Advice on cheap calls from US to Italy?

[beardy]

I am in Alabama in the US. My business requires I be in touch with a factory in Italy. I must do this by means of calls from US landlines, call forwarded to landlines in Italy. Outside of Vonage & Skype, can anyone tell me the cheapest company and calling plan that you have seen that will allow me to keep calling costs low? Thank you

[admin]

Hello,
I believe plans from Skype are the cheapest you can get. They have a calling plan for calling Italy landlines at around $8/month for unlimited calling. They do have a Fair usage policy for these unlimited plans, but still it’s a good deal.

Another option would be to use a regular calling service. Using Skype or any VoIP service requires a broadband Internet connection; if the connection goes down the phone service goes down. If you sign up for a regular service you can place calls using your current phone line. There are many such services providing low cost calling to international destinations. For example https://www.rebtel.com is a popular provider. Calls are made by dialing a local access number so being able to place free local calls is important.

Let me know if you have any further questions.

[beardy]

Thanks for the fast response.
I’ll investigate these options you’ve suggested. Hopefully I’ll be able to go ahead with one of them.

[Author]

Posts