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Phone home from Italy--prepaid phone card or cell phone?
The 3 of us will be going to italy in a little less than a month. We
will need to call the U.S., make phone calls within Italy to make reservations, etc. In previous trips out of the U.S., I've relied on prepaid phone cards, and they've worked out okay. The last trip I took was about 3 years ago. Are there still payphones in Europe ar are they hard to find like they are in my part of the U.S.? Would we be better off getting a sim card for our cell phone? (One of us has a T-mobile phone and she claims that they can be used internationally.) Any advice or comments will be welcome and appreciated. Thanks in advance. Lil |
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Phone home from Italy--prepaid phone card or cell phone?
Lil wrote:
The last trip I took was about 3 years ago. Are there still payphones in Europe ar are they hard to find like they are in my part of the U.S.? Would we be better off getting a sim card for our cell phone? (One of us has a T-mobile phone and she claims that they can be used internationally.) Phone cards are cheaper and cell phones are more convenient. Your choice. -- Luca Logi - Firenze - Italy e-mail: |
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Phone home from Italy--prepaid phone card or cell phone?
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B wrote: You can get this card in denominations from 5 euro and up. The cost for calling the US is a little over 3 cents a minute, so 5 euro will get you almost 2 hours. The basic instructions on the card are in both English and Italian. Basically, you dial an 800 number. Can a cell phone dial this number? Are there any special surcharges ? jay Sat, Jan 3, 2004 Then you press "2" to continue in English, following the prompt. You enter your PIN, printed on the card, and then the number in the US you want to call, preceded by "00 1" (00 is the international prefix and 1 is the country code for the US.) -- Legend insists that as he finished his abject... Galileo muttered under his breath: "Nevertheless, it does move." |
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Phone home from Italy--prepaid phone card or cell phone?
You also seem to have to use the Italian card. None of my US phone
cards, or credit cards would fire up the phone. On 2 Jan 2004 22:18:24 -0800, (Lil) wrote: The 3 of us will be going to italy in a little less than a month. We will need to call the U.S., make phone calls within Italy to make reservations, etc. In previous trips out of the U.S., I've relied on prepaid phone cards, and they've worked out okay. The last trip I took was about 3 years ago. Are there still payphones in Europe ar are they hard to find like they are in my part of the U.S.? Would we be better off getting a sim card for our cell phone? (One of us has a T-mobile phone and she claims that they can be used internationally.) Any advice or comments will be welcome and appreciated. Thanks in advance. Lil |
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Phone home from Italy--prepaid phone card or cell phone?
On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 01:48:01 -0800, Go Fig wrote:
In article , B wrote: You can get this card in denominations from 5 euro and up. The cost for calling the US is a little over 3 cents a minute, so 5 euro will get you almost 2 hours. The basic instructions on the card are in both English and Italian. Basically, you dial an 800 number. Can a cell phone dial this number? Are there any special surcharges ? Yes, it can be dialed from a cell phone. There are no surcharges nor connect charges. In fact, sometimes when I call my daughter I get her anwering machine and leave a message. Sometimes it doesn't even deduct a minute for this brief call. jay Sat, Jan 3, 2004 Then you press "2" to continue in English, following the prompt. You enter your PIN, printed on the card, and then the number in the US you want to call, preceded by "00 1" (00 is the international prefix and 1 is the country code for the US.) ----------- Barbara Vaughan My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup |
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Phone home from Italy--prepaid phone card or cell phone?
On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 07:46:08 -0500, gerald wrote:
You also seem to have to use the Italian card. None of my US phone cards, or credit cards would fire up the phone. I don't know what your problem was. In the past I've used US phone cards in Italy, as have friends and relatives. Now I use only the Edicard, which I mentioned in another post. ----------- Barbara Vaughan My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup |
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