 3GS

I currently have lots of ways of "talking" to people, including Skype.  With Skype, I can talk to another person, and IF either of us turns on a camera, the other person gets to see our image.
I'm pretty sure tha answer to this is "no", but is there any reason why I can't install Facetime on my 3GS, even though it doesn't have a camer in the front?  My brother wants to call me from his Facetime account, but apparently I can't install it because of the lack of a camera.  The camera part doesn't bother me - I can still see my brother, and it would be just like the way this is done using Skype.
Is there any way around this?
I'm still playing around with other options...
Skype seems to work well.
Viber is even better, but only if both parties have it
Magic Jack seems to disconnect too often.
Jajah is what I've been using for years - usually works fine.
I've never seen or used Facetime, but I've been told it's quite good.
I frequently call people overseas.  If they do have an internet connection, I think I now prefer Viber.  If they don't, I've gotten to like Jajah very much.  When calling the USA from overseas, I almost always use Jajah.

So, if someone does have 'facetime' and tries to use it to call my phone number, do they get an error message that says the dialed number is not compatible with Facetime? 
Thanks; that explains it perfectly.  I thought it was an 'app' that only people with the proper devices could download.  I didn't realize it was bult into the OS.

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