Today I'm going to talk about something different. An expatriate student is always looking for a cheap calling solution so that s/he can make calls back home and keep in touch with his/her family. I am no exception, every now and then I am looking for some cheap and proper solution. In this blog post I’ll summarize the results of my quest.
Before proceeding, let me clarify one thing, VOIP phones/softwares are the cheapest solution available in the market to stay in touch with your family. Below, I’ve placed the VOIP softwares with the cheapest rates to call Pakistan from Finland:
Low-Rate VOIP http://www.lowratevoip.com 3 cents/min. (Euro) Moderate Voice Quality
VOIP Buster http://www.voipbuster.com 5 cents/min. (Euro) Moderate Voice Quality
VOIP Stunt http://www.voipstunt.com 5 cents/min. (Euro) Moderate Voice Quality
Gizmo Project http://www.gizmoproject.com 11 cents/min.(Euro) (Land)
10 cents/min. (Euro) (Mobile) Above Average Voice Quality
Wengo Phone http://www.wengophone.com 11.5 cents/min. (Euro)Above Average Voice Quality
Skype http://www.skype.com 10.6 cents/min. (Euro) Excellent Voice Quality
In my opinion there is a trade-off between quality and quantity. Low-Rate VOIP is the cheapest solution available for Pakistan but doesn’t have as good voice quality as Skype provides. If you preference is quality then there is no better choice than Skype.
Personally, I use Low-Rate VOIP more frequently than the other options though I was a Skype fan sometime ago.
Some useful links regarding VOIP softwares are as follow:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_VoIP_software
http://progx.ch/home-voip-prixbetamax-3-1-1.html
