One of the chief concerns of any Indian living abroad, the students as well as the many stingy NRI’s (Non-Resident-Indians) is the expense to call friends and relatives back home to brag about their success and living conditions abroad.

So which is the best option. I would have said Google Talk (sorry not Skype, I find the quality of Skype really poor relative to Google Talk), but I would attempt to provide a phone to phone/web to phone solution, not a web to web one.

This article would edited as newer services show up, but at this time I feel the service Pennytel from Australia (can be used from any country) is the cheapest option.

Pennytel offers

• Cheap Aus $0.02 cents per minute calls to India
• Can access through their softphone by logging onto http://pennytel.com.au
• Access through Pennytel’s iPhone application, only through Wifi or through 3G network if you have iPhone is jailbreaked.
• Access through your mobile phone by using Pennytel’s own sim card (Aus $8 per month). The sim card option is available only in Australia. This is the best way if you want to make or receive calls on the go.
• Supports voip through a adapter, so you can connect your everyday phone to make voip calls.

Browse through their plans to find other features like $0.08 cents unlimited calling to USA and using it through a voip lan adapter.

Related posts:

1. Free calls to India (Mobiles to PC) Now you can call anyone on their PC for free using just your landline or mobile phone service. Thanks to Spokn.com. How it works? One has to dial a local access number which is available in over 40 countries and...