if he has access to a pc tell him to look into a soft phone through aol or yahoo. call anywhere in the world for 1 cent a minute and can pick a local to you phone number to call. I have it set up. works very well. the call rings through the speakers and i talk through my mic. skype from england also offers a soft phone. none of these have monthly fees and you just load them using a credit card. I think that it is insane that our military can not make calls to home for free.