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Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 13:06:45 -0700
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I was a frequent user of this web site and the 10-10 services (always used the
cheapest one). I had quality or connection problems on and off with various of
these. In January, I switched over to using prepaid calling cards. This is an
old hat to many of you, but it's actually 3x cheaper than the cheapest of the
10-10 services. Plus, you don't pay a Universal Service Fee of some number of
%s. There are gotchas with prepaid calling cards, though: they typically expire
3 months after first use, they round to 3 or more minutes, some of them have
connection fees per call, etc. The 3 months expiration is not a problem if you
just get $10 worth of call time each time you renew.
Check out www.phonecardsforsale.com. You go there, pay 8.95 or something and get
a gazillion minutes to Switzerland. I took the risk of paying that money, to
check the service out. You give them a credit card and they send you a pin by
e-mail and you're up and running. The only annoying this is that you have to use
an 800 number and a 15 (or so) digit pin, before you start dialing the Swiss
number. But you can program those numbers into your phone and just push a couple
of buttons before dialing. The quality is really good and I didn't have
connection problems so far.
Stefan
Sarah Paris wrote:
> The website http://10-10PhoneRates.com/ offers good info about the cost of
> the various dial up services to Switzerland, but not about the quality.
> I've had some problems with the 1016868 service. When asked about this, the
> editor of the site provided the following info which I thought might be
> useful for some of you:
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> I get very little feedback from people about the quality of calls. However,
> historically there have been more reports of quality problems with 101-6868
> than others over the last 3 years. (usually on calls to Asia or Eastern
> Europe). The plan I'm most certain will have good quality to Europe AND a
> low rate, is Everdial. Their calls are routed over the MCI-WorldCom
> network, which is great for quality.
>
> If you are calling someone who will receive the call on a mobile phone in
> Switzerland, they do charge a higher rate to complete those calls-- as noted
> on my site. Another plan that charges a little more to land-line phones, but
> does not charge extra to mobile is 10-10-811. There quality is likely to be
> better than 101-6868, but things can change fast in this industry!
>
> Remember to tell your friends with Internet access about
> 10-10PhoneRates.com. They'll thank you for it!
>
> Rich Sayers
> Editor & Founder
> http://10-10PhoneRates.com/
>
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Received on Mon Apr 15 2002 - 05:58:17 PDT
