The number of foreign-born nationals in the United States of 
America continues to rise at a rapid rate. Many of the foreign 
born nationals in the United States of America have left family, 
friends, and business acquaintances in their country of origin. 
With America continuing to be the great melting pot, many of the 
foreign born nationals need to find ways to keep in touch with 
people in their home country. 

There are many ways to go about this; each has their advantages 
and disadvantages. Perhaps one of the easiest ways is to keep in 
touch through emails over the Internet. This provides a cheap and 
simple method of communication. The disadvantages associated with 
this are that much of the intent of a message is lost in the 
written word and the message recipient does not get the 
opportunity to ask questions or clarification right away. It 
takes waiting to get to a computer, sending an email, and waiting 
for the other party to read the email and respond. This process 
can take days sometimes. Another disadvantage to emails as a way 
to keep in touch is that not everyone has easy Internet access in 
their area. Making a phone call seems so much easier. 

Another way for foreign-born nationals in America to keep in 
touch with people in their country of origin is to make 
international telephone calls. The advantages to this are that a 
person can communicate the intent of his or her message easily 
and clarify any questions that the recipient of the telephone 
call may have. The major disadvantage to this is the high cost of 
making international phone calls. Sometimes the cost of making an 
international phone call makes it an unreasonable option. Another 
disadvantage to making international telephone calls is that the 
caller must consider the time zones of the people that they are 
trying to get a hold of, particularly when it comes to business 
calls. This means that the caller may have to call at an odd time 
in order to reach the recipient of the call at a reasonable time 
of day. 

Recently there have been some new services that have come out 
that allow people to make international phone calls at a fair 
price. One of these services is international calling cards. 
These can be used from a landline or from a cellular phone. Today 
many people have left landlines behind altogether and opted only 
to carry a cellular phone. These international calling card, such 
as those sold by send global, allow you to call a foreign country 
for only pennies a minute. This makes calling those friends, 
family, and business acquaintances much more affordable. It also 
allows you to be able to call from your cellular phone at a time 
that will let you reach the recipient at a reasonable hour. 

The company Send Global offers a free trial for their calling 
cards so that you can try it before you buy it. Send Global also 
offers customer support and calling instructions in multiple 
languages, not just English and Spanish. Now a foreign born 
national can call his or her family on holidays, birthdays, or 
just on Thursdays without having to worry about going broke in 
the process. If you are a businessperson who does business with 
people in foreign countries, then international calling cards are 
a great option to communicate with your business contacts. This 
way you can call them from your cellular phone and do it at a 
time that will have you reaching them during business hours in 
their country, not yours. 

No matter what your reason for needing or wanting to make 
international telephone calls, trying out international calling 
cards is a good idea. The money you will save versus using a 
traditional telephone company alone is often enough reason for 
many to try the international calling cards. The international 
calling cards are very simple to use and Send Global offers 
wonderful customer support to answer any questions that you may 
have. You really have nothing to lose since Send Global is so 
confident in their product that they will allow you to try it out 
for free before you ever spend a dime, so check it out today. 
 

Jim Headley, (jheadley@telecents.com) VP of New Business 
Development, Telecents Communications Inc.
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