20 Euro cents per minute is quite outrageous

March 21, 2008 7:28 AM

Is there a better option for international phone forwarding than Skype?

I would like to have a US phone number redirect to my German phone number, but Skype's rates to German mobiles are quite high. Are there any other options?

posted by cmonkey to Technology (3 answers total)

Response by poster: I don't mind paying something but calling another mobile from mine costs 0.13 EUR, so I know that Skype charges much more than just the connection tariff, thus the desire to find cheaper options.
posted by cmonkey at 7:38 AM on March 21, 2008

There are a lot of VOIP services like jajah, rebtel, fring, ...
There are a lot more. I myself have used rebtel for a while to call mobile-to-mobile between the S and NL. It's quite affordable but the quality was quite bad.
I'm curious as to experiences with other services.
posted by jouke at 8:06 AM on March 21, 2008

Koala Calling offers this, among other inexpensive telecom facilities aimed at international travelers.

I've used their ringback service before. Worked great, every time I used it. I'm pretty sure that Koala is a one or two-man operation reselling services from telecom providers.
posted by toxic at 8:57 AM on March 21, 2008