Can you use prepaid calling cards on your cellphone?

[nexus14]

My dad is part of my family plan and he asked me if it was okay to use international calling cards on his cell phone.


I would like to know if:
-it uses any of my minutes
-are there any additional charges for doing so

If it matters, he calls China, Japan, and New Zealand.

[silentjudge]

1. Yes it uses minutes
2. I assume these are the cards where you dial a local acsess number or 800 number first (typical). So no extra charges.

Sent from my Inspire 4G

[nexus14]

1. Yes it uses minutes
2. I assume these are the cards where you dial a local acsess number or 800 number first (typical). So no extra charges.

Sent from my Inspire 4G

Thank you judge for the quick answer. To verify, yes, these cards require dialing a number and inserting a pin code that needs to be scratched off. If he calls during nights (after 9pm), would it still use minutes?

TIA!

[silentjudge]

In that case no minutes are used. What you described is indeed a typical prepaid calling card.

Sent from my Inspire 4G

[tivoman]

Or your dad could use a google voice number to call Japan, China or New Zealand.

Cell phone -> GV# -> number he is calling

China landline .02/minute (mobile ?)
Japan landline .02/minute & mobile .11/minute
New Zealand landline .02/minute & mobile .22/minute

[nexus14]

Is he able to utilize Google Voice without an Android phone? If so, can you provide general steps on how to do so? TIA. I believe the calling cards are priced similarly to GV's pricing scheme but it would be much easier to do without the cards altogether.

Or your dad could use a google voice number to call Japan, China or New Zealand.

Cell phone -> GV# -> number he is calling

China landline .02/minute (mobile ?)
Japan landline .02/minute & mobile .11/minute
New Zealand landline .02/minute & mobile .22/minute

[silentjudge]

You can call your own Google Voice number and make a call out from there. Or through the web interface (phone or computer), you can have GV call a number and it will connect (call) both you and the number your calling.

[tivoman]

Go to www.google.com/voice and sign up for a new account. As the previous poster said you can log in from your pc to dial the number and gv will call your house/cell first and then it will call the number you are dialing. To do it from a basic cell phone just dial your own gv# and then listen to the prompts to dial the international number.

[Telekom]

My dad is part of my family plan and he asked me if it was okay to use international calling cards on his cell phone.


I would like to know if:
-it uses any of my minutes
-are there any additional charges for doing so

If it matters, he calls China, Japan, and New Zealand.

If it accesses the international calling with a local or 800 number it will cost airtime. It doesn't matter which country called.

[Extraordinary]

Thank you judge for the quick answer. To verify, yes, these cards require dialing a number and inserting a pin code that needs to be scratched off. If he calls during nights (after 9pm), would it still use minutes?

TIA!

In that case no minutes are used. What you described is indeed a typical prepaid calling card.

Sent from my Inspire 4G

False. Minutes will always be used when making a call. Free calls are to 611, 911, etc.

If you have unlimited night/weekend minutes then it doesnt really matter.

Some plans do not, especially the older/cheaper or on the prepaid side.

[silentjudge]

False. Minutes will always be used when making a call. Free calls are to 611, 911, etc.

If you have unlimited night/weekend minutes then it doesnt really matter.

Some plans do not, especially the older/cheaper or on the prepaid side.

Good catch, for some reason I just sort of assumed he has postpaid with unlim n/w

[Scottish Skyedance]

My dad is part of my family plan and he asked me if it was okay to use international calling cards on his cell phone.


I would like to know if:
-it uses any of my minutes
-are there any additional charges for doing so

If it matters, he calls China, Japan, and New Zealand.

I use it for few years.
It will use your plan minutes like domestic callings, but it doesn't cost you if you're under N/W or using wifi calling with supported option.
No special charge other than using plan minutes (see above).

[MERLINER]

if your family plan has MYFAVES,
you can call anytime, and use no
plan minutes-except international
toll call per minutes.
just make sure that the GV is one
of the MYFAVES numbers. dial into
GV > option 2 to make call out to
anywhere in the world. first you
have to add $$ to GV account.