Before buying a prepaid calling card you should know the terms and conditions of any card you are considering. Some have short term expiration dates or charge a weekly or monthly maintenance fee. Know the billing increments. Most will bill in full minute increments, but there are some that bill in 4 minute increments and even some that bill in 1 second increments. So know before you buy and if you have any questions, feel free to contact us for help. Prepaid calling cards often have much lower domestic and international long distance rates than the residential service from most phone cards companies. Also there are no monthly fee and no federal , state and/or local taxes. If you look carefully, you'll notice that the monthly fee, taxes and other fees may account for big portion of your total long distance bill.

Connection Fee, it's charged when a telephone call is connected. It varies between 10 cents to as high as $1. The easiest way to find whether a cheaper phone card with connection fee is good or not is to find the average time for your phone calls. If you make 10 mins calls, a card for 5 cents/min with $0.50 connection fee is actually more expensive than a card for 9 cents/min with no connection fee. It's better to use a phone card without connection fee if you are not sure the person you are calling is there, and the phone call may trigger an answer machine. Phone cards with high connection fee are good for making very long calls.

Many people use a pre-paid phone card because of the card’s convenience - it can be used anywhere and, since you pay in advance, there is no bill. Pre-paid phone cards are popular among travelers, students, people who frequently call overseas, and those who haven’t selected a long-distance service. By using prepaid calling cards could save up to 80% of your long distance phone bill. Prepaid phone cards enable you to enjoy low long distance rates no matter where you are.

Some prepaid phone cards charge a monthly tax or one-time tax, and it can be as high as $1.50. Try to avoid it by finding the information for your phone card carefully.

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Maintenance fee will be deducted from your phone card if there is still enough balance. It won't be charged on your credit card. It could be as high as $1.50, so check it out, too. The maintenance fee can be charged every month, every two weeks, or every week. Maintenance fee is also called sweet fee by certain phone card companies.

If you cannot live without a cell phone, prepaid calling cards may provide low long distance rates and help you avoid expensive roaming charges. If you cannot live without a cell phone, prepaid calling cards may provide low long distance rates and help you avoid expensive roaming charges. Telephone cards are usually the least expensive way to call international locations. They have, however, some minuses - additional digits need to be dialed and various fees may make phone cards expensive for infrequent and short calls. Make sure you by the card that is best for your need. Prepaid phone cards make great gifts for friends and family. It's something anyone can use. Prepaid phone cards are available in $5, $10 and $20, denominations, so just pick the one that fits your budget.

Minutes Rounding is the basic unit to record the length of your phone calls. Industry standard is one minute rounding, as in the case of your residential telephone services. Prepaid phone cards can be rounded to one, two, or even three minutes. If it rounded to 3 minutes, your 30 seconds phone call will be considered as 3-mins phone call and your 4 mins phone call will be considered as 6 mins phone call. Statistically, on average, for 2 mins rounding, you will be charged for one more minutes for each phone call, and for 3 mins rounding, you will be charged for one and half more minutes for each phone call. So try to avoid using phone cards with more than one minutes rounding.

The cheapest, easiest way for your calls, using Prepaid Calling cards, AT&T, MCI and Sprint spend millions of Dollars on lobbying or on the infrastructure to run lines into your home, and pass the cost on to you. The major advantages on using phone cards related to their quality. If you use AT&T, at a much higher rate, you can usually get the phone call connected instantly with good voice quality. For some phone cards, it may take multiple tries to get a good connection. Please keep in mind that no such a thing called free calling card International calling cards are much cheaper and they offer the same quality voice as a direct long distance company.