Travelsim - US to Estonia Calling Card
 

Hello, I'm going to be traveling in Europe so I purchased a Travelsim card that has a mobile Estonia number. I've looked all over for a cheap and quality calling card for people from the US to call me. I haven't found a site that specifies rates to the Estonia mobile codes of 50, 51, 52, & 53. They only say the rate is valid for code 5. Does anyone know of a good quality card that has a rate of roughly $20-25 cents a minute that will work with the Travelsim Estonia mobile codes? Thanks!

One of the problems with buying a SIM card with an Estonia number are higher rates for friends to call you. I bought an Ekit Dual SIM (US and UK number) so friends and business associates can call me on the US number for free and I pay about 19 cents a minute for the incoming call. Most calling cards charge over $1.00 to call an Estonia cell number.

FBlack: not very good your solution. If I have to pay 19 cents a minute for the incoming calls it's better to bring my italian sim (a little bit more expensive for incoming calls and cheaper for my friends who call me) :-)
An international sim like Ts is good exactly for free incoming calls

I don't plan on using my cell phone much at all while I'm in Europe. I'll always be calling back to the states using Skype. I have several friends that are studying abroad as well in various EU countries. I didn't want to have to mess around with 4-5 different sim cards so I just got a global card. Texting is €0,11 outgoing and free incoming wherever I am in Europe so for meeting up with my friends that's all I need. But if someone from home (US) needs to get a hold of me immediately I'm looking for the cheapest solution for them to call.

I just found the calling card site pingo.com Are these reputable cards?

Oh and I'll be living in Germany. I'm not sure how often I'll be making calls from my cell phone since I'll also be using Skype for calling German numbers (if I'm at my laptop). But if I do end up needing cheap German domestic rates what are the best Germany SIM carriers?

Thanks

Look at here---> PrePaidGSM: Germany
In my opinion Simyo (a mvno) or T-Mobile are quite good for you necessity

A good calling card choice (20 cents/min) to Estonia mobile is enjoyprepaid (Enjoy Prepaid Calling Cards | International Phone Card Plans)

Some cards will not even connect to the Estonia +372 number at all. If you can find one that connects at an ok rate, the quality will likely be questionable.

While I pay 19 cents a minute for an incoming call , my friends in the US pay nothing to call my US number.

I gave up on my TravelSim card because the reliability and pricing of calls to its number just wasn't acceptable.

It's strange, my travelsim allways works fine during my travels, so
this sim in my expirience is most reliable (I tried some another vendors before)

About access from US, I know that some companies offer free access via 1-800 to estonian SIMs, via number 1-877-202-3800 (telestial), but in this case you will pay for these inbound calls,

also Skype is another good solution for calling to Estonia that keeps your free-inbound

Thanks for all the responses! I keep hearing mixed opinions on the reliability of Travelsim, is it that calls are just bad quality? or will calls not connect at all?

Also I have read that texting prices in the EU were just capped at €0,11 per text no matter where you are (in the EU). Is this true? Travelsim shows the updated price but most other places I look still have significantly higher texting prices. Does anyone know a little more about this? Thanks

In the most EU countries texts cost 11 cents, it's an interesting price above all the Eurotariff. In which country will you go?

I will be living in Germany, and traveling to Ireland, Netherlands, and Italy a lot

And you want to send sms to USA?

No I just was looking for the cheapest and most reliable way for people in the US to call my estonia number.

Both--but it was the failures to connect that drove me away.

My advice, do not depend 100% on this +372 number for receiving calls from the USA. Just too unreliable to reach that number from here.

My feeling is that many U.S. long distance carriers blocked calling to +423 and +372 (United Mobile and TravelSim) numbers was because costs were MUCH MORE expensive than calling regular numbers - and that customers complained about the "outrageous" charges. I know carriers blocked calls to UM numbers. I assume some do the same to TravelSim numbers.

...mike

calling cards
 

currently i living in USA want to call international to Egypt how to call to Egypt

Does anyone know which is the cheapest (with pretty good reception) prepaid international calling card to purchase in Egypt is? thanks

IF you are in the U.S. and want to call anywhere - the best option is to use Google Voice, especially if you are calling from a cell phone. With an Android phone, you can download a GV app that makes routing a call via GV as easily as dialing directly. I think you can use GV from a landline as well.
Rates to Egypt are high. It is the only country I know where it is more xpensive to call a landline (13 cents/min) than a cell (11 cents/min.)
You would need to get yourself a GV number (free) and if you want to call outside the U.S. or Canada - deposit some money in your Google Acct.
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As to your question about calling from Egypt - wouldn't know the answer. If on wifi you could use Skype.