long distance calling from europe
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I don´t believe any hotel has phones which take pre paid phone card. After all, before cell phone time they used to charge preposterous sums for calling out of your room. And that was the same worldwide, and still goes on. So no matter what, don´t call from your room.<BR><BR>I believe the most economical way is to phone from a phonebooth with a pre paid card. The only trouble with that is the fact that (at least in Finland) there are fewer phone booths than there used to be, because almost 100% of people have a cell phone. But at least stations, post offices and department stores still have public phones.
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The people who think you should use a public phone booth and not buy a cell phone are the same ones who think you should always use public trains instead of having a car.<BR><BR>It's just a matter of time before there is a backlash against the piggish bourgeoisie of having your own bathroom where you live. There could be public facilities one every block or two per neighborhood. Calories would be burned walking there and back. Students share bathrooms down the hall in college.<BR>
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You can use the prepaid calling cards from hotel rooms but wait til you get the bill,they will chargeyou outrageous amounts for calling the number to connect! Most hotels now have a couple of phones at the front desk for guest use,just not that private but practical.Most of the public phones,especially in Paris and Rome are disgusting.
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We bought a calling card here and used it at phone booths in London, Paris & Rome. Underlined the country's toll free number, pin number and country code & also enlarged the instructions on a copier to make it more convenient to use in a phone booth. It took a little figuring out in each country, but worked very well. Check to see who has the most reasonable rates. The only trouble we had was when we tried to check messages from our answering machine at home. The code numbers we punched would end the call.
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i use a global calling card from att<BR>when i travel to italy. the charges<BR>are placed on a credit card. i took <BR>a prepaid calling card last year and<BR>had problems with it. the global calling cards i'm sure are available through most tele. co. and the cost<BR>for me in july, 2002 to italy to usa was approx. .95 per minute (usd).