So I have Tribe mates overseas who I want to telephone.. So I purchased a "Boost Phone Home" card which is supposed to give me calls to the States for half a cent a minute.. I am thinking this is cheap so I check their web site and find there is a surcharge... this is described as " #A 9.9c per min surcharge applies to your calling card. No Refunds. Full terms and conditions available in this PDF file" www.boost.com.au/page/terms#calling so if I am reading that right it is 10.9 cents a minute or $1.09 every ten minutes...
Has anyone used one of these cards ?
Any advice on calling the USA cheap ?
Has anyone used one of these cards ?
Any advice on calling the USA cheap ?
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Re: Did I get ripped off ?
Wed, April 30, 2008 - 2:05 PMIt seems to read that way, although that's a strange offer if that's the case.
I use a calling card called a Joy card. Itt got recommended to me at a little Asian smoke shop, and both my wife and I have used it extensively. Call quality is excellent, and the rate is 1.4c/min to North America, with no hidden gotchas:
www.telephonecards.com.au/Default.aspx
You can buy them in shops or online, and they are rechargeable. -
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Re: Did I get ripped off ?
Wed, April 30, 2008 - 5:04 PMThanks - you're a champion ! -
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Re: Did I get ripped off ?
Wed, April 30, 2008 - 7:24 PMWe use the cards quite often but aren't always accurate. 2 hours remaining quite often turn out to be 45 minutes. Still it's a lot cheaper that a 0011.
BTW one gets a 15% discount from the corner shop...love competition :) -
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Re: Did I get ripped off ?
Wed, April 30, 2008 - 7:57 PMThanks Jin
And there is only a charge of a local call to your land line ? -
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Re: Did I get ripped off ?
Wed, April 30, 2008 - 10:12 PMThat's right ... local call -
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Re: Did I get ripped off ?
Thu, May 1, 2008 - 3:45 AMOh and if any Aussies find themselves in Canada and want to call home cheaply, then I recommend a card called Good Call. Rates are 1c/min, no gotchas, excellent quality. -
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Re: Did I get ripped off ?
Thu, May 1, 2008 - 3:56 AMWhat other sort of "gotchas" should I be careful of Meowbie ? -
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Re: Did I get ripped off ?
Thu, May 1, 2008 - 4:04 PMsome have connection charges...typically 30¢ -
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Re: Did I get ripped off ?
Tue, May 6, 2008 - 6:36 AMskype
~2 euro cents per min to usa. no connection fee. no local call. need decent internet connection though. -
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Re: Did I get ripped off ?
Tue, May 6, 2008 - 9:27 PMAlways wondered about the bandwidth and never found a straight answer.
How many Mb would a 10 minute call and video use up?
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