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  • Calling cards with maintenance fee: the rates are at least 10% lower than those without maintenance fee.
  • Jupiter card
    • It has so many local access numbers that most people will not need the toll free number. Using the toll free access number costs
      1 cent/min more than local access.
    • The amount of cards sold comes up to 53% of the total sales
      in separate months.
    • Some of users buy and recharge this card up to 9 times !!!
      and spend up to $130 a month.
  • Fast World card
    • The rates are 70% to 90% cheaper than AT&T card from the most locations.
    • The amount of cards sold comes up to 56% of the total sales
      in separate months.
  • Continental card
    • Over 11 handy features in one card!
    • The amount of cards sold comes up to 75% of the total sales
      in separate months.
    • Some of users buy and recharge this card up to 14 times !!!
      and spend up to $120 a month.
  • Simply card
    • Surcharge is only 0.2 cents per minute extra for using a toll free access number in the USA. Whereas other phone cards charge
      an extra 1 to 3 cents per minute for using a toll free access.
    • The amount of cards sold comes up to 20% of the total sales
      in separate months.
    • One of users once was buying and recharging the Simply cards
      13 times for a month! He spent $260 on them at the time!

International Phone Card Review is running statistics on the basis of the data from ComFi.com. According to that statistics, in March 2006 - December 2011, there was reduction (%) in the rates on calls with prepaid phone cards (from USA):

Armenia -9.9 % Austria 29.4 %
France 33.3 % Germany 38.5 %
Italy -44.4 % Lithuania 43.3 %
Poland - Warsaw 10.0 % Russia - Moscow 20.0 %
UK 40.0 % Ukraine - Kiev -7.9 %
China 29.3 % India - Bombay 80.5 %
Israel -10.0 % Japan - Tokyo -36.4 %
Kazakhstan 50.6 % Malaysia 38.9 %
Pakistan 55.0 % Uzbekistan 21.4 %
Canada 44.4 % Mexico - Mexico City 40.0 %
USA - Continental 30.0 % Argentina 36.2 %
Bolivia -12.8 % Brazil 37.9 %
Chile -33.3 % Colombia 50.0 %
Venezuela 27.8 % Australia 0.0 %


So the largest declines were observed for India - 80.5%. The rates only did not change to Australia. However, there are some destinations where the rates had gone up. The most increase was for Italy - 44.4%, Japan - Tokyo - 36.4%.

In January 2012, rates' reduction (%) was:

Armenia 0.0 % Austria 0.0 %
France 0.0 % Germany 0.0 %
Italy 0.0 % Lithuania -8.8 %
Poland - Warsaw 0.0 % Russia - Moscow 0.0 %
UK 0.0 % Ukraine - Kiev 0.0 %
China 0.0 % India - Bombay 0.0 %
Israel 0.0 % Japan - Tokyo 0.0 %
Kazakhstan 0.0 % Malaysia 0.0 %
Pakistan 0.0 % Uzbekistan 0.0 %
Canada 0.0 % Mexico - Mexico City 0.0 %
USA - Continental 0.0 % Argentina 0.0 %
Bolivia 0.0 % Brazil 0.0 %
Chile 0.0 % Colombia 0.0 %
Venezuela 0.0 % Australia 0.0 %

So, rates reduction was only to Lithuania - 8.8%.

By the way, about India - so costly changeable destination. There is Special Promotion: 200 FREE Mins to call India at 4 cents a Minute.

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