November 20th, 2010 
Tushar Mathur When someone is travelling or maybe operating out of a foreign land or maybe a different city than where his near and dear ones are, telephone is a good and reliable mode of solace. But then one has to pay dearly to avail this facility as the case normally is that the local telephony services providers charge a hefty amount to make long distance calls. If this is something that is bothering you then you can resort to using calling cards. These calling cards would allow you to make calls like you normally do but at a discounted price. This is possible as the calls are made piggy backing the basic telephony service provider’s service and then switching over to voice over internet protocol.
Normally two types of calling cards are available. One, that can be refilled and the other which is as good as nothing once the calling value is finish. The caller has to decide about the kind of card he needs. The disposable calling cards come with pre loaded amount of specific denominations and the refillable one’s can be topped up by the amount the caller wants.
Usually calling cards have a toll-free number associated with them. The caller first calls this toll-free number and then the IVR informs about the available balance. Post this the caller is prompted to call the desired number and then just talk as long as the caller wants or till the time the calling value exhausts.
Calling card companies offer various price plans for various time slot in a day or they offer duration based plans. If the caller wants to call for a long time then he has the choice to call during specific pre-declared time slot or may choose duration based calling plan offered. Some calling cards are specific about the place the call is made to. These are really advantageous for people who would call a specific place only and there are calling cards that offer special prices for specific numbers that the caller can declare before hand and enjoy low price calling.
This guest post was written by Malvika Sampat on behalf of http://www.affordablecallingcards.net, which helps people make cheap calls to India.
