Phone Card Warning-Nobelcom.com

[rojak]

... in response to Phone Card Warning-Nobelcom.com, posted by SteveM on Mar 13, 2002

I found Leancard.com from someone on one of these boards. It is just right--ten cents per min. to Ukr. Quality is normal phone. Only drawback is having to load card # into speed dial. But it works virtually every time. It comes in $10 and $20 denominations.

[John K]

... in response to Re: Phone Card Warning-Nobelcom.com, posted by rojak on Mar 13, 2002

We've been using Cognidial for almost 2 years now.  We tried cheaper rates, but we had a lot of connection and reception problems.  Cognidial was a flat 21¢ per minute, but the quality was so much better it made up for it.  I'll have to take a look at LeanCard...

[Quasimoto]

... in response to Phone Card Warning-Nobelcom.com, posted by SteveM on Mar 13, 2002

None of the internet connections I have been using have worked since December.

Steve

[RfB]

... in response to Phone Card Warning-Nobelcom.com, posted by SteveM on Mar 13, 2002

We used Nobel.com until a few months ago when they goofed on their rates and charged us .25+/min to St Pete, they fixed it and credited the account, but the quality also went down the tubes at the same time. For the last several months we've used Discall.com for about .04/min to St Petersburg using the local access number here, or .12/min to the rest of Russia. The 800 number access is bit higher, but still not bad. We have been happy with the quality, and I like the option to 'recharge' the account with fresh money on the same PIN#,, no need to change the speed-dial on the phone.

[greg2]

... in response to Phone Card Warning-Nobelcom.com, posted by SteveM on Mar 13, 2002

However, I found the fact that the time on the card being  a set amount was a problem. The call would end when you reached the allowed amount or if you only had a little left on a card it was not practical to even use it sometimes. I figure that for what I saved relative to other services that it was not always worth it.

I had a problem of getting shorted once by a large amount - can not rememeber circumstances. I tried get the problem reversed and get a credit but, they were non responsive. That loss alone made their service almost double the expeceted expense for the time I purchased.

[greg2]

... in response to Phone Card Warning-Nobelcom.com, posted by SteveM on Mar 13, 2002

I have had troubles with 10-10-335 - with poor reception having to call back several times to get a good connection and calls dropped while in progress.

I have not tried 220 - how do you compare it to 335 for quality?

[BrianN]

... in response to Two cans with a string is cheapest but r..., posted by greg2 on Mar 13, 2002

Use 220.

After reading this phone card and phone service stuff for six months now on this board... It's obvious that the winner is going to be quality, not quantity.

It's worked for me to novosibirsk for many months... and no real problems at all.  Perfect connections (maybe because sombody pays for them!).

If a guy can't afford $10.99 for a full QUALITY hour of calling the fsu, then he's wasting his friggin time.

ymmv

[SteveM]

... in response to Two cans with a string is cheapest but r..., posted by greg2 on Mar 13, 2002

Most of the time, 10-15-335 is pretty decent.  There are dropped calls, but it is still cheaper than most other options.

I know this is the equivalent of grandpa sitting on the front porch telling stories, but for six months in 2000, we had a card in the DC area called EconoLo from Econophone.  It was 2.9 cents/minute to Moscow, and treated my wife's hometown (3.5 hours away) as part of the capital.  Cut our monthly phone bill from $500 to $50, with us talking for an hour and a half every other night.

We have tried a few other cards at various times, but not had great success.  Nobelcom.com was decent until they stopped providing service.  Oh well ...

[Mike]

... in response to Reception Quality, posted by SteveM on Mar 14, 2002

N/T

[Clay]

... in response to is it 10-10- or 10-15- 335 ? N/T, posted by Mike on Mar 14, 2002

They appear to be the same service..  Mebbe someone gobbled someone up, or they are just switching to the 15, don't know.  However, www.10-10-335.com takes you to the exact same site as www.10-15-335.com.  They're rates are a skosh cheaper than 10-10-220 (about $.01 - $.02 on average it appears).

I haven't used it extensively.  I did experience a dropped call, but dialed again in a few minutes, got through, and have 0 complaints about the quality of the call (I would actually say it was excellent).  Mebbe further experience will irritate me as well, in which case I would try 10-10-220, but .01 is .01, unless/until the hassle becomes too much...

Clay

[tim360z]

... in response to Phone Card Warning-Nobelcom.com, posted by SteveM on Mar 13, 2002

good results with them and their Bill History and records and recharging online are effortless.  Also you can print out your telephone bill for possible future K-1 use.

[greg2]

... in response to Try net2phone.com,  I have had good, posted by tim360z on Mar 13, 2002

what about quality of connection?

[Richard]

... in response to Question, posted by greg2 on Mar 13, 2002

I have been having some problems lately with Net2Phone: bad connections and not getting connect.  When it goes through, it's great.  

If you are like me and sometimes call on a whim, it's worth risking a bad connection to see if your party is home and then calling back for a better connection.