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Sunday, February 10, 2008

Calling Cards Services Reviewed

Hi,

We all come across a time when we badly need a calling card weather we are in the home country or travelling abroad. With the globalization spreading across , still there is no calling card company that provides a seemless service across the globle irrespective of the location . I have been extensively travelling throug the Asia , Middle East and Americas and have tried a couple of services including the AT & T of America , Etisalat of Middle East , Reliance and Bharti of Indian subcontinent. Like all of you I am also very cost concious and had been comparing cost vs benefit analysis

The services I tried was

1.StanaCard.com
2.Reliable Calling
3.Reliance India Call
4.Reliablecom.com

www.stanacard.com

So far I think (and this is my personal opinion) , Stanacard is the best of all in terms of call clarity , ease of use and cost of call after considering the offers it gives to loyal customer. Recently in Jan it ended 35% more calltime than usual rates. Interesting if you go with reference they give you 100% bonus for the first $10 load. So in $10 you get $20 and the guy you referred also gets $10 . So if you have a 2 cell phones (sharing which i did) , you can get a reference and after u become member , you refer for ur 2nd cell phone , so for $20 you get effectively $50 worth talk time ($20 for the first and $30 for the 2nd as now you are the referer and referee). And yes this services offer pinless dialing, statement and NO hidden charges. You pay only for you talks. And they also comeup with festival offers like Christmas , New Year , Diwali , Pongal .

www.relianceindiacall.com

I have tried Reliance India call but their customer service is hell and you end up loosing your minutes just speaking your issues with them, so i discontinued because although the call quality was good but the line remains busy and I am sure like me you will also hate it.

www.reliable.com

Reliable Calling was a horrible experince as it was the first card i took and I want to forget it like a bad dream.

www.reliablecom.com

Reliablecom.com was the chepest but I had call drops and quality issues. I had to recall to discuss the same stuff so the effective saving could not be known


In my opinion either Reliance or stanacard.com , if you wish you can click www.stanacard.com on this link and try the service , the registraion would require only your email address , if you wish to get a double talk time offer , enter the referral / promotional code as 180955. I checked with their website and lucky YOU they do have US and UK operations along with Canada and Russia. You can see the US and UK number on their website.

I would like to know if this blog has helped you taking decision. Please feel free to provide your suggestions and feedback.

In my next blog I will compare some other calling cards. Keep coming ..