mobile/cell phone card

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 22:43:44 +0200, "Jo"
wrote:

that is another concept I know nothing about, prepaid phone cards. Can't I
just use quarters ? I would only ring within Canada and no international
calls, lol.

Most pay phones have horrible rates and you might need a wheelbarrow
to carry the quarters. I remember once calling a friend from a
supermarket that was less than a mile from her house and having to pay
more than dollar for the first three minutes.

Prepaid phone cards give you a toll-free number to call, than you
enter your customer code (found on a scratch-off strip on the back of
the card, then you enter the phone number you want to reach. Some pay
phones charge a fee to connect you to a toll-free number, but you will
still save a lot of money.
--------
Barbara Vaughan

My email address is my first initial followed by my last name at libero dot it.

"Jo" wrote in message
...
that is another concept I know nothing about, prepaid phone cards. Can't I
just use quarters ? I would only ring within Canada and no international
calls, lol.

Nothing beats a low tech solution!