My family lives outside of the US and my friend recommended me to open an account with StanaPhone for international calls. I did and I was very surprised how easy it is to open an account and setup the thing? I call Russia a lot using various calling cards with all kinds of surcharges and varied quality of connection. I was really surprised how good the connection with this country is? The clarity is simply outstanding! I called my friends in England and Italy ? the same great quality!!! The consistency is amazing and there is no obligation ? just one simple pay as you go plan so you don?t commit to anything. I had a few questions related to hardware issues so, I send ?em an email and got an instant response with the solution. My roommate is currently working abroad so he asks me to send him all kinds of his mail and I do it using StanaFax ? that automatically comes with the StanaPhone number. I simply fax his correspondence to his StanaPhone number and he gets it in a PDA format directly to his email! I really like StanaPhone for its simplicity, reliability and outstanding value for money. I do recommend it to anyone who is planning to save on International calls.