best phone service to brazil

[venice surfer 0]

I've been using Tel3 for over a year to call sao paulo & santos. It works well when i call a land line. But recently I've had to call a cell phone - and I have many problems. Most of the time it won't connect - says circuits are busy or gives a false busy signal. When I do get through, (about 1 in 20 tries) the reception is horrible and we are never able to hear each other.

I've seen other posts talking about the best price, but frankly I don't care what it costs... as long as it works.

Anybody here having better success calling cell phones?

scott

LA

[Mew 0]

My fiance and I use Skype Out to call each other on our cell phones. The connection is great, it's not expensive at all and it's just like we are talking over the phone and not through the internet.

[venice surfer 0]

Will this work when i'm calling from my cell phone to her cell phone.. not an internet call?

[Mew 0]

Will this work when i'm calling from my cell phone to her cell phone.. not an internet call?

Unfortunatelly, no. If using Skype Out, you'd have to call from your computer. There was another thread about phone services to Brazil. Lemme look for it.

Here you go: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=21062

[Ladylethal 12]

Luis and I talk on skype which is great, or he buys phone cards that cost 5 dollars and we get to talk lots.

[Mew 0]

Will this work when i'm calling from my cell phone to her cell phone.. not an internet call?

Unfortunatelly, no. If using Skype Out, you'd have to call from your computer. There was another thread about phone services to Brazil. Lemme look for it.

Here you go: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=21062

Let me rephrase it. You can call her cellphone if using Skype. I reread what I posted and thought I was a bit unclear...

[venice surfer 0]

thanks all. I guess I could have been more specific.

I need to be able to call from my cell in LA to her cell in BR. I don't care about the cost. I'm really asking if anyone else gets clear, consistent, reliable connections from their U.S. cell to a BR cell. I spend hours sitting in traffic every day and I pass the time on the phone with her.

[Mew 0]

thanks all. I guess I could have been more specific.

I need to be able to call from my cell in LA to her cell in BR. I don't care about the cost. I'm really asking if anyone else gets clear, consistent, reliable connections from their U.S. cell to a BR cell. I spend hours sitting in traffic every day and I pass the time on the phone with her.

I guess you'll be able to find some good services on the other thread I posted a link to... Sorry I can't help you any better...

[venice surfer 0]

thanks, I'm going to choose one of those.

Luis & Laura, which card do you use? And do you use it to call to a mobile?

[eclowjpd 0]

We use Viapin. Rates vary depending where you are calling in Brazil, but where we call is only 3.3 cents. Service is very good.

[flipside 0]

I have Sprint cell service, and I never had a problem calling Brazilian cell phones from the US.

A plus is that my sprint cell phone also works in Rio.

[mgleason 0]

I've been using Tel3 for over a year to call sao paulo & santos. It works well when i call a land line. But recently I've had to call a cell phone - and I have many problems. Most of the time it won't connect - says circuits are busy or gives a false busy signal. When I do get through, (about 1 in 20 tries) the reception is horrible and we are never able to hear each other.

I've seen other posts talking about the best price, but frankly I don't care what it costs... as long as it works.

Anybody here having better success calling cell phones?

scott

LA

I've been in a long-distance relationship now for a long time(Ela é de PI-Brasil) and have tried a # of services. Skype is great if you wanna talk with video and see eachother.(We do that on the weekends every now and then when my girlfriend has time to go to an internet cafe.) But calling during the week I use Pingo.com. It's easy to sign up and is about as cheap as you're gonna find(especially to São Paulo and Rio.). Sometimes it can be tough to get through when the lines are congested but the quality is great even to cell phone.

Matt

AZ

[Nessa 23]

thanks all. I guess I could have been more specific.

I need to be able to call from my cell in LA to her cell in BR. I don't care about the cost. I'm really asking if anyone else gets clear, consistent, reliable connections from their U.S. cell to a BR cell. I spend hours sitting in traffic every day and I pass the time on the phone with her.

Where does your fiancée live? Maybe her cell phone connection is not good, so no matter what you do you'll have a problema talking to her. If she lives in a city covered by Nextel have you considered buying you both nextel and talking on the ptt? It's way cheaper and you can talk 24/7. But then again where she lives must have the service, not many cities in Brazil do. Just a thought.

Oh, I don't know since you haven't filled your timeline if you have already started your K1 process and if it's worthy buying new cell phones, altho after she leaves Brazil she can leave it behind to talk to family maybe. And you said money is not a problem, so.. that's an idea.

Anyway, and good luck!

Edited September 3, 2006 by nessaandcharles

[bora bora 1]

I use www.dial55.com and the connection is pretty good. My fiance and I only have cell phones, and he lives in Amazonas and we still get decent rates.