Calling cards guarantee a standard rate when making an international or long-distance domestic phone call. Card users purchase the cards for a flat rate. The dollar amount is reduced for every minute of voice calls used per the rate of the country being called. The cards are used until the dollar amount of the card is depleted. The convenience of calling cards makes it simple for people to stay in touch across the country and around the world.

Benefits
Calling cards are used for their mobility as well as their convenience. You simply dial the telephone company's 1-800 number, enter your PIN and dial the number you're trying to reach. Cards can be used at any telephone around the globe. www.steplinks.com offers many local access number in all us states for their customer.

Types
Calling cards come in tree main types--"international," "overseas" and "domestic." International calling cards allow users to make calls to people abroad, while overseas cards allow users to make fixed rate calls in a foreign country. www.steplinks.com offers international cards to UK, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Asia. Domestic cards let users make long distance calls at a set rate--often cheaper than standard long distance.

Features
Today calling cards feature a PIN number hidden beneath a scratch off surface not unlike a lottery ticket. Magnetic strips are still used on calling cards, but instead of users swiping them at pay phones, cashiers swipe the cards at registers to activate them. The front of the card displays the monetary value of the card along with the the phone company's logo.
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1. PIN-less Dialing: Call directly from your phones without entering PIN. Register phones using My Account.
2. Refillable Cards: Refill/Recharge your PIN anytime - add more minutes. Keep your Permanent PIN!
3. Autorefill Option: PIN is automatically refilled when balance is low. To Activate - select autorefill option on the purchase screen.

Size
The physical size of a calling card is comparable to the dimensions of a credit card. Cards are thin, plastic and designed to fit in a wallet, pocket or purse--though with the emergence of online card companies, many cards may be virtual. The value of calling cards ranges from about $5 into the hundreds. Online accounts of www.csteplinks.com allow users to specify specific dollar amounts instead of the standard store-bought increments of $5, $10, $15, $25 and $100.