PhoneFree seems like a fairly good system, though I've not been able to make it work because of hardware problems at my end.
www.phonefree.com
In spite of the name it's not in fact free but the rates are good.
$0.02 / minute to and within US $0.05 / minute France $0.05 / minute Hong Kong $0.08 / minute Japan $0.14 / minute Mexico
You put money in your account and use it from wherever you take your laptop.
Gotta get me a setta headphones...
Joanna
At 21:06 10-03-01, you wrote:
>Has anyone played with the software (and perhaps optional hardware)
>necessary to make cheap international phone calls over the internet? I'd
>be grateful if you could share your wisdom and experience with me
>off-line. I'm thinking of using this as a means of practicing my foreign
>languages.
>
>Michael
>
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