subject: International Calling Cards – Get Connected Easy and Cheap [print this page] International Calling Cards Get Connected Easy and Cheap
Getting connected with your loved ones abroad is now easy as well as cheap; no I am not talking about e-mails or the networking sites but your local communication expert telephone, thanks to international calling cards. With these cards you can call your friends and relatives anywhere in the world, let's say in USA, in as low as 2 cents/min.
The concept is to get an access number and PIN which you have to dial before the phone number and voila you are talking to your loved ones with cheap calling rates. Every place has different access numbers as well as the calling rates.
You can buy these international calling cards either from leading mobiles stores like Orange, Vodafone, O2, 3 Mobile etc. and travel agencies in UK or online from sites like callingcards.com, directphoneshop.co.uk, bestcontractmobilephone.co.uk, planetphonecards.com etc. Although online shopping is much more convenient and cheaper care must be taken about the quality of service providers. You can face problems while having conversation in case you don't have a good quality card.
There are basically two types of cards -Prepaid cards and postpaid cards.
Prepaid cards have only a certain amount of calling balance while with the postpaid cards you have to pay according to usage at the end of a certain time period. Prepaid cards, in turn, can be disposable or rechargeable with latter having the facility of getting top ups on the previous account. Disposable cars cannot be reused once their credit is finished as compared to the rechargeable ones. Prepaid cards are more famous as people want to avoid the high bills usually in the case of postpaid cards.
Calling cards are certainly the cheapest way of international communication on telephone. You can also avail special offers, discounts, free validity vouchers and free gifts if you are a constant user of this service. So gone are the time when you have to think before calling your loved ones in abroad or disconnect early to avoid high bills.
