http://www.teltarif.de/arch/2006/kw26/s22174.html
Ausl?ndische Handys zum Inlandspreis anrufen
Service kostet einen Dollar pro Woche 29.06.2006 13:36
Die schwedische Rebtel Networks AB bietet ihren Kunden in 30 L?ndern einen Dienst f?r kosteng?nstige internationale Telefonanrufe vom eigenen Mobiltelefon an. Zuerst muss ein potenzieller Nutzer auf der Anbieterhomepage ein Konto einrichten, indem er seine eigene Mobiltelefonnummer und die des ausl?ndischen Bekannten eintr?gt.
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The Swedish firm Rebtel Networks AB is offering their clients in 30 countries a service to call international mobile phones economically. The potential customer mus first register an account on their home page. The customer must list his/her mobile phone info as well as the info for the desired 2nd party.................
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This service is free, but obviously very limited to ONE destination #. If you pay, it costs $1 / week. You get 3 minutes of talk time. Complaint on Teltarif that they got 30 seconds instead of 3 minutes.
Inbound calls are FREE as long as the 2nd party is in his/her home country. Calling party pays the cost of a local call. Runs on VOIP.
PERSONALLY, I think I still prefer to use EITHER
Calling card from landline OR
local or US calling card and 800 # OR
local # (XtraOne, best friend) and my US calling card (Enjoyprepaid) OR
CBW and callback to my Riiing phone OR
CBW and local SIM.
One of my reasons is that I have SUNK COSTS -- bunches of calling cards that I would like to use up before I spend additional funds.
We'll need to have our European friends weigh in with their thoughts.
Stan