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I used Skype for calls, it worked great for those calls that needed to be made to a real phone number!!

 

I am sure many of the forum members will have experiences with having to make phonecalls "back home". Even if internet makes communication a lot easier, sometimes you need to call someone without internet (like when I call my 88 years old mom), or you need to call a company / government agency.
I found a way to make cheap calls overseas, no matter whether you need to call a fixed or mobile phonenumber, and avoid blowing through my phone "load" in a single call.
It is basically a system that works over VOIP (voice over ip) on your end of the call (meaning you need a halfway decent wifi connection to your phone to make the call), and then gets put on the regular mobile/fixed phone system in the country you are calling to automatically.
I found it works amazingly well, without significant lag, and I pay on average under 2 eurocent per minute. Your mileage may vary, but it may be worth giving it a try.
If interested, google "dialnow.com" and check their calling rates to different countries.
The way it works is you open an account at the website, make a small deposit like 5 or 10 euro/dollar/pound/whatever , then download a (free) app for your phone from google playstore / apple and you're ready to go.

 

Google Voice

I use Google Voice to send / receive free texts. I receive voice mails to my number. I have used it to make free calls to the U.S. but I haven't used it for that in a while. The service seems to be regularly changing, so I don't know what the current state is for calling but I'm sure the feature is still there. All free.