Cheap international phone card in Japan?

Hi folks,

I`ve recently moved to Japan, and I`m looking for a cheap international phone card for calling the UK.

Before anyone mentions Skype - I actually don`t plan to get a computer here (I prefer to limit my internet time by using internet cafes), and also my family in the UK that I call regularly don`t have internet access.

So far I have been using the KDD Superworld card, but it seems to cost me over 100 Yen a minute to call home.

There seem to be a number of different international phone cards available when I look on the web browser at Family Mart convenience store - including ones by NTT, Softbank etc.

Any advice would be gratefully appreciated - thanks :)

Howell

http://www.startoption.com/uk.html
From Japanese landline to UK landline

SkyWorld 5.7yen/min
Vivaplus 9yen/min (0.9yen/6sec)
CosmoGold 8.5yen/min
Brastel 9yen/min (0.9yen/6sec)

may I know how about phone card calling back to Malaysia, which one is the cheapest one? Thanks

Thanks very much everyone - I have bought a Brastel card, and I am very impressed with the both the line quality from my cell phone and the very low cost of calls. I am now able to make long calls home for a reasonable price. Thanks!

http://www.startoption.com/mh.html
From Japanese landline to Malaysia

SkyWorld 6.6yen/min
CosmoGold 8.4yen/min
VivaPlus 13yen/min (1.3yen/6sec)
Brastel 11yen/min (1.1yen/6sec)

if anyone knows about the cheapest phone cards calling from japan to sri lanka.pls let me know.thanks alot

If I were to order a Brastel phone card from America (online, of course), would my boyfriend in Japan be able to use it (after I give him the info, of course)?

You don't need to order one - he can just pick one up from any convenience store and use one of the payment slips in the pack to put some credit on it. I think you may be able to top it up for him online.

http://www.nationalcallingcards.com

Check it out real chip pinless phone cards.. you gotta love it
and cheap too

Try onesuite.com, they got fairly good rates around the globe. You can access your usage online and call history so you can check if you are getting charge correctly. This way there will be no dissappearing mnutes just like the other phone cards.

WE've been using Onesuite for year and we're getting very good service from them. We've tried it in Japan and it worked.

Hello all I have found a site called www.Com4cents.com the seem to have the best rates online.

You can buy online from
www.phone-card.goeport.com