Cheap calls

If you are looking for cheap VOIP (internet) call provider to call India then check out actionvoip. It’s very cheap and the clarity is excellent.

Most of these internet phone sites look and feel the same. I think they all belong to the same group.

I was using freecall till recently and was pretty happy with it. But then if someone is offering a cheaper option then why complain.

Previously the problem with these sites was payment. You needed to buy credits from a reseller or send money by western union etc. Now most of them accept credit cards. Free call even has auto renewal option like yahoo. When the credit goes below a certain amount then it will automatically recharge.

I used yahoo for sometime but was not happy with the quality and it was expensive compared to others. With skype, quality was good but rates were very high.

So for now its actionvoip all the way. There are some free destination also with it… will have to make some friends in those countries…

There is another site called smartvoip, which is more or less same rate and equally good.

So happy talking


Comparison of rates between a few sites for calls to India- there are hundreds of sites offering these services... more on their services in another post


Actionvoip -- $0.016 (Landline) *
$0.017 (Mobile)

Smartvoip -- $0.017 (for both)

Freecall -- $0.028 (Landline)
$0.033 (Mobile)

Yahoo -- $0.079 (for both)

Skype -- $0.106 (for both) **

* cheapest
** costliest

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