Cheap Phone Calls USA

Cheap telephone call services in the United States of America.

Country code (international dialing code) for USA: +1

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RingPlus is a telecom service that offers free international phone calls because the calls are sponsored by adverts. You can call from a landline or cell phone by dialing an access number first, and can use the RingPlus service when dialing from within the US, Bellinzona and Lausanne in Switzerland, and Milan in Italy.

Apart from the cost of calling the RingPlus access number (depends on your standard telecom company’s charges), the remainder of your international call will be completely free. A full list of access numbers are published on the RingPlus website. This service is for non-commercial use only.

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Dial Simple is an over-ride telephony provider enabling you to make cheaper international calls from your existing landline phone without changing your normal telephone service provider or your phone number. It’s for US landline users and apart from the initial registration process, no computer is necessary to use this service although some of the enhanced features are only accessible via the website.

Cheap International Call rates

Dial Simple is a service for people in the USA, and their rates for dialing internationally are very cheap. For example, at the time of writing you can call Australia for 2.0c per minute, China for 1.99c per minute and the UK for 1.6c per minute (1st June 2009).

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With Skype on your mobile phone you can make free Skype to Skype calls, IM, and make cheap phone calls to other phones. To make free Skype to Skype calls you need to be within a wi-fi zone. Use Skype over 3G to make cheap phone calls to landlines and mobiles, for this you need to have Skype credit or a subscription package.

Skype recommend that you have an unlimited data plan with your mobile phone carrier, so that you don’t incur extra charges on 3G if you go over your limit, so you have that cost to build into the equation too. Otherwise you need a WiFi connection. However, data calls are much cheaper than mobile network calls and using Skype on your mobile device will save you money.

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By purchasing the Ooma device for a one-off initial fee of $249.99 you get free phone calls within the US and low cost international call rates. The service comes with good voice quality, caller ID, call waiting and voicemail included. There’s a 30 day money back guarantee if you’re not happy and a one year guarantee on the device.

To use the service you must first have a high speed wired internet service (Ooma does work with satalite services but these cases Ooma do not guarantee call quality). The device can be used in conjunction with your home phone although you don’t need a landline in order to use the service. Ooma give you a new number, but if you already have a landline, you can usually keep this number if you pay a once only fee of $39.99. There are no monthly fees and you get 3,000 call minutes every month.

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FreeBuzzer enables you to make free international phone calls from your normal landline phone by initialising the call online from their website. Enter your phone number and the destination number, then click the ‘Make a free call’ button.

FreeBuzzer rings the destination number, then rings your number to connect your call. You get free calls to other landline phones direct from your landline phone - no software to download and install, and no headset needed - you don’t even have to register.

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Dial Abroad is a cheap call provider with services in the UK, Spain, Italy, France, Belgium, Germany, Ireland and the USA. Dial over 100 countries for as little as 1.5p per minute. In the UK and Spain you don’t need an account or to prepay simply use the access numbers and your calls are billed through your normal landline phone bill.

For all countries where DialAbroad has a service, except the UK and Spain, you must first purchase credit before you can make cheap international phone calls – you can do this easily online from their website. In the UK and Spain, DialAbroad lets you simply use their access numbers to dial and any call charges are included in your regular landline telephone bill.

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MagicJack is a small USB device that plugs into the USB port on your computer. With any landline phone then plugged into the magicJack, you can make calls to the US and Canada absolutely free. The only cost is a $19.95 annual fee. The service comes with directory assistance, a phone number, call waiting, voicemail and caller ID all included in the price.

The initial cost is $40 which includes your first year’s calls and the magicJack gadget itself. After the first year you pay $19.95 per year. magicJack lets you access voip telephony with your standard landline phone (although you do need a computer and it has to be switched on). There is no software to install, the magicJack loads this automatically), you literally just plug it in and dial. The network has been carefully built by the owner and founder of the company and boasts excellent call quality.

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