Do you know why phone calls to Nepal are still expensive (relatively). It is well known fact that price has gone down significantly in recent years but not as much as I think it should have been.Kathmandu is connected with optical fiber with outside world via India. India and Bangladesh are enjoying their 1 cent per minute from US while Nepal it is many folds more.

Is it due to destination charge imposed by NTC? or some other reason. Can anyone please explain why it is so. Thanks.

Nepalese politicians still think that hiking phone call price will limit information flow to people abroad.... they still believe in the strategy once opted by Rana Dynasty of imposing Nepalese in dark age by cutting them off from the world.

good question and thread thanks maple..

coz we don't have our own satellite, gotta pay toll charges for using other's satellites.

with vonage calls to India are free, Unlimited.

The best I've seen is with Google voice 18c. Jay google, hope you lower it down.

 

yea,it's quite expensive to make a phone call from usa to nepal but it's cheaper to call from nepal to usa..just nrs 1....if we pay the same amount from here as converted then it would be 0.01 cents..very cheap..is it possible that way????

Due to monopoly of NTC

if you make a huge calling card call to Nepal. You can send a Vonage and You can make unlimited calls VIA vonage and the calls are good.

Price is excellent and very reasonable!!!! 

S in Sari,

Do you work for NTC? I think there is high tarrif charged by NTC on incoming call. No wonder NTC is the highest revenue making corporation in Nepal. Its employee are one of the highest paid - in addition to salary they are paid bonus for 10 months salary.

Imagine the situation here: you are a public utility company, your employee are best paid, your service are lousy and expensive and you are the only to provide that service.

Hallmark of Nepalese people,

SEXY IN SARI= THAMEL KO RANI= EASY MONEY= PHONE CALLS ARE NOT EXPENSIVE

It is still relatively cheaper to call Nepal from USA. I live in UK, but due to my work, I travel a lot in Spain and in France and from those countries, it costs a lot to call Nepal. I pay almost 50 cents per minute with a phone card. Does anyone know if there is a cheaper way to call Nepal from western europe? That would help me a lot.

Maha Sakti ,

Use Skype , it would be cheapter , close to 0.22 cents/ min with good quality.

 

Expensive????

Phone cards are the cheaper way to go or you will need Vonage or Majic jack installed in Nepal depending on the volume of calls you make.