<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I would like to see if anyone knows a cheap way to call to India from USA and also inside US. I just arrived in California and I would like to call back my parents and friends. AT&T and Sprint have some crazy prices and I can't even afford to pay the big bills that they send me since I am a student.</p>
<p>Based on your experience do you know a service that can help me call back (but with a decent rate)?</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>Usually Phone Cards offer cheaper rates, you might want to find a phone card for india (Since I notice that certain cards have better rates for certain places). If you rather not deal with all the cards you might want to try a VOIP service like vonage, using the internet to carry the signal they manage to significantly cut costs so a call to india rans .14-.17 per/min (Which I think will be lowered as the industry gets more efficent, and the competition intensifies)</p>
<p>I second phone cards. They may be a pain, but they are so much cheaper than calling long distance or using an international cell. Definitely make sure you get a phone card that will reach India, as I've found most only call to Europe. If you do a google search for "international phone cards" you'll find some options.</p>
<p>I've had good service to India with Reliance; very clear connections, with little/no static. You can buy time in $10 chunks or more. I think the rate is around $0.13 - $0.14/minute. Their website is</p>
<p><a href="http://www.relianceindiacall.com%5B/url%5D">http://www.relianceindiacall.com</a></p>
<p>(Mods - hope you are OK with this..)</p>
<p>You might want to try an inexpensive card through <a href="http://www.speedypin.com%5B/url%5D">www.speedypin.com</a></p>
<p>to see if it's reliable.</p>
<p>Also, the larger US post offices sell global phone cards. They work very well, but might be a little more expensive.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.callingcards.com%5B/url%5D">www.callingcards.com</a> try them.</p>
<p>skype if they have an internet connection</p>
<p>A friend of mine told me about this site <a href="http://www.calltalknow.com%5B/url%5D">http://www.calltalknow.com</a>. It's 1.4c/min for domestic calls so it's gooood for my pocket too :) I looked at the other companies rates but are slightly higher. It's good because are 4 types of cards for each country. I choose Hello because it fits best my needs. Also found some interesting info here.
Thx.</p>
<p>9 cents a minute to India, no connection charge or anything like that. I use it for calling the UK and it's very good. It's like a phonecard but without the physical card.</p>
<p>And if you use my link we both get 20 minutes free ;) :)</p>
<p>How to make cheap calls from India?
It’s cheaper than you think! Want to talk with your family or friends? Don’t want to pay a lot? Try Smartgroschen - the smart app for chat and calls. </p>
<p>Call any directions from India at low cost or make cheap calls to India - no matter where you are. </p>
<p>You can also try to call from tablet, because with Smartgroschen you don’t need a simcard.
Try it for free - you have free 0,50 EUR top-up at the start!</p>