International Long Distance

If you have family and friends in another country, you do not need to be told that international phone calls are expensive. Depending on the country you are calling, even short phone calls can ratchet up impressive phone bills. Of course, you can always send an email or instant message, but that just isn’t the same; sometimes, you just need to hear the voice of your loved one. You would think that in today’s globalize world there would be an easier and cheaper way to communicate. Luckily for you, there is now. There are two main services that can drastically reduce your international long distance bills: VoIP services and international callback services.

Voice of Internet Protocol (VoIP) services

With a VoIP service, instead of using the telephone networks to make your calls, you can make calls over the Internet. And this does not mean that you are limited to calling people with VoIP enabled phones or computers; most VoIP services will allow your calls to be switched onto a local telephone network so you can make calls to any telephone in the world. The advantage of using a VoIP service is that you can reduce your international long distance charges by as much as 80 per cent! Think how much longer you could talk to your loved ones if you were paying just a fraction of your current rates.

International callback services

An international callback service uses traditional phone networks, but lets you avoid paying high domestic international long distance rates by routing your international phone calls through a third country with lower rates. For instance, instead of calling directly from Italy to Bangladesh, your call would be sent through the United States. This will result in cheaper calls for you as long as the combined cost of the inbound call to the United States from Italy and the outbound call from the United States to Bangladesh is less than the cost of a direct call from Italy to Bangladesh. Given the disproportionately high cost of long distance phone calls outside of North America, this will more often than note be the case. To use an international callback service, you just have to sign up with a service provider who will provide you with a trigger number. Simply call this number (additionally, some service providers let you notify them online or by SMS or email) and the service provider will call you back immediately. Pick up the phone and dial your destination number and talk as you would with any other phone call secure in the knowledge that you are saving money.

Colson Communications

When looking for a VoIP or international callback service provider, come to www.colsoncommunications.com and discover why customers in over 200 countries rely on Colson Communications to meet their international long distance needs. We offer high quality technology at cutting rate prices, technology that you know you can trust to give you clean and clear phone calls and prices that will not leave you bankrupt. Visit us and start making cheap international long distance calls today!