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Article #1153Re: Canada to India calls: suggestion?
From: gapope
Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 18:47
Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 18:47
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Found some info on VOIP:
I myself are not too familiar with the technology, but if you want to try a
free service to see how you like it, you may want to check out Skype. It has
been getting a lot of publicity lately, and I've heard it works well. The
only thing is, is that you can only connect to other Skype users right now.
They are planning for a service to connect to regular phones in the future,
but who knows how long that will be. Anywho, here's the addy:
http://www.skype.com/
Your friend,
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"Jennifer R" <jenniferleighrussell@MYUNDERWEAR.roadrunner.nf.net> wrote:
"R> I went to http://dialaround.yak.ca/en/
"R>
"R> and clicked on Features > Rate Calculator.
"R>
"R> While YAK has two plans, the "DialAround" and and "1 Plus," it seems to
"R> indicate that by using a regular land line, Canada to India is 19 cents pe
"R> minute.
"R>
"R>
"R> "SHARX.." <SHARX@SHARXTANKSnospam.com> wrote in message
"R> news:7jElc.12188$LA4.9972@edtnps84...
"R> > TV's Bea Arthur wrote:
"R> > || Call 10-10-YAK and then the country code + the phone number.
"R> > ||
"R> > || It's 19 cents per minute to India. The only "catch" is the $3/month
"R> > || usage charge.
"R> > ||
"R> > || (It's 5 cents per minute anywhere in the US or Canada anytime, which
"R> > || beats the $20/month deal that Newtel has, in my mind.)
"R> > ||
"R> > || Jen
"R> >
"R> > Yak is excellent. I have it too. I've never had to pay ANY monthly charg
"R> of
"R> > any type except for the actually minutes in the LD call. Perhaps the 19
"R> > cents rate to India is a special sub plan of Yak which requires opting
"R> into.
"R> > There regular rate to India, 49 cents, is still cheaper than many.
"R> >
"R> >
"R> >
"R> >
"R> > ||
"R> > || "Jimmbo" <rshorttNOsAM@hfx.andaraNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
"R> > || news:COulc.35890$kc2.523656@nnrp1.uunet.ca...
"R> > ||| I have heard some of the prepaid calling cards have some good deals
"R> > ||| I have heard..
"R> > |||
"R> > |||
"R> > ||| --jimmbo
"R> > ||| "Mike" <mike@nowhere.com> wrote in message
"R> > ||| news:BCBBE066.21A5%mike@nowhere.com...
"R> > |||| Can anyone recommend the cheapest long-distance provider to call
"R> > |||| India from Canada?
"R> > ||||
"R> > |||| Thanks.
"R> >
"R> >
"R>
"R>
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