Calling (phone) cards is a telecommunication credit card used by consumers to pay for telephone and cellular services. Calling cards purpose a prepaid credit system through the use of prepaid calling cards. Prepaid phone cards allow you to pay for your long-distance calling in advance.

The cards can be purchased from markets, vending machines or on Internet shops and allow you to make international or domestic calls from practically any telephone. Whereas the calling cards are more comfortable for travelers, some people find prepaid cards a convenient means to handle most or all of their calling needs.

Pre paid calling cards appropriate to all but most useful for travelers: immigrant, commercial traveller, tourists, friends, relatives or loved spending a much time on the phone. Most of pay phones have a very high calling costs and using calling cards give you lowest rates especially for international calls. Now there are hundreds of companies with thousands of affiliates and partner offer phone cards from different service providers and carriers such as ACC, AT&T, CLL, ECC, IDT, IDTE, NTC, NW-IP and etc. We hope our buying guide help you select the right calling cards. Choosing the best phone card for you calling needs is a difficult task. The way what you propose use a card help define character of calling cards will be good for you. We consider main features of calling cards: Fees, Expiration Dates, Calling Rates, Additional Service.

1 Fees

Calling cards may have additional fees - connection fee applies to calling card's balance every time when the connection is established. The charge varies depending on country a person is calling to. Connection fee reduces the advertised number of minutes on the phone card, maintenance fee - this fee is deducted from phone card balance if there is still enough balance. It is not charged on your credit card. Calling card provider starts charging a maintenance fee within 24 hours after the first phone call is finished, service, Payphone Fee additional charge per call if if call is made using a payphone, normally collected for the owner of the payphone. If you place many short calls will want to look for a card that has no connection fees, while those who make duration calls will want to look for lower rates and possibly take on a connection fee. Also phone card that has a weekly service fee should be evade if you want to keep your card and use it long period of time.

2 Expiration Dates

Calling cards expiration period, which starts after the first phone call was made. Make sure that the expiration date of you telephone cards is enough for you to be able to use your entire funds.

3 Calling Rates

Generally the first thing people see is a calling rates to need destination. This number may greatly change from card to card. Do not make a decision based only on this feature. For example - one calling card offers you 500 minutes, another - 200. The first card expired in a 1 month, the second - 2 month. So, if you talk near 25 minutes per week (or 25 x 4 = 100 minutes per month), which phone card is better for you? The card that provide you "only" 200 minutes. Always compare calling rates offered variety calling cards. You may use calling rates calculator on our site.

4 Additional Service

Some calling cards offer additional features such as Web or SMS callback, Prepaid conference calls, SMS refill service, Toll-free number, Permanent PIN, Speed dial and much more (for example Continental calling card). It's features expand use a calling cards but consider you need it? Why cost if you just talk with you friends or family members.