Phone cards (calling cards) are a convenient way to save a lot of money on international calls without the need to have an expensive international telephone account setting up. Of couse the cheapest way is to use Voice over IP as used by skype however the person you call would need also to have a breadband quality computer. So when buying a calling cards you need to consider a fwew things.

You may be aware of the many choices you have when buying a calling card. However, have you considered the truthfulness of the claims that some companies will make in order to get a competitive edge? Are you aware of the tricks that are played and the hidden charges that are made?

The minutes that a calling card will offer may look good but did you know that even if you were to make one continuous call, then most companies would steal between 10% and %20 of those minutes. They call this "fluctuation". Then there are also other charges to be taken into account; *connection 3p-5p *daily maintenance 5p-10p *rounding up to a whole minutes *second call rate increase *increasing the rate based on call duration *overcharging for calls to other destinations not specified