Having just been in Australia and used dirt cheap phone calling cards,
calling my girlfriend in Norway (1.8 cents/minute with OzCall and a
couple of others) I was expecting something similar here in New
Zealand, but not so!

At least not what I've been told. Another traveller told me that a NZ$
10 calling card will give approx 45 minutes to European countries, so
is this correct, or are there in fact calling cards with similar
prices as in Australia?

I still have a couple of dollars left with my Australian OZcall card,
but I suppose it can't be used here...


Hallvard

Hallvard Tangeraas wrote:

> Having just been in Australia and used dirt cheap phone calling cards,
> calling my girlfriend in Norway (1.8 cents/minute with OzCall and a
> couple of others) I was expecting something similar here in New
> Zealand, but not so!
>
> At least not what I've been told. Another traveller told me that a NZ$
> 10 calling card will give approx 45 minutes to European countries, so
> is this correct, or are there in fact calling cards with similar
> prices as in Australia?

I think we are probably behind Oz here - you can get cheap calls to many
parts of Asia, but Norway comes in at 12 cents on Kia Ora, 15 cents a
minute on the Telstra Talk Plus, so long as you can use a local access
number. There is also nobel.com, which is web-based, but I can't
actually work out whether the price is in local currency or not. If it
is, then they'll give you a rate of 7 cents a minute. Chi-tel is
another option - you'll see them sold though Asian run internet cafes
and Asian food places: not sure what the cost to Norway is.