"Bharti Airtel claimed it is 40 per cent cheaper than the available tariff offered by Indian telecom operators who have similar service for the US-based NRIs.
"Bharti Airtel today announced its foray into the US market with a launch of Airtel Callhome service for the NRIs based there. The 2.5 million NRIs based in the United States will now be able to call their relatives back in India at rate of 7.9 cents a minute"
Airtel brings you an exciting “Introductory Double Talktime Promotional Offer”.
Sign up on or before 7th January 2007, and get double talktime on sign up as well as on your first recharge.
Hurry ! Sign Up Now. (Limited Period Offer)
- Offer valid on signing up on or before 7th January 2007.
- The extra talktime value on signup and 1st recharge would be credited to your account within 24 hours from the time of sign up or recharge, whichever is applicable.
- The 1st recharge under this offer should happen on or before 31st January 2007.
Airtel brings you an exciting “Introductory Double Talktime Promotional Offer” .
Sign up on or before 7th January 2007, and get double talktime on sign up as well as on your first recharge.
Hurry ! Sign Up Now. (Limited Period Offer)
- Offer valid on signing up on or before 7th January 2007.
- The extra talktime value on signup and 1st recharge would be credited to your account within 24 hours from the time of sign up or recharge, whichever is applicable.
- The 1st recharge under this offer should happen on or before 31st January 2007.
Anyone tried this yet. How is the quality of the call?
Thanks
leosuhas
Member
posted: Dec. 7, 2006 @ 10:01a
How is their call quality? I never had problems with Reliance even though they charge lot more. Just wanted to know the experience of others with Bharati before jumping on to it...
I registered and am having trouble getting my cell or home phone registered on thir website so that it does not prompt me for a pin.
Also what was weird is that they provide you with a random number for your account ID. Weird !
techie99
Member
posted: Dec. 7, 2006 @ 10:04a
"Fine print"
"Double Talktime Value " during a subscriber's initial purchase of pre-paid minutes during registration for the Airtel CallHome Service . For example, if a subscriber registers for the Airtel CallHome Service and upon registration initially purchases $50.00 of pre-paid minutes, such subscriber will be provided with a one-time award of an additional $50.00 of pre-paid minutes; and "Double Talktime value" for the subscriber's first recharge of their account on or before Jan. 31st , 2007 . " First recharge " means the first time a subscriber chooses to purchase additional prepaid minutes following the subscriber's initial purchase of prepaid minutes during his or her registration for the Airtel CallHome Service. For example, if a subscriber who purchased an initial allotment of pre-paid minutes during registration for the Airtel CallHome Service chooses to purchase (or "recharge" their account) with $50.00 of additional pre-paid minutes, such subscriber will be provided with a one-time award of an additional $50.00 of pre-paid minutes for the first recharge only. Please note that the Promotion ends on Jan.7th, 2007 and the "double talktime value" for the subscriber's first recharge ends on Jan.31st, 2007 for only those subscribers who have registered within the promotion period, i.e., on or before 7th Jan. 2007 (till 12 pm Eastern Standard Time).
I hate Cheap india calling card posts because I think they should be in one thread. But I would give OP a pass because this IS a breakthru in price from a reputed company.
traamu said: There is already reliablecalling.com from Tata for 8.5c! Hope you guys knew this before.
"Riding on Reliable TATA Powered Networks" Not owned by Tata. Enough said.
inbead
Senior Member
posted: Dec. 7, 2006 @ 10:45a
lowratevoip.com offers india for ~6.6-8c/min (mobile/landline). I have used the service, quality is great. Also, Pakistan is 1.3c/min (lowest ever rate!)
"Double Talktime Value " during a subscriber's initial purchase of pre-paid minutes during registration for the Airtel CallHome Service . For example, if a subscriber registers for the Airtel CallHome Service and upon registration initially purchases $50.00 of pre-paid minutes, such subscriber will be provided with a one-time award of an additional $50.00 of pre-paid minutes; and "Double Talktime value" for the subscriber's first recharge of their account on or before Jan. 31st , 2007 . " First recharge " means the first time a subscriber chooses to purchase additional prepaid minutes following the subscriber's initial purchase of prepaid minutes during his or her registration for the Airtel CallHome Service. For example, if a subscriber who purchased an initial allotment of pre-paid minutes during registration for the Airtel CallHome Service chooses to purchase (or "recharge" their account) with $50.00 of additional pre-paid minutes, such subscriber will be provided with a one-time award of an additional $50.00 of pre-paid minutes for the first recharge only. Please note that the Promotion ends on Jan.7th, 2007 and the "double talktime value" for the subscriber's first recharge ends on Jan.31st, 2007 for only those subscribers who have registered within the promotion period, i.e., on or before 7th Jan. 2007 (till 12 pm Eastern Standard Time).
Looks like contradicting information to me. First line says, the $50 pre-paid minutes will be provided with the initial purchase and the second line explains about first recharge. I am not sure when we will get the double talktime value, initial or recharge?
Mahabali
Member
posted: Dec. 7, 2006 @ 10:50a
inbead said: lowratevoip.com offers india for ~6.6-8c/min (mobile/landline). I have used the service, quality is great. Also, Pakistan is 1.3c/min (lowest ever rate!)
I am not affiliated with lowvoiprate in any way!
This offer from Airtel is for land based phone and not dialing from PC
rajmalhotra1998 said: traamu said: There is already reliablecalling.com from Tata for 8.5c! Hope you guys knew this before.
No, I didn't knew about it. How is the call quality on the Tata network???
I have been using this for about a month now. Initially, there was problem with busy lines. Currently, I am happy with it. Also, they do not have a 800 number as far as I know. With unlimited long distance in my phone, I don't care.
uhebbar
New Member
posted: Dec. 7, 2006 @ 10:52a
I have been using Startec for 4 months now 7.9c a minute to India. This service has been great. Billing is no problem whatsoever.
My experience with startec: disappointing. And they charged me the minimum for 6 months after I left their service. Had to call their customer service atleast 10 times and revert charges on the CC by disputing. Stay away.
BTW, thanks for the info, OP.
uhebbar said: I have been using Startec for 4 months now 7.9c a minute to India. This service has been great. Billing is no problem whatsoever.
It seemed to me that you get doubled for both the initial purchase and recharge, if they happen by the Jan 7th date.
PonPugal said:
Looks like contradicting information to me. First line says, the $50 pre-paid minutes will be provided with the initial purchase and the second line explains about first recharge. I am not sure when we will get the double talktime value, initial or recharge?
I tried to register but the system kept rejecting my Visa.
Called the guys at 877-247-5150. Their servers are under maint. (being close to midnight in india I guess). The CSR said the system should be back up in another 2 hours or so.
denverguy
Member
posted: Dec. 7, 2006 @ 11:17a
Has anyone used it? How is the quality?
Thinking of an initial charge of $25
diffuser78
Member
posted: Dec. 7, 2006 @ 11:22a
Due to bad site, they might loose customers. I almost made it to the last point and then had to enter password thrice and with their wierd password rules. After somehow doing that it said credit card failed. I said GET LOST AIRTEL.
hello , just login to yr relianceindiacall account, and click on (spend a minute and gain ten minute audio conferencing) and put what ever you want in 10 question and reliance will credit 10 minute to yr account right away,,good luck to all its work only once i tried 3 times but got only 10 minute worth talk time...
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