Very often when working abroad, you international calling charges rack up pretty quick. Some people turn to IP cards for international calls, but I find that they're a little expensive. If you can manage to convince the party on the other end of the line to use Skype.com, then of course you can call for free using Voice over IP (VOIP).
Now if they are somewhat technologically challenged, or don't really use computers so much, you might have to resort to using Skype Out which enables you to call from your computer to a regular landline.
If Skype Out doesn't work for you, there are some other services that might to the trick. I haven't tried these personally yet, but I hear good things about them.
What services do you use to call home? Any recommendations?
Please leave them in the comments.
I rent my SIM cards from a company called Cellhire (http://www.cellhire.co.uk)in the UK. They provide me local airtime in the country I'm visiting. Or if I'm going around Europe, I'll take the European Roaming SIM.
http://www.cellhire.co.uk/countries/europe-sim-card.aspx
The local airtimes generally have free incoming calls so I get my friends to call me instead! I'm cheap like that!
Posted by: calling home working abroad | 10/21/2009 at 08:04 PM
Give the zoiper softphone a try as well, you can download it from http://www.zoiper.com
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