What's the name of the calling card from Telecom*USA?

[jonnyGURU]

They (Telecom*USA) had an insane calling card that was 8 cents per minute (for the "high volume minute" card), flate rate, any time, no expiration date and I can't remember the name of the card.

These are the same folks that are 10-10-220, but there's no mention of the card on that site, and when I looked at Telecom's website, all I see is corporate related stuff.

Anyone else see the TV commercial and catch the name?

 

[jonnyGURU]

Better yet... Does anyone know of a calling card shopping service or comparison website.

As long as I'm guaranteed roll over minutes (no expiration), unlimited long distance (inter and intra state), on and off peak hours and no service fees, I'll buy hella bulk minutes to get a low rate if I have to.

 

[yakko]

I just use the free long distance on my cell phone.

 

[jonnyGURU]

I do too. I plan on dropping my home long distance altogether. If I get a 1750 minute plan with Verizon, it costs less than ANY plan I can get from any carrier at home (7.5 cents). I just need the calling card for emergencies like running out of minutes or dead battery on cell phone, etc. You know with my folks and my wife's folks living on the East coast and my wife's siblings living all over the place up North, we use A LOT of long distance.

This card would be used in complient with the cell phones.

 

[j0lly]

<< Better yet... Does anyone know of a calling card shopping service or comparison website. >>



abtolls

roadtel

nobelcom

blackstone (I've used this a few times with no problems)

 

[RossMAN]

I've heard of Blue Kiwi but I don't know their website.

Two calling cards I've had nothing but praise for are BigZoo.com and OneSuite.com.

As low as 2.9 cents per minute domestic, outrageously low international rates and the best feature I love is online billing which keeps track of your last 4 months calling activities.

 

[jonnyGURU]

You're the second person to recommend OneSuite.com, RossMan. I just got nervous when they asked me for a credit card number BEFORE they let me pick my minutes or give me definite rates. They need to work on their customer relations if they want to hook people. Normally, asking for a credit card number first is a bad thing.

 

[RossMAN]

You're the second person to recommend OneSuite.com, RossMan. I just got nervous when they asked me for a credit card number BEFORE they let me pick my minutes or give me definite rates. They need to work on their customer relations if they want to hook people. Normally, asking for a credit card number first is a bad thing.

I could agree, they could definitely benefit from a better designed website to ask you what denomination $ you want and show your definite rate. The rate is CHEAPER if you have a "local access number" as opposed to using their toll free 888 number.

I recommended BigZoo.com (same company as OneSuite.com) to Viper GTS and I think he's been happy with it so far. Two reasons I might pick OneSuite.com is there were rumors BigZoo's customer cc's were hacked and stolen (mine wasn't affected as far as I know) and OneSuite offers you a free fax number, or so I heard.

BigZoo offers denominations in $5, $10, $20 and $50. I used to always get $20 but lately I've been doing $50.

$50 for 1,724 minutes or 28 hours 45 minutes is an INCREDIBLE value if you ask me.

 

[Viper GTS]

Bigzoo has been good for me, only complaints I have are:

1) Calling cards in general suck, direct dial is so much nicer
2) Occasional disconnects

Other than that you can't beat the price (especially if you have a local dial-up number). Blue Kiwi would have been absolutely perfect for me, except that it's not available in my area.



Viper GTS

 

[RossMAN]

Bigzoo has been good for me, only complaints I have are:

1) Calling cards in general suck, direct dial is so much nicer
2) Occasional disconnects

Other than that you can't beat the price (especially if you have a local dial-up number). Blue Kiwi would have been absolutely perfect for me, except that it's not available in my area.

1) That's what those memory dial buttons on your phone are for, memory 1 dials BigZoo's access number, memory 2 enters your PIN with a # suffix and memory 3 enters in your most dialed long distance phone number.
2) This is annoying but I'd say only 1 in 100 of my calls get disconnected.