PhonePower has added a new international calling plan which includes unlimited calls in the US & Canada plus 20 hours of international calls every month.

This positions PhonePower in direct competion with Vonage’s Vonage World℠ global plan. At the cost front, PhonePower offers three payments options compared to Vonage’s one monthly option. PhonePower’s monthly payment option costs $24.95/month (no contract) compared to Vonage’s $25.99/month(no contract).

There are two more options PhonePower offers that will bring down your per month cost.

The 12 month term option costs $22.95/month and the 24 month term options costs $19.95/month. These rates are very competitive and  the “20 hours of international call per month” should be enough even for regular callers who make calls to countries like India, China.

We believe this new PhonePower international plan will attract callers who make frequent India/China/Mexico calls and are looking for a Vonage alternative.

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Localphone new customer get 10% extra credit on first orders in the month of November. This is for new customers only and expires on 30th November 2011.

Coupon code:  LPTEN

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Localphone 20% Extra Credit

LocalPhone currently is offering the 20% extra credit, which gives new users 20% extra free credit when they top up for the first time. The code to quote at the checkout is LPTWENTY and this expires on 31st October.

Localphone Student Offer – 100% Extra Credit

They also have an ongoing student offer that I wanted to highlight here. Students get 100% extra credit when they sign up.

Localphone will give students 100% extra credit on their first top up, to a maximum of £10. They need to register with their academic email address on this page localphone.com/students and receive the voucher code in email. The code will expire after 30 days.

If a student adds £10 credit, they will get £10 free. This is the equivalent to:

United States 5000 minutes
Canada 4000 minutes
India 2000 minutes
Brazil 2000 minutes
Bangladesh 800 minutes
Pakistan 952 minutes
Nigeria 454 minutes
Germany 2857

Full list of rates can be found at localphone.com/prices

Some of the highlights of the Localphone plan

• All new customers receive a 5 minute free call to try us
• Minimum top up is just £1 (or $1).
• No monthly plans or hidden charges
• Rates are over 80% cheaper than our competitors, to more than 250 countries
• Customers can use Localphone from their mobile, landline or computer
• Cheap international SMS as well as calls

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Localphone.com August voucher code LPAUG11 gives new customers 10% extra credit when they top up for the 1st time. This offer ends 31st August. This voucher/coupon is for new customers who sign up for the localphone service only.

Here is or experience with the LocalPhone service and a short Localphone review.

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I reviewed the Localphone calling service in one of our previous blog posts. I have been using localphone regularly since then. It definitely is the a very robust and easy international calling service.

I have just one  issue with a small additional fee that they charge you, which you can absolutely avoid, if you are paying attention.

When you add a new international number in your address book  in the localphone interface and localphone  gives you a local number to dial which will connect you to the international number, there is a small check box below, which is checked by default. What it does when checked is, it sends you a text message to your cell phone with the local number they assigned you for the intl number you just added and that sms text  costs you 9¢.

I don’t have a problem with the cost or the sms. In fact, its fine if you would rather get the sms and its very easy for you to save the local number from the sms in your cell phone’s address book.

But I would have liked it if the checkbox wasn’t checked by default and I was given a choice to check it if I wanted the SMS. Or even a pop up like, “Would you like the number sent to your mobile for a small fee?”.

So just pay a little attention when you are adding a new international number and uncheck the checkbox, if you don’t want to receive the SMS which will cost you 9¢. Or leave it checked if you want the SMS.

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If you call Philippines often, you can get 60 Free Minutes added to your balance as a welcome bonus when you sign up and  make the first deposit with Rebtel.

Calling rate to the Philippines with Rebtel is 10.9 ¢/min.

To get the free 60 minutes use the following code while signing up.

Voucher code: pinoy60
The offer is valid until July 31

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We get many queries about how to call Israel for a fixed monthly cost.  Our answer always have been the Skype, though there are other options available.

Skype Unlimited Country Plan offers unlimited calls to land lines in Israel. Plus the plan also include unlimited calls in USA and Canada.

The Skype Unlimited Country Plan plan costs $5.95/Month. Don’t confuse this with the Skype Unlimited World Plan which costs $12.95/mo. If you live in the USA/Canada and the only country that you want to call is Israel, you don’t need the World plan and pay more.

Just a reminder that these subscription based Skype calls are pc to phone calls. Which mean the subscriber (that’s you) call from your PC to a land line phone.

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Do you travel between US and Canada or Europe frequently and pay unreasonably high roaming rates using your mobile phone while traveling? If you are using one of North America’s major mobile phone carriers to make calls while abroad, you are paying up to 10 times more than you need to on international roaming rates.

Roam Mobility offers low international roaming rates worldwide. With Roam Mobility, incoming calls in over 65 countries at NO CHARGE and incoming text messages anywhere in the world – also at NO CHARGE.

As an independent technology provider, they are able to offer customers reliable roaming at a fraction of the rate the major network providers charge.

You can buy either an international sim card and use it with your own ulocked cell phone or you can buy an unlocked cellphone with the international sim card from Raom Mobility.

Cost of the Sim Card – $49 which includes $10 call credit.

Cost of cellular phone packages with the international sim card vary depending the kind of the phone you want. All phone packages come bundled with the sim card and $10 worth of calling credit. Outgoing calling rates vary depending on which country you are calling. But in case the savings are substantial compared to if you were to use your regular cell phone provider.

There is no set up fee, no surcharges and no contracts.

Currently you can save 10% off a Roam Mobility SIM Card with Coupon Code GU6RA.

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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.

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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.

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