- Calling cards with maintenance fee: the rates are lower at least on 10% than those without maintenance fee.
- Customers say that ComFi is 3 times cheaper than Skype.
- 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!
- 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 30% 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.
Due to the data from ComFi.com, in March 2006 - December 2009, it was reduction (%) in the rates on calls with prepaid phone cards (from USA):
| Armenia |
4.9 % |
|
Austria |
23.5 % |
| France |
22.2 % |
|
Germany |
30.8 % |
| Italy |
-11.1 % |
|
Lithuania |
31.6 % |
| Poland - Warsaw |
10.0 % |
|
Russia - Moscow |
40.0 % |
| UK |
30.0 % |
|
Ukraine - Kiev |
-7.9 % |
| China |
29.3 % |
|
India - Bombay |
72.5 % |
| Israel |
10.0 % |
|
Japan - Tokyo |
-36.4 % |
| Kazakhstan |
36.8 % |
|
Malaysia |
27.8 % |
| Pakistan |
55.0 % |
|
Uzbekistan |
21.4 % |
| Canada |
33.3 % |
|
Mexico - Mexico City |
35.0 % |
| USA - Continental |
30.0 % |
|
Argentina |
28.2 % |
| Bolivia |
-3.4 % |
|
Brazil |
10.3 % |
| Chile |
-44.4 % |
|
Colombia |
40.0 % |
| Venezuela |
3.7 % |
|
Australia |
0.0 % |
So the largest declines were observed for India - 72.5%. The rates only did not change to Australia. However, there are some destinations where the rates had gone up. The most increase was for Chile - 44.4%, Japan - Tokyo - 36.4%.
In January - June 2010, rates' reduction (%) was:
| Armenia |
-1.7 % |
|
Austria |
7.7 % |
| France |
12.5 % |
|
Germany |
22.2 % |
| Italy |
10.0 % |
|
Lithuania |
0.0 % |
| Poland - Warsaw |
11.1 % |
|
Russia - Moscow |
0.0 % |
| UK |
28.6 % |
|
Ukraine - Kiev |
0.0 % |
| China |
14.3 % |
|
India - Bombay |
64.1 % |
| Israel |
11.1 % |
|
Japan - Tokyo |
0.0 % |
| Kazakhstan |
6.8 % |
|
Malaysia |
38.5 % |
| Pakistan |
38.4 % |
|
Uzbekistan |
0.0 % |
| Canada |
33.3 % |
|
Mexico - Mexico City |
42.9 % |
| USA - Continental |
28.5 % |
|
Argentina |
0.0 % |
| Bolivia |
-22.2 % |
|
Brazil |
28.0 % |
| Chile |
0.0 % |
|
Colombia |
25.7 % |
| Venezuela |
0.0 % |
|
Australia |
0.0 % |
So the largest declines were observed for India - 64.1%, Mexico - 42.9%. But the rates had gone up to two countries: Bolivia - 22.2%, Armenia - 1.7%.
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