I am in california and have someone in new zealand who wants to call me with a international calling card. Id prefer to use my cell phone (service: TMobile), but will I get charged for this call, although THEY are calling ME with a prepaid calling card? And which would be best and cheapest for this call? (Landline, cell, payphone..)
Thanks.
I live in the USA and want to make some calls to Egypt. I want the cheapest international calling card with the lowest connection rate per min.
I have been buying my cards from gas stations so far. But I am looking for something better. I want to be sure that if I buy a card specifically advertised as a card to call Egypt with 80 mins on it, that I get a card with 80 full mins; not some recalculated aproximation of 80 mins that only gives me 15 mins in actual time.
Anyone know the best prepaid calling card to use to call the Philippines from The USA? I am using a AT&T card now that gets me 18 minutes for 10 dollars. Theres gotta be a better card out there!
Many people have found a international calling card an invaluable way to save money on their telephone bills and long-distance charges. A calling card is a pay-as-you-go way of paying for only the actual minutes that you talk, whether at home or traveling. When you purchase the calling card, you are prepaying for the number of minutes on the card.
Purchase a prepaid calling card at your local drug, grocery or department store. They come in increments from 20 to 1,000 minutes and are good for calls within the country. When you pay for it, the clerk activates the card so that it can be used. This activation process ensures that calling cards stolen from the store cannot be used. Save your receipt in case there is a problem using the card.
Scratch off the PIN coating on the back of the card with a coin. You need this PIN whenever you make a long-distance telephone call.
Dial the 800 number on the back of the card to make a call. An operator will give you instructions to complete a call and will give you the choice of English or Spanish instructions. Enter the PIN when prompted. The automated system will tell you how many minutes you have remaining on your card at the beginning of every call.
Dial the telephone number when prompted and your call will be put through.
Pay attention when your minutes dwindle below 10. You will only get one warning when you have one minute left and at the end of the minute your call will be disconnected. Also note that using the calling card at a pay phone automatically takes a minimum of 20 minutes off of your calling time.
Prepaid phone cards sometime know as “calling cards” are purchased in denominations, such as $5, $10, $20, or in other available denominations, or in other currencies such as sterling.
When you purchase this card, the card is precharged with a value of call credit which is usually the same as that of the card value. (Sometimes cards may give extra value such as a $25 for $20).
Callers can then use the card to call from almost any touch tone telephone to call either local or International.
Because cards are prepaid, phone card producers are able to purchase ‘minutes’ in bulk from line carriers such as MCI, WorldCom, Deutche Telecom, BT, etc. Purchasing in bulk means savings, and these savings are passed onto the phone card user. Typically, on international calls, callers can save over 80% over a standard dialing service, and in some cases over 90%, thus making phone cards a very attractive method for calling abroad.
Phone cards are then generally supplied to phone card resellers.
Normally first line customer services are supplied by the card operator, details of which are normally sent with the order. As the physical card is not needed, many orders are now made via email or over the phone. The phone card resellers then send details to the customer, the details would normally include :-
*Access number (s)
*PIN number (s)
*Customer Services telephone number for that specific card
*Usage instructions
