Cheapest call rates from Oz to Europe (esp. Germany)?

Hiya,

could you please let me know where I can find out the cheapest rates for
calls from Australia to Europe, especially to Germany? I've seen that there
are those "International Calling Cards", but is there a cheaper rate
available, maybe offered by an Australian provider?

Thank you!

Best regards,
Andreas

no. the calling cards are the way to go

"Andreas Steinwachs" <mail.usenet@gmx.net> wrote in message
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> Hiya,
>
> could you please let me know where I can find out the cheapest rates for
> calls from Australia to Europe, especially to Germany? I've seen that
> there are those "International Calling Cards", but is there a cheaper rate
> available, maybe offered by an Australian provider?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Best regards,
> Andreas
>

On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 00:13:26 +0200, "Andreas Steinwachs"
<mail.usenet@gmx.net> wrote:

>could you please let me know where I can find out the cheapest rates for
>calls from Australia to Europe, especially to Germany? I've seen that there
>are those "International Calling Cards", but is there a cheaper rate
>available, maybe offered by an Australian provider?

It's free via Skype <www.skype.com>.

> could you please let me know where I can find out the cheapest rates
for
> calls from Australia to Europe, especially to Germany? I've seen that
there
> are those "International Calling Cards", but is there a cheaper rate
> available, maybe offered by an Australian provider?

It really depends what you've already seen (and regard as 'cheap' or
cheaper)... rates from Australia to Germany by providers with quality
lines are about 2.5 to 4 cents per minute, using pre-paid calling cards
(purchased in Australia). Most rates are quoted for calls to fixed
lines only, not mobiles.

For calls (on good lines) to Europe, I'd recommend looking at
http://www.1300woolies.com/
http://www.saygdaycallingcard.com/
http://www.boost.com.au/flash/callin...contents.htm#G

There are plenty of other phonecard providers, with varying quality.
See
http://www.phonecardselector.com.au/
http://www.cardcall.com.au/main.html

There's a reasonably good listing of IDD providers that bill you,
rather than using a pre-paid card, at Phonechoice. As you'll notice
they're mostly dearer than pre-paid card rates.
http://www.phonechoice.com.au/index....=International

On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 00:13:26 +0200, "Andreas Steinwachs"
<mail.usenet@gmx.net> wrote:

>could you please let me know where I can find out the cheapest rates for
>calls from Australia to Europe, especially to Germany? I've seen that there
>are those "International Calling Cards", but is there a cheaper rate
>available, maybe offered by an Australian provider?

Ohh, I forgot, try <http://www.phonecardselector.com.au/>.

Thanks everyone for your answers,

> It really depends what you've already seen (and regard as 'cheap' or
> cheaper)... rates from Australia to Germany by providers with quality
> lines are about 2.5 to 4 cents per minute, using pre-paid calling cards
> (purchased in Australia). Most rates are quoted for calls to fixed
> lines only, not mobiles.

that sounds cheap enough. :-) Is it correct that I can use those Calling
Cards from any fixed line phone? I guess that they won't work with mobile
phones, though. Are there any providers who offer cheap pre-paid cards for
mobile phones? (Both for calls within Australia and to Germany)

> [links]

Thanks for all the information.

Best regards,
Andy

> Is it correct that I can use those Calling
> Cards from any fixed line phone? I guess that they won't work with mobile
> phones, though.
you *can* from a mobile, but you'd be chewing up the cost for you to make a
call to a domestic fixed line. if thats not much, then there's nothing
stopping you

"Andreas Steinwachs" <mail.usenet@gmx.net> writes:
>could you please let me know where I can find out the cheapest rates for
>calls from Australia to Europe, especially to Germany?

The "cheapest rates" are not to be found on a mobile network. As others
have said, by far the cheapest rates are given by cards. There are at
least 100 local phonecards. If you are calling from an eastern capital
city the cheapest to Germany that I know of is the Day & Night Card:
no flagfall, 1.9 cents/min, 24 hrs, through a local access number from a
fixed phone. See http://ozprepaidcards.com.au

Close in price is the Eagletalk card, at 2.2c/min on a similar deal.

If you are not calling from a major city with local access, the scene
changes dramatically.

Note: these comparisons based on rates listed on web sites, and may not
be up to date; I haven't used either of the above cards
--
John Savage (my news address is not valid for email)

[Schmidt]

When buying phonecards and doing a like for like comparison for cost - look for the variations such as the billing increment, flagfall, peak/off peak, account keeping fees....etc. These can eat into the cost of the actual call. Also take into account that there is a cost of the local call to the access number. The site http://www.telephonecards.com.au shows the rates as well as these details. However, prepaid calling cards are still excellent value and even beats most (if not all) VOIP providers (except for Skype to Skype calls)

[desi01]

Are you confused of the best phone card to call your destination country?
Onlinecallingcards.com.au provide you a free services to help you decide the best phone card to use.

Just select the destination countries and you’ll be prompted with all cards available with the rates.
You can visit the site http://www.onlinecallingcards.com.au