The Unofficial Speak Out Wireless Canada Consumer Page - Topic: International calls

Bylo on International calls

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 11:55:27 -0700

Re my previous post, my number has been ported over. Both YakCell and YakCallback work just fine. I get charged 20c/min by Ztar for the call plus 3.5c/min by Yak for the LD. That means that you can call LD within North America for 23.5c/min, to Europe (landline) for 25C/min, etc.

Bylo on International calls

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 06:41:36 -0700

Or use one of Yak's LD options. I'm in the process of porting my phone number from Bell Mobility to SpeakOut. Yak LD is already the default LD provider for that number. We'll see if that gets ported as well. That way you regular SpeakOut airtime plus as little as 3.5c/min to Yak. See http://www.yak.ca/Index.aspx

howi on International calls

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:11:19 -0700

Folks,

It costs me 29c per minute to call Hong Kong with my SpeakOut line in home area. It is even cheaper than calling LD within Canada!

Gopher Guts on International calls

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:22:23 -0700

Remember... "within Canada & US" is how you get the 30Â¢/min LD & 5Â¢/text rates. Once you call outside that area, you get to pay the going rates for whatever carrier they hook you up with.

Brochure:

Calls originating and/or terminated outside the service and coverage area may be subject to additional charges.

25 Â¢ per text message to International Wireless Numbers.

For example, Telus non-discounted (no "plan") landliine calls to Jamaica are either $1.73 or $1.30 depending on the time of day. If we pretend that Telus is our carrier, that could be .20 airtime + 1.73 LD = 1.93/min.

Peter on International calls

Fri, 27 Jul 2007 02:24:25 -0700

Wow, interesting that you could make an international phone call with the phone... it's always been within Canada and the US only. Any idea if there's a rate table?

And yeah, $5 credit is the standard.

Janna on International calls

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:40:55 -0700

I just got my phone today. I txt'd and called jamaica, directly, with no phone card needed.

The phone's great so far, the only thing is the guy at the store told me it came with 25.00 credit in the phone,.. but it seemed to only come with about 5.00 worth because as soon as I txt'd about ten ppl my new number, and made one phone call, (short), I had only 2.50 left on the phone.

Peter on International calls

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:38:53 -0700

Yes, that is correct. You could always use something like justdial.ca (well, basically a phone card), where you would pay the 20 cents per minute on your Speak Out phone plus whatever justdial.ca charges.

David on International calls

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:12:07 -0700

Hi everybody,

It seems as if the Canadian 7-11 phones can only be used to call within Canada, or from Canada to the USA. Is this correct? I was wondering whether one can also call European numbers from a Canadian 7-11 phone in Canada.

Best wishes,

David