Cheap & Good Calling Cards



From Home:

Since most have free long distance w/ their cell provider, I use my calling card for international calls (ie: from USA to Canada).
Call your overseas Contiki buddies for cheap ...

Bizon, Champion, and Cardinal appear to be the best cards (calling from N. America), but there are calling cards for use around the world.

Bizon, Champion, and Cardinal provide:

· PIN Free access to specified numbers you register (ie: home, cell, etc.)
· 5$ min card purchase.
· Optional automatic refill.
· 2¢/min for calls in N. America to N.America & UK
· 3¢/min (or less) for calls from N. America to Austalia
· Check thier website for other destinations
· No Connection Fee
· No Maintenance Fee
· Rounding - 1 minute
· Toll Free Access Numbers - Yes (USA/Canada)
· Local Access Numbers - Yes (Canada, USA)
· Pay Phone Charge - 99c
· Validity period - Unlimited (Card expires if no refill within 10 months)



On Tour:

Option 1:
You can get a European Union Calling Card which allows you call anywhere in the world from any European Union country. It costs about €10 and I think it was good for either 60 or 100 minutes to N.America. This card can be found in cigar shops, internet cafes and magazine shops. It had different toll free access numbers for every European Union country printed on the back. There were no connection charges either.


Option 2:
This might interest you:     EuroTalk Card This Card can be used from Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA - Continental. 
· No Connection Fee
· Maintenance Fee - No
· Rounding - 1 minute
· Toll Free Access Numbers - Yes (18 countries)
· Service Taxes & Surcharges - No
· Pay Phone Charge - Yes (hummm ... call from your hotel room then if local calls are free)
· Validity period - 12 Months
· Prompt Languages - English, French, German, Iralian, Spanish

Cost to N. America: 0.04 € / minute

Cost to Aus/NZ:     0.05 € / minute
Cost to S.Africa:   0.10 € / minute
Rates to the rest of the world are posted at the website.
My thoughts and observations on the Ekit calling card.