i was told that at&t phone cards are good for overseas and lately i have been really frustrated with some phone cards because of a horrible connection. for those of you that have used at&t for overseas, how much did you pay for the card and how many minutes did you actually receive?
2007-07-29 17:20:13 · 6 answers · asked by [Maria] 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
When my hubby was in Korea, I just called the long distance companies for the lowest rate to Korea. I think is was AT&T that had the best at that time, that was 4 years ago. It was like $5/month and it was 10 cents a minute to Korea. I only had the home phone and he only had a cell phone there. Not a lot of problems with connections. Worked great till my hubby broke his cell phone:(
2007-07-29 17:47:23 · answer #1 · answered by cynthia2002 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am in Sarajevo and my best friend is stationed in Korea. We do not use calling cards, we use Skype (www.skype.com). This is what we did:
1) Have him buy a Skype-In number (I think paid $60) that is local to you.
2) Have him go to his Skype account and set up call forwarding (free) so that calls forward to his office phone or mobile.
3) You dial the local number and magically (ok, through technology), you are talking to him in Korea.
That's it. The cost of the call to you is $0 because you are dialing a local number. If he is at his computer when you call, it will be $0 to him. If the call forwards he pays either 2 cents to a land line or 7 cents to a mobile, plus he needs to find out if the Korean phone company charges for incoming calls. (In Sarajevo I am not charged when the call rolls to my mobile, but when I am in, say Germany, I have to pay roaming).
The down side is that some times the sound quality is bad and you have to hang up and call back a few times until you have a good connection...but whatever if it's not costing anything.
I know you wanted calling card advice, but I thought this would help. I found calling cards to be a serious hassle.
2007-07-30 05:39:57 · answer #2 · answered by Zana 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have done some research in this area and from the US these guys have the best rates. Im sure the connection would be good too.
http://www.nobelcom.com/nobelcom/jsp/home/nobelcom_home.jsp?AFFN=1010159558
To South Korea from US
4.4c with maintenance fee
7.5 without (1 second rounding)
No Connection Fee
Rechargeable
Pinless Dialing
Good customer support
2007-07-30 17:55:23 · answer #3 · answered by codefish 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was cheaper for my husband to buy a phone while he was stationed there. We tried the phone cards for the first couple of months but then we went with the cell phone.
we used the walmart/sams club cards.
Not really sure anymore about calling cards.
2007-07-30 00:46:13 · answer #4 · answered by ckamk1995 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Buy only on reliable stores so that you will not be given card of inferior quality that only carries the name AT&T.
2007-07-30 00:47:24 · answer #5 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try this to compare http://www.phonebell.net/
2007-07-30 15:47:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋