LIH Prem, these rates are not good at all. I know calls using readily available local phone cards that you can buy at the hotel gift shops in Singapore. Thailand and Hong Kong will cost a lot less than $1/minute to the U.S.

Speaking of Worldcom, if you use MCI as your long distance carrier, calls from overseas to your home phone is priced at the same rate as if you're calling from the U.S. to the overseas location. I think you have to be a subscriber to their international plan at $3/month.