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ringing home from USA

  • 07-05-2007 11:10am
    #1
    sam34
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,073 ✭✭✭


    Hi there,
    heading Stateside soon, and was wondering if anyone knows of cheap ways of calling ireland? i know that here u can buy cards for ringing europe and asia for cheaper than eircom,but i dont know if these are available in the states. im only going for 2 wks but will need to keep in touch with the other half, and dont want an astronomical mobile bill on my return (handed over €670 to vodafone after a week in poland last year:mad: )
    any suggestions appreciated


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  • #2
    Rabies
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,257 ✭✭✭✭Rabies


    Loads of shops sell the phone cards you are talking about, pick one up and call home cheaply.


  • #3
    pow wow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,288 ✭✭✭pow wow


    Try www.zaptel.com

    I use them. As the other poster said all the gift and souvenir shops will sell phone cards that have freephone access (be careful, hotels often charge to call freephone numbers as do phone boxes) and a PIN number. Usually it's around 4c or 5c per minute depending on surcharges etc.


  • #4
    becah
    Closed Accounts Posts: 286 ✭✭becah


    They are pretty easy to get in the US, and work out to be very good value, but make sure that you ask in the store for the best value card for Ireland, they are pretty used to hearing this, there are hundreds of different types of these call cards, and some are better value for certain countries. Also, it's much better value if you can call you other half on a landline, as calling mobiles eats up the minutes.


  • #5
    sam34
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,073 ✭✭✭sam34


    thanks lads


  • #6
    Dasani
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭Dasani


    the phone card I've used is a Jupiter card. You can get them at www.comfi.com. It is very good value for calling Irish mobiles from the USA (approx 15 cent/min). If you are calling Irish landlines then it is alot cheaper (2-3 cent per minute with the Champion card). Note that the cards with the cheapest per minute rates usually have some form of weekly standing charge of 50-90 cent.


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  • #7
    Colonel Sanders
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,669 ✭✭✭Colonel Sanders


    why not just use skype? Its free computer to computer and its less than 2c per minute to call an irish landline.


  • #8
    Afuera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 619 ✭✭✭Afuera


    Colonel Sanders wrote:
    why not just use skype? Its free computer to computer and its less than 2c per minute to call an irish landline.
    Is it just me or has skype's quality of service gone seriously downhill in the last few months? I've been using it for awhile now but for the last few times have had lots of moments where either party would lose the signal. Totally unusable at times...


  • #9
    Colonel Sanders
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,669 ✭✭✭Colonel Sanders


    last time i used it was on holidays last year so I'm no expert!!!


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