International Voice Communication
It is clear that facility and cost always reciprocal to each other. It is same with overseas voice communication. Here is we discuss with different scenario.
Mobile to Mobile / Land Line
- It is most convenient but it is most expensive for country like Pakistan.
- Normally, it costs around $1.20 to $1.89 per minute to Pakistan on different mobile carriers, but if you are clever, you can have 32c per minute from SlimTel Jinnah Sim Offer .
- If you are on plan where international calls are included, that's bonus.
- Some times, your call does not get through to Pakistani mobiles due network traffic, so don't rely too much on Pakistani mobiles in emergency.
- When it is best? It is only option if you are travelling and you don't have access to local phone.
- Call Quality? Best
Phone to Mobile / Land Line
Using land line phone, you have few ways to call some body overseas on mobile or phone. I don't need to mention that using standard Telstra line; you will same rate as you pay with mobile.
Using Calling Cards
- You need phone; you have to press lot of numbers to make a call and it costs you local call as well to connect.
- Most of cards charge too much hidden flag fall cost and don't match with minutes mention on
- Call rate vary from 15c to 35c.
- Almost all cheap calling cards use VoIP technology in the middle for cross border communication.
- Tip: To get cheap cards, go to http://www.ozprepaidcards.com.au/
- When it is best? It is best when use for long call in one go.
- Call Quality? OK/ Worst
Using separate account for overseas calling
- You need to get a separate account from a company such as Asia DigiCall .
- You get billed monthly.
- Call rate are about same as calling cards vary from 15c to 38c. But you don't to buy cards etc.
- When it is best? It is best when you make all of your call from home.
- Call Quality? Good
Using Internet, clever ways to save
You can save lot of money with Internet if you do too much overseas communication.
Free SMS to overseas Mobile
- Following sites provides free SMS service from your computer.
VoIP Technology
VoIP stands for voice over Internet protocol. In simple language it is voice communication using Internet. Using this technology, we have following options
Free PC to PC communication via Internet
- Following scenario provides Free PC to PC communication via Internet.
- There are a lot of PC to PC voice chatting Free software such as MSN, Yahoo Messenger, Google Talk & Skype.
- I pick Skype: Free PC-to-PC Voice Chat Software
- There are lot of benefits of computer base voice chatting, you can only talk but can do text chat, transfer files and share pictures as well.
- When it is best? You are home with a computer with internet, mic & headphones.
- Voice Quality? Good with broadband and not to bad with dialup Internet.
- Only issue is that how can you tell other person in Pakistan to come online. Here are some tips to apply.
- Send FREE SMS to request other person to come online.
- Send some special “Miss Call” on other party mobile or give a 30 second mobile call.
- Skype also provides you PC to Phone call facility (see below). Make a single call to ask other person to start computer and talk for hours.
- Advance Tip: If you want to this chat any where without having landline phone for Internet, then think about Unwired broadband Internet. If you have laptop and unwired modem with you can use Skype in car as well.
PC to Phone communication via Internet
- Now there is scanarion when somebody on the other side does not have computer instead he has land line number. Following scenario provides Free PC to PC communication via Internet.
- I again pick Skype: Free PC-to-PC Voice Chat Software
- There are lot of benefits of computer base voice chatting, you can only talk but can do text chat, transfer files and share pictures as well.
- When it is best? You are home with a computer with internet, mic & headphones. Skype give you better call control as you can see when minute going to start as well as you can buy more minute any time.
- Voice Quality? Good with broadband and not to bad with dialup Internet.
- Cost? You need to buy credit that is about 18c per minute. You can buy more credit online
Phone to Phone communication via Internet
- Above scanario is really good for a person who is very good at computer what about the older people or others who don't use computers at all. There is solution for this problem available as well.
- And if you don't want to use computer at all or you want to use your standard phone as VoIP phone. Then you need following (click on links to learn more):
Broad Band Internet
- Router
- VoIP ATA
- You standard phon
- Then you connect your phone to VoIP ATA switch which will be connected to router and router will be connected to Internet via broadband router.
- Now you dial from your standard phone to any where using Internet on cheap call rate.