

After the first year, MagicTalk is the least expensive Internet-based phone service on this list.

or Canadian phone number, you may upgrade to the preferred membership, starting at $19.95 per year. MagicTalk’s basic package costs $39.95 for the first year (plus shipping & handling for the box), and subsequent years are billed at $19.95. A minimum upload speed of 128 kbps is recommended to use the service. In order to receive calls, your computer must be on with an active Internet connection. Connect a small box – supplied by the company – to your computer’s USB port, and you’re ready to make calls to landlines and cell phones. Calls to other countries are billed per minute. Virgin Islands via the Internet for the cost of a yearly subscription. MagicTalk allows customers to make unlimited calls to the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada and the U.S. To purchase a Munditel phone card, you must complete ICE’s activation request form – call 800-SOLUCION for more information. Customers pay $.92 for the first minute and $.26 per subsequent minute to dial the United States, Canada and other Group A countries. An ICE operator will validate the call and confirm the Munditel card number and PIN number. To dial another country from within Costa Rica, dial 09 + Country Code + City Code + Phone Number. Munditel card services are available 24 hours per day, and customers may make calls from any private, public or hotel phone. ICE also offers the Munditel prepaid phone cards for local and international calls. Clients who spend more than $400 per month on international calls have access to the MIDA Dorado (MIDA Gold) service, which offers rates as low as $0.18 per minute to Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, all U.S. The United States and Canada are part of the company’s Group A service, and minutes are billed at $.26 per minute. Both cell phone and home phone customers must activate ICE’s MIDA service to access the international calling feature. ICEĬosta Rica’s government-owned telecommunications company (ICE, pronounced ee-say) offers international phone service. In Costa Rica you have several options, including international calling from local phones and Internet-based phone services – including video chat. When you live abroad, communicating with friends and loved ones back home is an important consideration.
