Cheap ways of calling Japan?

[SARU]

Hey, all.

My girlfriend recently moved back to where she was born, the land of the rising sun.

I was wondering if any of you could tell me how you people

communicate with people over seas. Long distance calls are surely

expensive and being a poor minimum wage worker, I just can't keep up with

the bills. I need your expertice in regards to calling cards and voice chating via MSNIM.

If there are any alternative methods to that, I would like to know of that too.

Any advice would be greatly appreicated.

Thanx, and I hope everybody has a great day!

formerly daggersprawn

[slyrobeson]

http://www.skype.com/

[Tisswat]

Skype is sooooooooo 2004 ;-)

Go for http://www.voipbuster.com!

Reporter: "What do you think about western civilization?"

Gandhi: "I think it would be a good idea."

Edited by Tisswat on Jun 12, 2005 at 08:37 AM

[sugarboots]

i use ichat and yahoo bb internet phone (which is under 4 cents a minute)

www.sugarboots.com

[marksound]

Last time I checked skype was 2 yen a minute or thereabouts...

I use it, and I recommend it!

[marksound]

Wow, http://www.voipbuster.com looks pretty good, but it doesn't seem compatible with mac...

[DaBestSpoona]

I use vonage, 4 cents a minute

[Marcus]

Skype. No doubt. Best internet application ever.

[SARU]

I really appreciate all the feedback that

everybody gave me. I've decided to go with either Skype

or voipbuster. I was considering the Yahoo BB internet phone

but isn't that based in Japan? I could be wrong though.

I guess I forgot to write where I am going to be calling from.

I'm currently in San Diego. For those who have used

either Skype or voipbuster, I was wondering if you were charged any surcharges

when purchasing the credits in euro?

formerly daggersprawn

[Tisswat]

Not that I'm aware of. The only drawback of VoipBuster is that some people find the sound quality dodgy sometimes. But I hear they solve it by installing another client for audio - it's a plug-in I think.

Reporter: "What do you think about western civilization?"

Gandhi: "I think it would be a good idea."