Yackie or Hop Mobile?...or another?

[teothx]

Originally Posted by snidely

1. It doesn't pay to use any of the "Int'l" SIM cards in the U.S. Most have to charge $1.00 to $1.50/min. Prepaids here are less than 25 cents and most are under 15 cents/min.
2. Calling an Italy landline would be under 3 cents/min. on most dial up LD carriers like pingo.com and onesuite.com. To call a mobile is less than 25 cents. IOW, all you would spend to call Italy from you U.S. prepaid SIM is the airtime + 3 cents. If there were a payphone handy, you dial a toll free number (no coins needed) and pick up a dial tone, enter your PIN number and call Italy for 4 cents. (You wouldn't need to enter a PIN when calling from your cell once you set up your LD account with most all LD dial around carriers.

...mike

I see pingo.com and onesuite.com, very good rates...and if I understand also with mobile phone....

[snidely]

Originally Posted by teothx

I see pingo.com and onesuite.com, very good rates...and if I understand also with mobile phone....

In the U.S. you can dial any number from a cell phone that you can dial from a landline. There are numerous companies like pingo and onesuite. Another that seems to be popular on various forums is "tel3advantage.com" They almost all have the ability for you to "register" phones you will be using so you don't have to enter a PIN number. Just dial the LD carrier's number, a second later you'll hear a voice saying "please enter the number you are calling". Most of these services have allow you to enter speed dial numbers into the system so you just need to press a couple of keys. Pingo has PINless dialing but no speed dial. I use them because they have low rates to Costa Rica.
Rates to first world countries are pretty much the same no matter who you use.

...mike