Guide to Picking a Decent Calling Card
If you’ve ever looked into buying a calling card for your personal use, you’ve probably been astounded by the number of companies and the amount of products that they offer. There are literally thousands of different phone cards out there, each geared to a specific type of user. This document will help detail a couple of the options out there, and how each works to make using calling cards easier, and less expensive.
The most important thing to consider when looking at calling cards is what country the calls will be made from. Many companies offer country-specific cards that cost less per minute, but can only be used in certain places. The alternative, universal cards, can make calls from anywhere, but the rates on them are usually quite high. The best buy can be found on purchasing a card specific to your country.
One aspect of modern calling cards that makes them much easier to use is that of pinless calling. The pin number that comes with every calling card is the account that purchased minutes go in to. With pinless calling, telephone numbers that wish to access the account and use the minutes in it are associated with the card, so that the pin number only has to be entered the first time. To use this feature, simply type in #15## when asked to enter the destination number and it will associate that number with the account. To de-associate a telephone number, type in #16## instead.
Another feature of calling cards today is that of local access numbers. These are numbers that are inside the caller’s area code and are, therefore, local numbers. The reason to call a local access number instead of the toll-free number is that there are extra costs associated with calling toll-free. The phone card companies consider calls that use their toll-free number to be “premium” calls, and therefore charge an extra one to five cents per minute, depending on the company and the call. This charge uses your available minutes, making less actually available than what the automated voice tells you. To find the right card for you, make sure that the one you’re looking at has a local access number nearby.
Another feature that can make calling cards more economical is having no connection fee associated with your card. Cards that have a connection fee usually cost less per minute than cards with no connection fee, but the minutes that are purchased go towards connecting the call. This can use up a large chunk of the minutes that you’ve bought before you even get a chance to talk. Unless you’re buying the phone card to make one long call, a no connection fee card is usually the better choice.
By sifting through the huge numbers of cards out there, you, too, can find a calling card that fits your particular situation. In fact, there are so many different cards out there, with so many options, that one of them should fit you perfectly. All you have to do is look.
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