Is a prepaid phone card bought in Canada usable in the U.S.?

Question

I live in Canada and my girlfriend has moved to Florida. She doesn't have a long distance plan like me so it's really expensive to talk on the phone.

I noticed they have $10 prepaid long distance phone cards at Wal-Mart that provide much lower costs per minute if you call within North America.

I was wondering, if I sent one of these to her, could she still use it in Florida even though it was bought in Canada, or do the long distance savings only apply to Canadians?

Thanks muchly!

Answer 1

It really just depends on where the gateway numbers are located and if gateway access is a local call or long distance, or if the gateway 1-800 number for Canada is valid in USA.  You need to contact the calling card service to answer that, or just have her call the 1-800 number and see if it works from her location.

Otherwise try rolling your own calling card service with world-wide access numbers:  http://www.cqvoip.com