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Question about calling from US to Ukr
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Posted by: RobOhioGuy

Ive tried 2 different calling card plans. Buying time to call from Ohio to Odessa isnt a problem. The problem is connecting with her.... It seems like a lot of static, dropped connections or just not getting through at all. Is this common? She has a cell phone...... Any advice or pointers would be greatly appreciated!

Posted by: parasionok

RobOhio,

mobile termination to Ukraine mobile networks from American calling card providers often do not work because they use cheap black routes. If you have a chance to find 3311 calling cards, they work pretty well. I don't know if they are available in your state though. Try calling through Primus or the best would be AT&T or Sprint. They all have agreements with Ukrtelecom or Utel. If you can find Teleglobe preselection, they work as well.

Posted by: mtbclay

I have tried four diffrent calling cards. I have had the best success with a calling card from IDphonecard.com. It has static and dropped calls but I can connect. I can hear her better than she can hear me. I call Sevastopol. I have better luck with her residential phone than her cell phone. I tried ATT thinking that for .35 a minute it would be better, but it was not. I am paying .17 to call regular and .20 for cell.

Clay

Posted by: povlhp

I pay less than that, including local sales tax, by using a local IP telephone provider (Which I use for all my cheap landline phone calls).

Try looking for providers using SIP - And buy an adapter like the Sipura 2000. Might get cheaper in the long run. I can see sipphone.com is slightly more expensive than my local provider at 15/16 cents to Ukraine. But there are many providers.

Denmark has around 10 providers, and only 5 mio citizens.

Posted by: Vikochka

I have friends in Ukraine (Kiev) and I call all the time. http://www.cheap-international-calling-card.com
very good rates and quality

Posted by: Meico

I've used several different calling plans over the last year from Texas to Chernigov, Ukraine to a home phone. Cost has been between 4.7 cents to 11.5 cents. I think I am most satisfied with http://www.fastphonecard.com
They have many to choose from, I generally buy the "Terminator" cards.

You can access through an 800 number for 2 cents extra or find a local access number and call for 4.7 cents.(2 cents more I think to cell phone) The local numbers are long distance for me so I use my cell with free long distance and free nights and weekends to place the calls.

The time of day in Ukraine is also important for quality of calls. Between 2:00 pm and 8:00 pm UA time is not a good time to call (for me anyway). I get the best connections from 7 am to 12 noon, or from 10 pm to 12 pm

Read the fine print. Some cards have 3 min. billing and maintence fees.

Posted by: DennisInGA

Anyone ever try something like Skype phones? Free PC to PC calls for Skype users. Or Yahoo Instant Messenger which had free PC to PC calls.

Dennis

Posted by: povlhp

If the other end has no PC, then this is difficult.

But I have a SIP adapter (Sipura 2000) and has set the 2nd line up to www.sipdiscount.com. This means my wife just uses a normal phone to call any number anywhere in the world. The 1st line is with a local provider, who gives me a real phone number for incoming calls for $1.50/month

The prices:
Denmark: Free (we live here)
Germany: Free (she has friends there)
New Zeeland: 1 eurocent/min (she has friend there)
Russia: 1 eurocent/min (her family is there).

Ukraine is more expensive with 9 cents/min but we do not call there.

Posted by: DennisInGA

Awesome! But the info is appreciated. Trying to find an economical way to have FREQUENT talks ;-)

Dennis