[Simatai]

Hello everyone,

Thanks for all the valuable information for living and moving to HK! Have enjoyed all the threads and friendly people!

I have recently moved to HK and am using the pre-paid phone cards for local and long distance calls, which is costly. Nobody would let me sign on till I could prove residential status - 3 months of local bank statements! Now shopping for a phone company that offers good rates for someone like me who:

calls US a lot
calls UK a lot
calls China from HK
travels to Shenzhen, China every week

Does anyone have any recommendations for services that offer good International and Roaming rates? I don't have a clue about all the companies out here and which are most reliable. Thanks!

Suzanne

[KnowItAll]

Any cellphone with service from a provider like Zone 1511 will work just fine.

>> 3 months of local bank statements

Are you kidding me? Out of curiosity, what is your nationality? I've heard a few companies targetting south Asians (Indians etc) with such dumb policies.

[Simatai]

thanks for the advice.

I'm a US citizen, but because i have no HK credit card and am applying on my own they need HK ID + the 3 mo residency proof, i.e. bank statements or electricity bills.

i have found CSL/1010 to have an excellent deal for those that make a lot of long distance calls, with their rebate program & service rates. calls to US from HK are 1.28 during the day, 33 cents at night.

[Android]

Use the prepaid card and use CellWireless for your international calls. You can check the rates at www.cellwireless.com/anwa
Calls to US would be about 6.5 cents US per minute

[kimchee2]

i'm from the US too and i got VoiP phone service, it goes through your broadband. i have a US number so my friends and family can call me on that and it's a local call. it's a flat rate (US$20 a month) for unlimited calls to the US and to 20 other countries, including China. you may want to check into it. pm me for more information. it's made my communication back home much easier and cheaper.

[Android]

How is the quality of your VoIP service ? I used VoIP (Skype and Vonage) before but was very unsatisfied with the quality.

[Android]

Forgot to ask. Does it work from your mobile phone ?

[kimchee2]

the quality is great, never had any complaints. it goes through their phone or you have to use an adatper so i just use my mobile phone for hk calls. broadvoice.com

[Simatai]

Hi Kimchee2,

Thanks for the advice! I use Skype when I'm home and one the laptop. I don't really know how to use it any other way - adaptor? and sorry for being a dork, but was does 'pm' mean?

[kimchee2]

simatai, "'pm" means private message, it's under the "user menu"