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Lingo Voip now with its Lingo World Max Plan now offers FREE UNLIMITED calls to 100 countries including India,UK, Mexico, China , Brazil, Hong Kong, Singapore and many more. This in addition to unlimited US, Canada calls.

How Much it Costs:

$4.95/month for the first month and $23.95 after that.Include free activation, free shipping and fre voip adapter.

This is plan is clearly to counter Vonage’s recent launch of the Vonage World plan, which includes unlimited calls to 60 countries.

Do your math and see if Lingo will save you money compared to other Voip providers based on your requirement. Do a quick comparison with PhonePower, which is an excellent competitively priced voip home phone service.

Pingo is offering half rate for the next two months on all calls made to India on Wednesday’s. This is on top of their already lowered rate of 2.95¢/minute. On wednesday your calls to India will be 1.5¢/minute. Its really a very low rate. Plus Pingo offers very good call quality. There is no contracts or hidden fees. There is a monthly maintenance fee of .98¢.

Why you shd give Pingo a try:

1. Low rates, of course (2.9¢ regular rate and 1.5¢ on wednesdays for two moths)
2. $5 free minutes  when you sign up with $10 card  or $10 free minutes  when you sign up with $20 card
3. Pinless Dailing
4. Speed dialing (upto 25 numbers can be set up in your account)
5. No Contract
6. If you use Reliance or any other service to call India, give it a try, you will see the difference. And you are getting upto $10 free minutes for trying.
7. Cancel any time, there is no catch, no contract

Other India Calling Card services.

FriendCaller is a Pc-to-Pc and Pc-to-Phone calling service, also called a Soft Phone’, by C2Call Gmbh. Its pretty much like Skype with the one big difference, that is the you don’t need to download any software.

The service runs on an internet browser offers pc-to-pc calls like Skype. Pc-to-pc calls are free like skype. The way you initiate a call is by sending your friend a Call^me Link. It’s similar to SkypeMe link. The Call^me Link can be send to emails, Ipod Touch, Iphone, you can put it up on your blog, web page, you can use it wherever you have access to the Internet. You can send a call invite-link to anybody you want to talk with. The recipient of your Call^me can call you immediately by clicking on the Call^me link and doesn’t need to register. You can add any FriendCaller user to your contact list and talk to them whenever they are online.

The Pc-to-Phone feature is for a fee based on minutes. You can call from your pc to over 35 countries.

When Voip providers came into the market, they offered services and features that the regular phone companies wouldn’t offer or will offer for an additional fee. One such service was free international calling plans that come bundled with some voip plans.

Some voip providers like Vonage offer free unlimited calls to a few countries outside of US and Canada with their regular unlimited calling plans. Some providers offer a slightly higher priced plans which would include unlimited calling in the US, Canada plus other countries. Thess plans generally have a lot more free calling countries, cost around $5 to $10 extra. Which still would mean great savings if you have families in those free calling countries and you call frequently.

Some of the International Calling Plans offered by Voip companies are listed here.

Packet8 Freedom Unlimited Global plan $29.99/month

In addition to the regular free countries US/Canada, the following countries are free with the plan.
Europe: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Moscow-Central, Moscow-Suburb, St. Petersburg, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and United Kingdom.
Asia: Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, South Korea, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, and Singapore.
Latin America: Chile, Sao Paulo, Caracas, Mexico City, Monterrey and Guadalajara.
Australia
Middle East: Israel.
US territories: Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam

Unlimited Lingo Plan $21.95/Month

Lingo does not have a separate plan for international calling. But its unlimited calling plan does include 22 European countries as free calling countries. This is of course in addition to free Unlimited calling to US, Canada, Puerto Rico

Western Europe Countries: UK, Germany, France, Italy, Ireland, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Switzerland, Sweden, Finland, Austria, Luxembourg, Vatican City, Norway, Portugal, and Spain

Australia, New Zealand

Singapore, and South Korea.

Vonage Unlimited Plan $24.99

Vonage includes the follwoing countries in its free calling list with its regular unlimited calling plan.

Italy, France, Spain, UK, and Ireland

Net2Phone Unlimited World Plan $39.99

Net2Phone probably has the biggest list of free countries in its World Plan. Total number of free countries in the plan is 60, though the price is also the highest compared to other plans.

Free Countries in the World Plan:

Mexico-Guadalajara, Mexico-Mexico City, Mexico-Monterrey, Mexico-Puebla,Andorra, Argentina, Brazil, Chile,

United Kingdom, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, China, China-Mobile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Turkey, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Guadeloupe, Guam, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg,  Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia-Moscow, Russia-St. Petersburg, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea-Seoul, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,

Malaysia, Malaysia-Mobile,Hong Kong, Singapore, Singapore-Mobile,Hong Kong-Mobile,Taiwan, Thailand, Thailand-Mobile, Australia

U.S. Virgin Islands, Vatican City and Venezuela.

The Skype Internatonal Plans offers excellent cost savings compared to other international calling cards. Plus these Skype plans offer unlimited calls to Landlines and in some cases mobile lines. Plus you get the robust service, good call quality.

All the Plans include unlimited calling in the USA and Canada.

Skype World Plan

Call From: USA

Call To: 36 Countries in Europe and Other

Cost: $9.95/Month

Call Duration: Unlimited, any time of the day

The following 36 countries fall under the Skype World Plan.

The plan is priced at $9.95/month. There is no contract and no connection fee.

• Australia Landlines
• Austria Landlines
• Belgium Landlines
• Canada Landlines & Mobiles
• China Landlines & Mobiles
• Chile Landlines
• Czech Republic Landlines
• Denmark Landlines
• Estonia Landlines
• Finland Landlines
• France Landlines
• Germany Landlines
• Greece Landlines
• Guam Landlines
• Hong Kong Landlines & Mobiles
• Hungary Landlines
• Ireland Landlines
• Israel Landlines
• Italy Landlines
• Japan Landlines
• Korea, Republic of Landlines
• Luxembourg Landlines
• Malaysia Landlines
• Netherlands Landlines
• New Zealand Landlines
• Norway Landlines
• Poland Landlines
• Portugal Landlines
• Puerto Rico Landlines
• Singapore Landlines & Mobiles
• Spain Landlines
• Sweden Landlines
• Switzerland Landlines
• Taiwan Landlines
• United Kingdom Landlines
• USA Landlines & Mobiles

Skype Mexico Plan

Call From: USA

Call To: Cities in Mexico plus USA & Canada

Cost: $5.95/Month

Call Duration: Unlimited, any time of the day

• Mexico City Landlines
• Guadalajara Landlines
• Monterrey Landlines
• Canada Landlines & Mobiles
• United States Landlines & Mobiles

Skype US & Canada Plan

Call From: USA

Call To: Anywhere in USA & Canada landlines and mobile

Cost: $2.95/Month

Call Duration: Unlimited, any time of the day

Skype Advantages- Cost, Quality and No Contarct.
Skype Disadvantage – All paid Skype services are PC-to-Phone calls. So you will need a pc. You can have a skype phone connected to your pc. That will free you from your PC, but your pc will need to on and connected to internet.

Also Read: Unlimited Calling to Europe

International Calling Rates including calling rates to India have drastically come down since carriers started using Voip to route calls to India. There are are many voip providers that offer great rates to call
India to its members. These plans are sometimes bundled with a unlimited or limited long distance(in US and Canada) voip calling plans.

Some Voip providers also offer stand alone “Calling Cards” to India at incredibly lower rates. These calling cards are totally independent and you can use them with any phone or cellular or voip carrier of your choice.

We just launched a comparison page that compares various India Calling Card offers as well as India Calling Rates being offered by voip providers with their regular long distance plans.

PhonePower is offering free international calling to the following countries to its new and existing members in the month of December 2008.

• United Kingdom
• Spain
• Ireland
• Israel
• Germany
• Singapore
• France
• Denmark
• Greece
• Italy
• China

Lingo Voip recently improved its international plans offfering with some excellent chages. So of the highlights of the lingo internationla plans and their new names are discussed below. Lingo has always been very strong in its international plan offers. With this recent changes it has gone a step further.
To promote the plans Lingo is offering a limited time 1st 6 months at $17.99 for its ChatterBox voip plan. The regular price for this plan is $21.95.
Why should you consider Lingo Voip?

Lingo Voip has many different plans to cater to different calling needs as shown below.

ChatterBox Plan
Unlimited calls in US/Canada, PR & 21 W. European and other countries like Australia, New Zeland, South Korea.
$17.95/mo 1st 6 Months and $21.95 after that.
Best suited for those who make frequent Europe/Australia/SE Asia calls.

Talk 365
Unlimited calls in US/Canada & PR.
$195/Yr (i.e $16.25/mo). Pay lumpsum $195 and save.
Best suited for those who make long distance calls in the US/Canada

Chit Chat (This plan is ending this Friday on 12/15/2006)
Unlimited calls in US/Canada & UK.
$19.95/mo
Best suited for those who make frequent UK calls. If you don’t call UK, you should go with the Talk365 plan.
7.7¢ to India
Lingo also reduced their rate to India by 22% to only 7.7¢ per minute. This calling rate is available for all Lingo customers irrespective of what plan they are with.

Read detailed review of Lingo Voip.