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Cheap International Calling Cards

by Kevin Tavolaro

Cheap international calling cards can allow you to place calls to or from other countries at a rate preferable to that offered by home long distance services. The cards allow you to purchase a specific amount of prepaid long distance time, which you can then access from any phone enabled with local service in order to place international phone calls.

While cheap international calling cards can often be great bargains, before you purchase one you should make sure that their low rates aren't too good to be true. For example, some cards may advertise extremely low international calling rates. However, the fine print explains that these rates are only good according to a highly limiting set of conditions regarding where the calls are placed from, where they are placed to, the time, the date, and the duration. Hidden charges also creep in under low rates, including connection fees, and vague "service fees" and deductions. Before you buy any cheap international calling cards, read the fine print in order to make sure that the extra costs don't undermine the card's low price.

Types Of Cheap International Calling Cards

If you plan on mainly using your phone card to place calls to the same overseas location, you might be interested in cheap international calling cards configured to provide low rates to a specific region. For example, if you will only be using your card to stay in touch with a contact in Tokyo, you can easily locate a Japan calling card specializing in Tokyo and the surrounding areas. Such a card would provide extra low international rates when used to place calls to Tokyo. These are a great way for you to save money and still keep up with friends or family in other countries. However, cards specializing in one specific region usually feature rates that are much higher than average when used to call anywhere outside of that region, which can quickly deplete the card's prepaid value. This type of card should only be purchased if you're sure that the limitations will not pose a problem.

Cheap international calling cards are a nice alternative to traditional long distance services, such as home lines and cell phones. Home long distance and cellular phones are both regulated by a credit system. This means that as you use the services, you incur additional debts, the total of which you are expected to pay at the end of the month. Credit-based systems can quickly get you in more debt than you are capable of immediately resolving, and are therefore unpredictable and inconvenient for many budget conscious consumers. Cheap international calling cards are debit-based, as the money paid for the card itself becomes a virtual account from which all services are paid. When the prepaid funds are gone, the card can no longer be used to place any calls until you recharge it by paying for additional time. This aspect of prepaid cards helps you stay on top of your budget, and avoid any shocking phone bills at the end of each billing cycle.

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