Loren I bought a nickel card over the net, and I took a trip to Oregon and while staying in a motel I decided to call the DR from my room, I was unsucesfull on getting thru, finally I called the customer service, well to making a long story short, I could not connect from my motel room,also its the same old shit, where they promise a lot of minutes,but by the time you make a few phone calls, half of those minutes will be gone on connection charges. Like I said those cards are only good if you are planning to call an individual for a long time.If you are planning to make severall phone calls, you are better off using your long distance carrier, unless you try Jim Hinch untested by me phone card.