Sprint = 5 cents a minute (international roaming)
Skype.com = 2.1 cents/min (all you need is a PC - a headset is also a plus)
Vonage = Unlimited calls for $25/month (most UAG students use this)

I've also heard Altel and Verizon aren't bad, but I personally prefer the top three I listed above all.

Right now, I use Skype since I can make calls from my laptop just about anywhere I can hijack a wi-fi signal (i.e. Starbucks). I use mi Telcel cell to place calls in Mex... Skype costs ~3 cents/min to place calls to Mexican phones. All you need is $10 to start. The program you download for free... The clarity is good for what you pay for. I spent 3 hours on the phone today (using skype) and my family and friends never once complained about clarity.

For ~$20, you can even set up your own phone # and voicemail for 3 months, or you can drop $60/yr. Depending on how much you plan to use the phone, it may be cheaper than Vonage. It's your call.

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I had sprint and it was 99 cents per minute so unless they changed the plan lately ( in less than a month) I think your information is wrong. Hopefully they did though

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This is what I would like to do to the "burros" of Megacable....

Telcel has just come out with a "plan" on the prepay phones where it is about $1usd for a 20-minute block. If you use 19 minutes, it is good. If you use 1 or 21 minutes, it is expensive (as in getting an answering machine).

iConnect has a pay-as-you go VOIP that is good, and cheaper if you do not talk enough to make the flat-rate Vonage worth what it costs.

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vonage works great for me, free to any us #, 1cent to a guad #

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I think the iConnect is more reliable from what I have heard, and I like the pay-as-you-go ($0.02/min) with $6.99 per month (also comes with free phone adapter... but have shipped to USA or you will never recieve it). Nothing is free if it has a monthly fee. It just depends on how much you talk as to which is cheaper for each person. Also, it is only $0.04 per minute to talk to hot chicks in Brazil... if anyone cares

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make sure that you check the vonage.com continuosly regarding rates since according to them can be change at any time. I usually check my bill online and see how much they charged after I am done with the call. Just make sure Gonza, you dont want to be surprised with a big bill. So far so good though still 1cent per minute to Guadalajaran landline call. Cell phone calls are 8 cents per minute

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From one of the speakers during Orientation, "There is nothing wrong with Mexico; it is JUST different"

This is what I would like to do to the "burros" of Megacable....

so far so good. ive made tons of calls to mex at 1cent a min, surely beats cell phone rates. i accident was dialing a cuban number, thats $1.17/min. make sure you use 52 not 53....

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(iconnect vs vonage)just calling the US you'd have to call for 900 mins or more a month to be better off with vonage. I'm at 500min so far...400 to go!

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Skype users:

PC World - Not So Fast: Skype Problems Continue

Apparently, you're right. The girl in class who had Sprint apparently got her bill back... $2k... OUCH! Well, Vonage/ skype / Telcel I guess, are the way to go.

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