1 Considerations When Acquiring Online Prepaid phone cards

The use of OnlinePrepaid phone cards is becoming the order of the day, especially to hose making frequent international calls or those making long telephone time calls. Although the use of these cards is becoming a common feature, the prospective and existing user must care. They must make consideration in advance before purchasing these cards from a given service provider. There are usually problems or crisis which might arise, when wrong decisions are made in choosing the type of the card. When these problems arise, the user would only complains and very little could be done to address the issue. The user must bring a number of concerns into light before acquiring the prepaid phone card. The main considerations are rate, presence of hidden costs, Quality of service, reliability of the card, reputation of the service provider, connectivity,

The very first consideration made when selecting the prepaid phone card from different service providers, is the rate of charge. It is important to identify the available service provider and their rates of charge for using their services. After identifying the most reputable service providers, then compare their rate. Out the identified, select the one who provides the services at the cheapest rate. Some service providers may provide the service at a cheaper rate but it may not be economical to the user. For instance the service may be charged per half an hour, while others charge per minute. This would mean that although, the former may be cheaper in full half an hour, it may be expensive when the user uses the service for 15 minutes. This is because the user will pay for fifteen minutes he/she never used, making the service more expensive than when being charged per minute.

Another nagging factor is hidden costs. The service provider may indicate the rate for use service of service but fail to expose hidden costs. These are costs such as taxes, connection fee, maintenance fee, activation fee etc. Always, in advance, confirm about the existence of hidden costs because they increase the cost of the service without the knowledge of the user.

The user must establish the quality of service. Some service providers give very poor services. The caller may have difficulties in making a call to go through or the other side may not audible, when using poor services. Alternatively, it may be very hard to get access to the customer service numbers, which highly annoys the user and derives him/her of the services. Other poor services may emanate from reliability of the card. The card may not be reliable. Make sure that card is reliable and genuine.

Another important consideration is the reputation of the service provider. Always purchase prepaid phone cards from reputable service providers. Make sure that the manufacturer of the cards is a well reputed company, which can stand test of time.

Check the connectivity to ensue that service provided are of good quality.

Lastly check the package accompanying the cards to; ensure that the PIN number and access numbers work, ensure that there are accompanying instructions, make sure the card is in a sealed envelope, and confirm the expiry.