If you make international calls, and are not yet using internet phone service, you are probably spending way too much money. International calling rates are at an all time low with most VoIP providers, averaging under .05 per minute! If you have friends or relatives overseas, and want to save money by making free international calls, Vonage and VoIP.com are two internet telephone service companies to consider.

Free International Calls with Vonage

The popular VoIP provider Vonage has recently included free unlimited international calling to Europe within it's Premium Unlimited Plan. This is the most popular calling plan that Vonage offers, which includes unlimited local and long distance calling within the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico for a price of $24.99 per month.

Although Vonage advertises this plan to include free Europe calling, the free international calls are only for calls to France, Italy, Spain, the UK, and Ireland. If you call friends or relatives in these countries though, this is a super deal and simply cannot be beat! Calls to other countries can be made, but you'll have to pay Vonage's per-minute rates.

As with most VoIP service, the Vonage unlimited plan comes with a ton of free features like voicemail, call waiting, caller ID, call forwarding, and many others. Vonage is one of the largest VoIP providers within the U.S., and is definitely the most well-known, due to it's advertising efforts.

Cheap International Calls with VoIP.com

VoIP.com internet phone service is best known for it's ultra-cheap "flat fee" annual pricing plans. VoIP.com's most popular "Annual Unlimited" plan is $199 per year (paid up front), and includes unlimited local and long distance calling within the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico.

VoIP.com offers free "in-network" international calls.  This means that both parties must use VoIP.com service.  If all callers do not subscribe to VoIP.com service, international long distance calls are super-cheap.  VoIP.com offers some of the lowest international calling rates around, and the quality of calls is excellent!

VoIP.com internet phone service also comes with a host of free features, pretty much the same as Vonage. In addition to calling on a regular telephone, VoIP.com also offers computer-based (softphone) calling and mobile phone calling by using your cell phone.

Whatever your calling needs are, there is a VoIP provider out there with a plan that is just right for everyone. The key to finding the best VoIP provider for your needs is to know what you want in the way of calling options, and then shopping around for the provider that offers the type of service plan you need. The quality of internet phone service has come a long way in the past couple of years, and the price cannot be beat. A broadband internet connection is required in order to use VoIP, and for the best quality and most cost savings it's best to have cable internet or DSL.