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Best way to call while traveling international
Both Fred and Bijan are traveling internationally right now and as always they are talking about the different technology issues and products that they are using.
A few weeks ago I was in Paris for Le Web and I think I figured out the best way to call while roaming internationally. There are cheaper solutions out there but this is the best hack for the buck in my opinion.
ATT does a 800mb roaming plan for $120. That puts each meg at $0.15. An average Skype call uses slightly less then 1 meg per minute, so even with the Skype out cost you are under $0.20 cents per minute while roaming on the cellular network. I was worried that the call quality might not be great but in the 4 countries I tired it in (Romania, UK, France and Italy) it was flawless.
You can basically use any VOIP client, I like using Skype because it just seems to work and I have programmed it to show my cell phone caller ID when I call out using it. While this does create call backs to my cell phone I find that so many people screen for caller ID that if I call through anything else I never get through.
