Does anyone have any experience with international calling cards...preferably ones that let you call from like here to maybe Spain or Portugal...any info what so ever would be appreciated...

6/6/2007 12:57:09 AM

My only experience was nobel.com for calls to the netherlands.

I was not displeased.

6/6/2007 12:58:04 AM

the so called cheap ones that you purchase at gas stations are only cheap the first time you use it. any subsequent use, it takes off a huge chunk of value.

6/6/2007 1:18:01 AM

go to a spanish grocery store.... who sell pre paid phone cards


they usually have ones with tons of minutes on them...


but usually... most of them give a shit load of minutes but for 1 call


each time you hang up they take off minutes...although there are some that dont but obviously give you less minutes



its hit or miss with some cards... although if you know someone who uses them, then you're golden

6/6/2007 2:24:44 AM

use freecall , you have to call from a computer, but the lines are really clear. you deposit 10 euros in your account, and then its free to a lot of countries, spain and portugal included.

6/6/2007 5:07:52 AM

i used http://www.cloncom.com when i was in europe this past winter

they had good rates for the specific places i was calling to/from

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6/6/2007 7:34:32 PM

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"go to a spanish grocery store.... who sell pre paid phone cards"

yup, but many of them are area specific so make sure you buy one that is geared toward the Iberian Peninsula

Is Skype a possibility? I know when I've traveled that many internet cafes abroad have Skype enabled and are already hooked up with headsets. If the other party could meet there and one of you could set up a time to call, that would be by far your cheapest option.

6/6/2007 7:42:16 PM

My wife is from Spain, and we use a combination of Skype and http://nobelcom.com/.
We have a skype enabled phone in our house, and use the nobelcom.com on cellphones.

Good rates both ways.

6/6/2007 8:24:03 PM

http://callingcards.com/

Used it tons before for the UK, love it. Check it out

6/7/2007 10:29:51 AM

depends on how many minutes you need...if its a lot, your best bet is definitely a skype phone or something VoIP

6/7/2007 10:36:42 AM

my bro's wife is from spain (basque kounty) anyways she was mowing through the calling cards he got skype... loves it

6/7/2007 6:23:05 PM

skype and the like are the best options

otherwise go to the gas station near arby's on hillsborough and look through their stack.

6/8/2007 11:36:31 AM

the cheapest calling card I have ever bought, and still refill to this day just in case, is my AT&T calling card that I purchased at Sam's Club.

6/8/2007 11:37:55 AM