Many people switch to calling cards from their standard home phone due to their frequent international calls. If the number of international phone calls in a month is too much then the bill at the end of the month is likely to be sky-high. However, this is not what the consumers of prepaid phone cards experience. Phone card companies have introduced international service plan as a solution to this problem. You will need some guidance if you have just recently decided to switch to phone card service after having enough with the phone bills. The choosing of one out of so many calling cards at one place can be a tough decision to make, especially when you do not know what the deciding factors in a particular phone card are.
We have to understand that companies introduce their prepaid phone cards in the market so that they can make profit by providing a good service. And to attract more consumers the companies mention their call rate on prepaid phone cards as being low. But now people are aware that those rates are not the only amount that is deducted on calls made using calling cards. Several phone cards charge different sorts of fees such as connection surcharge or maintenance fees. And this deduction made by phone card companies on each call is perfectly legal. What makes these hidden costs on calling cards look offensive is the way that they do this act.
So if you are going to get a prepaid phone card for the first time, do not forget to get complete information about the phone card that you are getting. This is something which many customers have not realized even after using calling cards for so long. Phone card companies that do not charge any extra costs, print a statement regarding their policy of no additional charges. You will find this or any other information about a phone card on the "card details" or "more info" section. In one of these sections, you will also find a statement about carrier service fee. This carrier service fee ranged between 30%- 40% of the call per minute rate as mentioned on your prepaid phone card. This certainly means that you are not charged when the connection is established, but when the call is disconnected.
It has been noticed that not all calling cards have these surcharges. But it is also a fact that, the lower the advertised rate of calls per minute the higher the fees and surcharges are likely to be.
The best you can do to benefit yourself while choosing a prepaid phone card is by figuring out your average calls per week or month’s time. This way you would know how much of amount do you need on your prepaid phone card for your normal routine. My sincere advice to you would be to read all the printed information on the prepaid phone card. And finally, check out a lot of calling cards before you choose one so that you know what common features all the companies provide and which is the exclusive feature that only a particular phone card company provides.
Author Resource:
Rebecca Smith is a consultant who loves travelling and share her travelling on travel blog about hotel deals information. She is also experienced in building phone card website.
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