Pingo, a prepaid international calling card service, announced it’s sponsorship and official time keeper judge status for Harvard University student’s world record attempt for the longest phone call conversation. Pingo sees this as a perfect opportunity to connect its long distance phone service brand to people trying to stay in contact with friends and family living overseas without concern for the cost of expensive telephone calls.
A Harvard University student group will be staging the longest phone conversation between two people as both a performance art installation and a world record attempt scrutinized by Guinness World Records.
“This project maps one absurd, hilarious, commercial institution (super-low art) onto another (super-high art) in playing by both of their rules at once. The project explores the irony of exhibiting interactions that are by definition private in an exposed, public setting.” Says Mariel Pette, director of the Harvard Generalist.
Breaking The Longest Phone Call Record
The call attempt will be hosted at the Adams Pool Theater in Harvard on January 19th & 20th to watch two people talk over the course of at least 43 hours, 8 minutes, 55 seconds. See more details at AWorldRecordAttempt.com
Pingo’s own Internet Marketing Manager, Brian Hawkins will be on stage as one of the official time keeper to assist in judging the world’s longest call attempt. This attempt will be also be broadcasting live on Ustream.
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It’s no surprise that calling cards are highly popular among foreign students studying in the U.S.. The phone cards let international students call family and friends back home, from any phone in the U.S., at very low cost.
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Of the 38 million U.S. residents defined as immigrants for being foreign-born, 47% are now U.S. citizens, while most of the balance of 53% of immigrants are legal permanent residents or legal temporary residents with student or “green card” work visas. Collectively they have literally hundreds of millions of relatives and friends overseas. No matter their status — and whether or not they want to be citizens themselves or are trying to help loved ones immigrate or obtain citizenship – they have in common a need to make international calls as frequently and inexpensively as possible.
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