Despite all the progress made by telecom industry and the gradual lowering of rates, it is still not that cheap to pick up the phone and call Pakistan directly from your landline or cell phone from US. Part of it has to do with the high termination rates imposed by Pakistan. In a reent trend, phone companies in US have started to offer a single rate international calling where you can buy a bucket (say 300 minutes) for a flat fee and then call one of the many countries in that plan. Vonage is one of them but Pakistan is not included in their list.
Then there's Verizon International Single Rate Plan which covers 118 countries, including calls to Pakistan. The catch? you have to be vigilant to monitor the usage and to make sure that you don't go beyond the total minutes of your package. You can track usage at verizon.com (as shown on the left) … not very convenient but it works.
Consumer Beware – Fine Print Details:
#Per-minute rates assume full usage of plan minutes.
Offer for new Verizon International Single Rate Plan customers who maintain a Verizon Freedom Essentials bundle. Discount applied via bill credit for a minimum of 12 months. Plan applies to direct-dialed international calls only. Premium termination charges, overage charges, taxes, fees and other terms apply. Limit 1 discount per customer. Offer ends 3/20/2010.
Verizon Long Distance offers international service only to customers who also purchase domestic long distance services from the company.
Verizon International Plans are for residential voice use and may not be used for commercial purposes. Verizon may suspend, restrict or cancel your service if your usage is inconsistent with residential voice usage.
Many foreign telecommunications companies impose substantial fees on Verizon Long Distance to complete international calls for services they designate as premium. Premium services can include international calls that terminate to wireless phones, pagers, personal computers and personal digital assistants (PDAs), international calls that require satellite technology, and international calls to chat lines or other information services such as 900 numbers. International calls that terminate to premium services in countries that impose premium fees will have a per-minute rate that is higher than the current rates for international calls that terminate to non-premium services.
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