Calling from U.S. to Australia

[Identity 0]

Alright, anyone living in the United States know the cheapest cards to call Australia?

[lisaf 0]

Alright, anyone living in the United States know the cheapest cards to call Australia?

when Im in the US I use " Xtra" or ( "X treme"? been a few months think the first one is right) Anyway , its a bright yellow card. For $5 USA to Aust. ( landline, don't know about mobiles) gives 6 hours.

[JC75 0]

cloncom.com ( i think is the name) is 2c a minute last time we used them....

I correct myself its 0.02c per min....

and yup its cloncom

Australia AUD 0.03 /min

Canada AUD 0.02 /min

India AUD 0.23 /min

Indonesia AUD 0.15 /min

Japan AUD 0.04 /min

New Zealand AUD 0.03 /min

USA - Continental AUD 0.02 /min

United Kingdom AUD 0.02 /min

[mwfaith1971 0]

we use champion calling card. 2c a minute and it's rechargable.

matt

[Identity 0]

Does it differ from region to region? The phone card will be utilised from Seattle.

Thank you.

[mwfaith1971 0]

i think some of the cards you get are regional but i know champion can be gotten online anywhere in the US.

go to: masterbell and they have alot of different cards with different rates to pretty much anywhere in the world. this is where i got the champion card from and still use the site to recharge it.

matt

ps: good luck wog.

[Identity 0]

Do the rates differ if you call cell phones in Australia?

[mwfaith1971 0]

yes they do, which is strange, because to call a cell phone from australia the rate is the same but from the US to australia it doubles or more.

normally when you use the phone card, it will tell you how many minutes you have left between dialling the number and connecting the call and when you call an australian mobile you find that the minutes remaining will probably halve.

hope this helps.

matt

[CarolineM 0]

we used Penny Talk and he still uses it to call home.

The rate is like 2 cents a min...I think...but more if you ring a cell phone.

go to

www.pennytalk.com

Good luck Wog.

[Identity 0]

Do they differ in Quality-of-Service? I think they all use the same fibre-optic link under the Pacific Ocean?

In recent calls I've noticed that the quality of the call from the U.S. is very poor. Is this due to the particular provider of the calling-card?

[mwfaith1971 0]

i don't know. i've had some really bad lines, so i've hung up and rung again and it seemed like it cleared up.

i would say that if you are using a phone card then that line may be the problem.

i would just hang up and call again.

also, arthur, i don't know which phone card you are using in australia but a very good one is boost calling card. you can get them at woolworths and they are rechargable. you pay a 49c connection fee and it is 1c a minute.

matt

[CarolineM 0]

Oh, duh, you are calling frmo Australia. Stewart had an amazing one that was high quality AND 1 cent per minute AUS$....I'll ask him tonight if I can remember!

oh...I was right the first time.

yeah. Pennytalk. Good quality! Good connection and cheap. There is a connectio nfee each time you call but it's minimal.

www.pennytalk.com

goo dluck

[Identity 0]

i don't know. i've had some really bad lines, so i've hung up and rung again and it seemed like it cleared up.

i would say that if you are using a phone card then that line may be the problem.

i would just hang up and call again.

also, arthur, i don't know which phone card you are using in australia but a very good one is boost calling card. you can get them at woolworths and they are rechargable. you pay a 49c connection fee and it is 1c a minute.

matt

I normally use daybreak for my calls to the United States, at 2.4 cents/minute with no connection fee.

On the weekend I used, "Happy Calling" but they charge a whopping one dollar as a connection fee even though it's only 0.9 cents/minute. Good if you're making long calls.

[bhajishah 4]

Wog boy are you telling us that you made it back!!!

[Identity 0]

Wog boy are you telling us that you made it back!!!

No.

I am planning a return though.