Morocco Blogs

If you are like me, one of the big frustrations of living abroad is that you can’t connect with friends and family as easily as you used to. This is true whether you are an expat living in Morocco, or a Moroccan living abroad. In fact, it’s true for your friends and family too.

Sure, I have a cellphone, but I find that making calls even within Morocco is far too expensive to enjoy those long leisurely conversations I used to savor with the people who are closest to me. Frankly, it’s been something that has taken a lot of the joy out of being where I am.

I’ve tried numerous online services like Skype, but I’ve found that most of them won’t let me pay for my minutes with my paypal account from within Morocco or I’ve run into other problems with billing that make it more than a little inconvenient. Even buying cheap international calling cards has been a problem because my cell carrier charges me by the minute even if I call a toll free number.

Bummer right? Well, it was. But all that is behind me now. I finally found the right service in the right place. through trial and error I’ve stumbled on a service that gives me all the flexibility I need and also (with some minor creative thinking) lets me have those conversations back without costing me 85 million dollars. In fact, I just had a half hour conversation with my brother that cost me less than a dollar. He’s in the USA and I’m in Morocco and even with my slower than slow internet connection…we had a clear as a bell conversation with almost no delay and no connection issues.

So, what’s the name of this company I’m suddenly in love with.

Pingo.

With Pingo Soft Phone (the online dialer), you don’t need an access number (or even a phone), just internet connection to dial from Pingo.com for just 1.8 cents a minute.

There are access numbers in 40 countries if you want to use your phone and thier 800 number 1-888-YO-PINGO to call from. Users can also pre-program up to 10 of there phone numbers for quick dialing and speed dial up to 25 of there friends. It’s pretty cool. They offer international calling cards too.

Here are some of the specifics about Pingo.com

Pingo is a virtual phone service of iBasis a publicly traded leading
telecom carrier that delivers over 20 billion minutes a year of
International voice calls. Major phone companies such as AT&T and
Verizon have relied on our high quality and low price advantages of the
iBasis network since 1997.

Pingo is a service you can trust to deliver 100% satisfaction with our
call quality guarantee. Plus you can save up to 90% on International
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Pingo Soft Phone for web based dials from over 200 countries for just
1.8 cents a minute.

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