THIS PAGE IS OBSOLETE. PLEASE VISIT THE UW CSE SEATLE LIFE WIKI!
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Dan Grossman, 02-03-2002, from uw-cs.bboard
(Positive: MCI prepaid phone card)
After abandoning PinCity.com I took someone's advice and picked up an MCI
prepaid phone card available at CostCo. It was $20 for 575 minutes
(~3.5c/min), all day long, every day of the week, within the US. The
service is great, seeing as it's MCI. I have not yet dug up the
international rates.
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Sara Su, 02-03-2002, from uw-cs.bboard
(Negative: Bigzoo.com;
Positive: Onesuite.com)
I switched away from bigzoo.com after they often
disconnected calls and accidentally charged me for calls I
didn't make (who would I be calling in Chile?). So far,
I've found onesuite.com's service to be more reliable. They
charge 2.9 cents/min in the States; you can call Luke in
Sweden this summer for 6 cents/min.
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Dan Grossman, 01-22-2002, from uw-cs.bboard
(Negative: PinCity.com)
Just wanted to post a warning about PinCity.com in case you might be
thinking of using their services. Despite their name, they have nothing
to do with internet services; rather, they offer long distance phone
service for as low as 2.7 cents/minute. Unfortunately, every time I call
someone using their lines, the call either does not go through or gets
disconnected after 2-3 minutes. Do *NOT* use this phone service! Feel
free to write me with any more detailed questions.
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Vass Litvinov, 01-15-2002
Derissa.com - I have been using them for a while, and it's mostly OK.
(Talk to me if you want more details than below.)
They offer prepaid calling cards with good rates to Asia, Latin America,
occasionaly other areas, too. (Their passion appears to be Indonesia.)
Be warned, however, that Derissa.com are just resellers, and chances
are that the card you buy there will not be as good as it sounds, wrt
rates and/or quality. So I usually buy one card and try it out; if
it's OK, I use it up and then buy another of same kind.
Look at the "service provider" mentioned on their page. I stay away
from Qwest because by the time they add tax and other fees (which they
probably won't even bother describing you) you end up paying 50% more
than advertised.