Telephoning home?
 

I will be staying in Mexico for 2 months and would like to know the cheapest way to call home. <BR>

My husband worked in Mexico in '97 & we found the cheapest way was to preset a time and I would call him. The calls from there to home were extremely high, finally we just set a time and he would be in his room. Or, you call, and then let they call you back. At least you only pay for a minute or two. Check with the telephone Company, becase there are certain phones to use to get a cheaper rate, than going through the hotel. I was very happy the company there reimbursed us!!! :)

Hi...buy a phone card....they are available everywhere. If you buy one for 100 pesos, you just put it in the phones that take cards and talk until your time runs out. I usually call the states on Sunday with a 100 peso card and can talk for about 20 min. They give you a little warning beep so you know your time is just about it. Or call collect! <BR>

MCI has an 800 operator that people can use to call your home from Mexico. They have 2 different numbers for Spanish and English. The rates are the same as if you initiated the call from the US. We use it frequently as we have a lot of family living in Mexico. The typical; rates are 0.25 /min from zone 1 and 0.49 /min from zone 3. This is a lot better than $9.00 USD /min that I was once charged for a collect call from Mexico. That was less than 2 years ago.

Whatever you do, DO NOT use any of the pay phones offering big advertisements for collect calls to the US!!!! I knew it would be expensive, but I had to call to check on my ill mom, and had forgotten to get the international code for our calling card. Try $56 for a ten minute call!!!!!! <BR>