Callback Service Recommendations

[herve75]

Originally Posted by steve1414

We are going to Croatia for two weeks in July. I usually get a local SIM card to call back to the USA. This year I think that it would be wise to use a CallBack Service to help keep costs down. Any recommendations? Steve

Hiboo Mobile (www.hiboo-mobile.com)
from Croatia mobile to USA, price would be 40 eurocents/min

[andy]

Originally Posted by herve75

from Croatia mobile to USA, price would be 40 eurocents/min

I suppose there is a reason for your blind loyalty to this brand that is two or three times the cost of a number of rivals, but you haven't yet disclosed what it is
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Most of the Betamax VoIP brands have 14 eurocent rate for Croatia mobile, and zero or one cent for USA. Use Voxalot or Voipbuster or Voipcheap callback, respectively via wap page, mobile Java client, or sms

[herve75]

Originally Posted by andy

I suppose there is a reason for your blind loyalty to this brand that is two or three times the cost of a number of rivals, but you haven't yet disclosed what it is

?! CBW is at 0.39USD/min from Croatia mobile to US
Hiboo is 0.40€/min ~ 0.54USD/min
you are right, CBW is cheaper. but not two or three times. be honest.

Now I call personally China from my french mobile (from france)
Hiboo is 0.28€/min ~ 0.38USD/min (Orange is 1.40€/min !)
CBW is 0.40USD/min

thus i thought the community deserved to know about hiboo. with your permission.

[andy]

Originally Posted by herve75

?! CBW is at 0.39USD/min from Croatia mobile to US
Hiboo is 0.40€/min ~ 0.54USD/min
you are right, CBW is cheaper. but not two or three times. be honest.

Now I call personally China from my french mobile (from france)
Hiboo is 0.28€/min ~ 0.38USD/min (Orange is 1.40€/min !)
CBW is 0.40USD/min

thus i thought the community deserved to know about hiboo. with your permission.

Kindly do not make misleading remarks about what I said.

Or perhaps you did not bother to actually read it, as I did not even mention CBW, but other providers with rates that are much cheaper. Be honest.

I'm going to France soon, and intend to call UK landlines for €0.30 + 0.6c/min. China would be the same price. That's 66c for an hour, and not difficult

Or I might try out another system that would cost about 1.5c/min, though 6c/min is more reliable.

[herve75]

Originally Posted by andy

Kindly do not make misleading remarks about what I said.

Or perhaps you did not bother to actually read it, as I did not even mention CBW, but other providers with rates that are much cheaper. Be honest.

I'm going to France soon, and intend to call UK landlines for €0.30 + 0.6c/min. China would be the same price. That's 66c for an hour, and not difficult

Or I might try out another system that would cost about 1.5c/min, though 6c/min is more reliable.

Can you please tell us what are those cheap systems you are talking about ?
Is it callback ? Is it for calling from a mobile ?
Hope we compare same things. Because from France, I call UK landlines for free ... with my freebox. But when at home only.

[prion]

Originally Posted by herve75

Can you please tell us what are those cheap systems you are talking about ?
Is it callback ? Is it for calling from a mobile ?
Hope we compare same things. Because from France, I call UK landlines for free ... with my freebox. But when at home only.

Have a look for example here: www.voipcheap.com

[herve75]

Originally Posted by prion

Have a look for example here: www.voipcheap.com

I see.
but this is not equivalent.
for this one, the user need to have a PC & a headset.
i was suggesting hiboo because the person who started this topic told us he was going in croatia and he wanted to place calls from his mobile.
we cannot make comparisons between services that are differents, this would be unfair.

[andy]

Originally Posted by herve75

i was suggesting hiboo because the person who started this topic told us he was going in croatia and he wanted to place calls from his mobile.
we cannot make comparisons between services that are differents, this would be unfair.

If you hadn't removed half of my post before comparing Hiboo tariffs with Callbackworld to falsely refute my remarks that others were cheaper, then this would still have been there -

Originally Posted by andy

Most of the Betamax VoIP brands have 14 eurocent rate for Croatia mobile, and zero or one cent for USA. Use Voxalot or Voipbuster or Voipcheap callback, respectively via wap page, mobile Java client, or sms

Originally Posted by herve75

Can you please tell us what are those cheap systems you are talking about ?
Is it callback ? Is it for calling from a mobile ?
Hope we compare same things. Because from France, I call UK landlines for free ... with my freebox. But when at home only.

Originally Posted by andy

I'm going to France soon, and intend to call UK landlines for €0.30 + 0.6c/min. China would be the same price. That's 66c for an hour, and not difficult

http://www.sfr.fr/offre-sfr/particulier/sfr-carte/

« L'appel = 0,30 Euro » la SEMAINE ou le WEEK-END (3)
Jusqu'à 1h par appel vers les numéros SFR et fixes, pour 5 Euros par mois et par option.

and http://www.dialnow.com/en/accessnumbers.html

I'll probably set up a new account in France, to save needing to enter the PIN (see the FAQ)

[herve75]

Originally Posted by andy

If you hadn't removed half of my post before comparing Hiboo tariffs with Callbackworld to falsely refute my remarks that others were cheaper, then this would still have been there -

i thought that was your signature

[herve75]

Originally Posted by andy

« L'appel = 0,30 Euro » la SEMAINE ou le WEEK-END (3)
Jusqu'à 1h par appel vers les numéros SFR et fixes, pour 5 Euros par mois et par option.

this one is only valid for calling france.
china is absolutely excluded of those options and still cost 1,55€/min
i can't see any effort soon from the operators who already argue against the "eurotariff". i guess that calls outside UE will increase instead.