Packet8 - Unlimited International Calling Plan

Packet 8 is an industry leader in VoIP technology, and they have been in business for over 20 years. Packet8 provides internet phone service to both residential and business customers at a very affordable price.

Packet8 offers an unlimited international calling planfor residential VoIP subscribers. This service includes unlimited "anytime" local and long distance calling within the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico as well as unlimited calling anywhere in the world "in-network". This means that all calls between Packet8 subscribers are totally free, always.

The unlimited international calling plan from Packet 8 is called Freedom Unlimited Global, and it allows you to make an unlimited amount of "free" international calls to a group of select international locations. Calling mobile numbers or "premium" international phone numbers is not included in the international calling plan.

The countries included in the Freedom Unlimited Global plan by Packet8 are:

• Europe:
  • Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Moscow-Central, Moscow-Suburb, St. Petersburg, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and United Kingdom.
• Asia:
  • Australia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, South Korea, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, and Singapore.
    
• Latin America:
• Chile, Sao Paulo, Caracas, Puerto Rico, Mexico City, Monterrey and Guadalajara.
  
• Middle East:
  • Israel.

All international calls to mobile or premium numbers are not included in this plan and are billed seperately at Packet 8's current international rates (which are very low).

What You Get With the Packet8 Unlimited International Plan

All residential unlimited calling plans from Packet8 come with a ton of free features that you will find very useful. You'll get voicemail, voicemail to email, call waiting, call forwarding, call blocking, caller ID with name and many more. In addition (like all of the best VoIP plans), you will have the convenience of being able to manage your account and your features online. You can set up a call forwarding number, set an email address to have a copy of your voicemail messages sent to (very handy) and more.

Packet8 also gives subscribers free use of a softphone. This is a software-based telephone that you install on your laptop. This makes it easy to take your phone service with you when traveling. You can make and receive calls just like you were at home! An active internet connection is required in order to use softphone, and it is recommended that you also use a headset/microphone or a USB phone attached to your laptop.

Cheap International Calling With Packet 8

To sum up, if you want to make all the "free" international calls you want - anytime day or night - the Packet8 Freedom Unlimted Global plan may be just right for you. If the countries you call the most are on Packet 8's list of "free calling" countries (see above), then you can save a ton of money on your international long distance bill!