REBTEL
Filed in archive Cheap Travel Tools on January 4, 2007
When traveling, we need to keep in touch with our family back home lest they worry that something has happened.
For cheap ways to keep in touch, we can choose any of the locally available phone cards to call back home. Problem with this option is that our relatives back home would have no way to call us anytime, should it be needed. Unless, of course, mental telepathy works and you were able to get the mental message that you need to call home.
Another budget option is to go to an internet café and send an email or chat. The thing is, we can't really expect our family to be online everytime you are on, especially if you are on different time zones.
REBTEL is another option which just came to my attention. With Rebtel, you can make and receive phone calls using your mobile phone without paying an arm and a leg in roaming fees.
Rebtel allows you to make an international mobile phone call at the price of a local phone call. With no downloads needed to be made nor contracts to be signed.
When you make a phone call using Rebtel, they will connect you to your family or friend's number via the internet. The service is available for FREE for the first month. After which, you will be charged US$1 every week but only if you use their service.
Check out this list for countries which are serviced by Rebtel.

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Vote for REBTEL:
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Rating: 5.67 out of 3 vote(s) cast.
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Response from:
Garren
(01/06/07 7:38am)
Response from:
Fife
(06/18/07 11:39am)
Rebtel is excellent if you stay put, but if you want to travel and keep your number or you can't be bothered swapping your Sim card every time you change country, then go high tech. There is a new cheap way to send sms messages from a mobile to any international mobile. Check out http://www.blitztxt.com.
Your phone service needs to qualify for GPRS.
Your phone service needs to qualify for GPRS.
Response from:
Costa Rica information
(09/14/07 7:50pm)
I took a trip to Costa Rica last month and I was dying to call my wife at home, but I didn't want to activate my roaming service, because it's so expensive. This Rebtel sounds wonderful, I'll definitely look into it.
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And why do I want a new number? Then calling a number, my friend has to be registered and has to get another number as well. When I call him then he has to hang up and call his Rebtel number as well, where he has to pay for the call as well???
I mean, seriously? What a pain ... I don't get it.