To find the best phone card for you we recommend you to undertake the following steps:

1. Find the best rates for the country you want to call TO, taking into consideration whether you are calling a landline phone or a mobile phone (see Finding the best rate)
2. Considering your most frequently used calling pattern, choose a card with the most appropriate features for you – card with the lowest rate is not always the best for you!

• If You mostly have short phone calls, or you are not sure the person you are calling is there, and the phone call may trigger an answer machine:

– Make sure the card you are buying does not have connection fee. The best way to evaluate whether a cheaper phone card with connection fee is worthwhile or not is to estimate the average time for your phone calls. If you make 15 minutes calls, a card fwith a 3 cents/min rate and a $1.00 connection fee is more expensive than a card with a 7 cents/min rate with no connection fee. A phone card with high connection fee is good in case you know your party is there and you intend to talk for a long time.
– Choose phone card with rounding not more than 1 minute.

• If You are planning to use your card not very often, and would like to keep it for 2-4 months:

– Make sure the card you are buying has a low maintenance fee or does not have it at all.
– Pay attention to card’s expiration date

• If You are calling using a payphone:

– Choose the phone card with a low payphone surcharge.

To find the most appropriate phone card for calling different destinations:

– Considering your calling pattern, find the most appropriate phone cards for each destination.
– Compare cards taking into consideration their features and rates for each different destination, and choose the best for yourself.
– Sometimes, it is cheaper to buy two different phone cards, for calling two different destinations, rather than buying one phone card that has a low rate for one destination, but a comparatively high rate for the other one.

Note: Before You buy a phone card, make sure you go to View More Details, especially when purchasing a card with an extremely low rate!