The top 10 ways to call internationally for much less!

Jonathan's
Instructions for how to make an International Long Distance Phone call
(and links to cheap ways to make international phone calls)

After having a lot of success helping people find the cheapest rates on calling nationally and internationally, I realized from emails and search queries that there are many people who don't know how to make an International phone call from America to overseas.  One email I got said simply, "How do I make an international phone call?" and another said "I don't know how to make an international phone call using my home phone."  So this is a short page, with simple instructions for how to make international calls.  It is followed by the country codes for calling individual countries

The instructions for how to call internationally are followed by links to some sites where you can find the best rates on International calling cards and national long distance. If you want the best rates on cheap international and national calling cards, as well as airfares, be sure to check out the text links on this page marked with a

Simple instructions for how to make an International phone call

Dial the international calling number (011 from the US)
then the country code,
then the city code,
then the phone number.

To reach the AT&T International Operator, dial "00". If you are calling to a country with an 809 or 808 country code, do not need to dial 011, but you do need to dial 1.

For an example, calling Germany would go something like this. 

011,

then 49 (Germany country code),

then the city code, then the number.  This would mean that you would be dialing long distance to Germany directly.  When doing this, you can be charged over (overcharged) $1.00/minute.

BUT WAIT!!! BEFORE YOU DON'T CALL BECAUSE IT COSTS TOO MUCH...

As I advise on both the international calling advice page and the national long distance calling advice page, you should call your people.  Don't let the expense of calling stop you.  International (and national) calling can be quite cheap!  You just have to know the right ways for how to make International phone calls.

WHY?

You can use a calling card or an international long distance routing number that will save you money!  Contrary to popular belief, the big name American phone companies will not give you very good rates on calling nationally or internationally.  Chances are, if you're using one of the big phone companies, (AT & T, MCI WorldCom, Qwest, etc) you are not getting the cheapest rates for calling within America or on making international phone calls.

For how to get the cheapest rates on national and international phone calls, check out the links below and on the other calling advice pages.

I didn't put all of the inexpensive national and international calls information on this page.
Click here for better and more complete calling advice
 

With the best rate calculator, you simply say what number you want to call,
and this calculator, from Calling Advice, will find you the best rate.

 

Countries A - E

Cheapest ways to call Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Anguilla
Antigua
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Cheapest ways to call Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cheapest ways to call Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Costa Rica
Cote d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Cheapest ways to call East Timor
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia

Countries F - M

Cheapest ways to call Fiji
Finland
France
Cheapest ways to call Gabon
Gambia
Georgia (the country)
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Greenland
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Cheapest ways to call Haiti
Holland
Honduras
Hungary
Cheapest ways to call Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Ivory Coast
Cheapest ways to call Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Cheapest ways to call Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea (South )
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Cheapest ways to call Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Lichtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Cheapest ways to call Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar

Countries N - S

Cheapest ways to call Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Cheapest ways to call Oman
Cheapest ways to call Palau
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Principe
Cheapest ways to call Qatar
Cheapest Ways to Call Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Cheapest ways to call Saint Kitts
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent
San Marino
Sao Tome
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Seychelles
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
 

Countries T - Z

Cheapest ways to call Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Tasmania
Thailand
Tobago (Trinidad)
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Cheapest ways to call Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Cheapest ways to call Vanautau
Vatican City
Venezuela
Vietnam
Cheapest ways to call Western Sahara
Cheapest ways to call Yemen
Yugoslavia
Cheapest ways to call Zambia
Zimbabwe

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