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Can some advise best way to call USA from Europe
In the next few months we will be in Europe for ten days traveling in
Ireland and Spain. What is the best, most convenient and cheapest way to call back to the USA? I would also appreciate the names of telephone providers that worked the best. With my luck I would make the wrong choice selecting one from the companies advertising on the net. Thanks |
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Can some advise best way to call USA from Europe
On Apr 2, 8:49*am, "Mike" wrote:
In the *next few months we will be in Europe for ten days traveling in Ireland and Spain. What is the best, most convenient and cheapest way to call back to the USA? I would also appreciate the names of telephone providers that worked the best. With my luck I would make the wrong choice selecting one from the companies advertising on the net. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Thanks Skype. |
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Can some advise best way to call USA from Europe
On Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:49:34 -0400, Mike wrote:
In the next few months we will be in Europe for ten days traveling in Ireland and Spain. What is the best, most convenient and cheapest way to call back to the USA? I would also appreciate the names of telephone providers that worked the best. With my luck I would make the wrong choice selecting one from the companies advertising on the net. Thanks It depends on what technology is available to you. Skype is free and if you've got a 3G phone it should work ok. -- William Black |
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Can some advise best way to call USA from Europe
On Thu, 2 Apr 2009 17:58:44 +0000 (UTC), William Black
wrote: On Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:49:34 -0400, Mike wrote: In the next few months we will be in Europe for ten days traveling in Ireland and Spain. What is the best, most convenient and cheapest way to call back to the USA? I would also appreciate the names of telephone providers that worked the best. With my luck I would make the wrong choice selecting one from the companies advertising on the net. Thanks It depends on what technology is available to you. Skype is free and if you've got a 3G phone it should work ok. Or if you are taking a laptop, install Skype and call the USA from any WiFi hotspot, maybe even your hotel room. You'll need to prime the pump by depositing ten bucks with Skype, but it will last a long time. When we were in London a few years ago (without Skype) we finally decided that calling from a London phone booth for 20p a minute was simple and easy. It's a bit dear compared to Skype at only about two cents a minute, but a one pound call got us five minutes, and we're not calling back to the USA for long-winded chats. Do avoid some ploys like phone cards that start out with a two dollar connection charge, or that charge a dollar a minute. I've had nothing but grief trying to use phone cards I bought in Europe -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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Can some advise best way to call USA from Europe
"William Black" wrote in message ... On Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:49:34 -0400, Mike wrote: In the next few months we will be in Europe for ten days traveling in Ireland and Spain. What is the best, most convenient and cheapest way to call back to the USA? I would also appreciate the names of telephone providers that worked the best. With my luck I would make the wrong choice selecting one from the companies advertising on the net. Thanks It depends on what technology is available to you. Skype is free and if you've got a 3G phone it should work ok. I had to read this three times to realise that your weren't saying that using Skype on his 3G phone would be free. If he has a GSM phone it will work, but it's likely to cost a dollar per minute in roaming charges. tim |
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Can some advise best way to call USA from Europe
On Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:47:40 -0700, Hatunen
wrote: Or if you are taking a laptop, install Skype and call the USA from any WiFi hotspot, maybe even your hotel room. You'll need to prime the pump by depositing ten bucks with Skype, but it will last a long time. [...] I should probably point out that with Skype and a WiFi hotspot you can also call ahead to reserve rooms in your next destination and or to contact European relatives, or whatever, and for that same approx two cents a minute. -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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Can some advise best way to call USA from Europe
On Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:52:09 +0100, tim..... wrote:
"William Black" wrote in message ... On Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:49:34 -0400, Mike wrote: In the next few months we will be in Europe for ten days traveling in Ireland and Spain. What is the best, most convenient and cheapest way to call back to the USA? I would also appreciate the names of telephone providers that worked the best. With my luck I would make the wrong choice selecting one from the companies advertising on the net. Thanks It depends on what technology is available to you. Skype is free and if you've got a 3G phone it should work ok. I had to read this three times to realise that your weren't saying that using Skype on his 3G phone would be free. If he has a GSM phone it will work, but it's likely to cost a dollar per minute in roaming charges. 3G PAYG cards cost about £6 in the UK. They come with a reasonable sized lump of data free. -- William Black |
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Can some advise best way to call USA from Europe
On 02 Apr 2009 in rec.travel.europe, Hatunen wrote:
On Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:47:40 -0700, Hatunen wrote: Or if you are taking a laptop, install Skype and call the USA from any WiFi hotspot, maybe even your hotel room. You'll need to prime the pump by depositing ten bucks with Skype, but it will last a long time. [...] I should probably point out that with Skype and a WiFi hotspot you can also call ahead to reserve rooms in your next destination and or to contact European relatives, or whatever, and for that same approx two cents a minute. You could also point out that if the party being called has Skype on a computer, the call is free. -- Joe Makowiec http://makowiec.org/ Email: http://makowiec.org/contact/?Joe Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org/ |
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Can some advise best way to call USA from Europe
Mike ha scritto:
In the next few months we will be in Europe for ten days traveling in Ireland and Spain. What is the best, most convenient and cheapest way to call back to the USA? I would also appreciate the names of telephone providers that worked the best. I have an account with a VoIP provider that let me call in many countries (including USA and Italy, my country) for almost nothing. I use http://www.voipstunt.com But the same (Swiss based) company (named 'Betamax' like old VCR tapes) have many other similar services with slightly different tariff plans: http://backsla.sh/betamax or http://progx.ch/home-voip-prixbetamax-3-1-2.html It works by a small program like Skype on a PC or on any standard SIP device, like new Mobile Phones, VoIP ATA, VoIP phones. The drawback is that to call you need a WiFi or cabled Internet connection, or a high priced 3G Internet connection. I phoned home for free almost every day wen I was in USA on August 2007 on a 20 days vacation with my E65 Nokia mobile phone. Many US hotels and motels have free WiFi. You will find less similar hotels in Europe :-(. Many have only a WiFi web connection (with paid tokens or cards and login forms), not a true Internet connection, so no VoIP. The iperadvertised and ubiquitous Skype is far worse, because you can call for free only another PC. With my providers you can call every normal phone number, and also, for some country, also mobile number for free. I use it also at home: I will charge 10 euros and the amount lasts for at least 6 months (you have 4 months of free calls and after, until you will recharge, 1 cent/minute) and my wife talks very much (both at the phone and not...). Ciao, Piero. |
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Can some advise best way to call USA from Europe
On Thu, 2 Apr 2009 21:23:12 +0000 (UTC), Joe Makowiec
wrote: On 02 Apr 2009 in rec.travel.europe, Hatunen wrote: On Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:47:40 -0700, Hatunen wrote: Or if you are taking a laptop, install Skype and call the USA from any WiFi hotspot, maybe even your hotel room. You'll need to prime the pump by depositing ten bucks with Skype, but it will last a long time. [...] I should probably point out that with Skype and a WiFi hotspot you can also call ahead to reserve rooms in your next destination and or to contact European relatives, or whatever, and for that same approx two cents a minute. You could also point out that if the party being called has Skype on a computer, the call is free. I've found that very few of the people I might call have Skype. And if they did they would have to be at their computers when I called. But ya never know.... -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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