International calling with VOIP. Is it worth it?

[Jhill]

I have a friend who calls Chile a lot. He pays about 8 cents a minute. Has anyone here used VOIP for international calling? Is it worth it? I know it's good for regular lond distance in the US. I've also heard that if you call another country the reciepement will gets an additional charge because the phone company knows the call is coming from a viop service? Is this true?

Thanks for any help.

 

[Jassi]

Originally posted by: Jhill
I have a friend who calls Chile a lot. He pays about 8 cents a minute. Has anyone here used VOIP for international calling? Is it worth it? I know it's good for regular lond distance in the US. I've also heard that if you call another country the reciepement will gets an additional charge because the phone company knows the call is coming from a viop service? Is this true?

Thanks for any help.

Never heard of that.

Edit - But I am not an expert on voip.

 

[aphex]

No, not true. No additional charges.

We call Costa Rica every 2-3 days on Vonage and its fine. We get the occational busy signal, but we get that from land lines too.

 

[trinketsummoner]

I use Vonage to call the UK and it works fine, no extra charges.

 

[z0mb13]

calling internationally using VOIP is free?

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: z0mb13
calling internationally using VOIP is free?

Nope.

Although SunRocket.com does offer $3 free international long distance every month. Usually USA and Canada are unlimited though.