My DH has a cell phone he got in Afghanistan and is calling me on minutes he purchased out there. They are pretty pricey and he dosen't have a lot of time to go and get more. I want to get an international calling card to call him. Would anyone advise a particular phone card provider ? I called Sprint and they quoted me 77 cents per minute. At&t quoted $1.50 minute.
if he has a local afghani cell phone he is going to need to use their calling cards.
does he have no access whatsoever to an MWR facility that has the free internet? I haven't paid a single penny for the last fivem onths and I get to talk to mine for an average of an hour a day using yahoo Instant messanger Voice.
You can also buy them through AAFES for relatively cheaply. If I remember right 20 bucks bought us about 20 min, I think. But yea, if he has their cell phone, he has to use their minutes. We did a lot of talking on Yahoo messenger with webcam and stuff too, which was almost better communication than the phone (half the time I was os excited we were talking I coudln't think of a thing to say!)
i have an international calling card with a compang called telestial (google it)-it was costing me 34 cents a minute to dial an iraqi cell last fall when my friend was ill and i was calling her husband to update him-the calls were free for him since they were incoming from outside iraq. When i used the A t and T card to call hubby last deployment it cost about 1.20 a minute and used minutes on his phone so check carefully before you purchase one. Be aware that the cell network in Afghanistan may not be the best-and that only the more developed FOBS have internet-if hs is on a ETT or out in the mountains you may just be out of luck.
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