Telephoning USA from London
Apr 24th 2003, 6:59 am
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Telephoning USA from London
I have an AT&T prepaid card that I have used previously in Italy and
it works well. In Italy, the public phones require a "telephone card"
or coin to get a dial tone, is it the same in London?
Thanks for your help,
Victoria
it works well. In Italy, the public phones require a "telephone card"
or coin to get a dial tone, is it the same in London?
Thanks for your help,
Victoria
Apr 24th 2003, 7:18 am
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> or coin to get a dial tone, is it the same in London?
Not that I found, with calling-cards bought there. Just a freephone
number (0800 or equivalent) and then a big long PIN for access.
Not that I found, with calling-cards bought there. Just a freephone
number (0800 or equivalent) and then a big long PIN for access.
Apr 24th 2003, 12:17 pm
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I had no problem using my phone card on the public phones. Nothing special
required.
"Victoria" wrote in message
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> I have an AT&T prepaid card that I have used previously in Italy and
> it works well. In Italy, the public phones require a "telephone card"
> or coin to get a dial tone, is it the same in London?
> Thanks for your help,
> Victoria
required.
"Victoria" wrote in message
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> I have an AT&T prepaid card that I have used previously in Italy and
> it works well. In Italy, the public phones require a "telephone card"
> or coin to get a dial tone, is it the same in London?
> Thanks for your help,
> Victoria
Apr 24th 2003, 2:05 pm
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"Fustanella" wrote in message
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> > or coin to get a dial tone, is it the same in London?
> Not that I found, with calling-cards bought there. Just a freephone
> number (0800 or equivalent) and then a big long PIN for access.
Unless you have a special reason to use your US phone card (such as being
reimbursed by your company), I'd suggest buying one of the phone cards
available in corner stores all over London. They typically are available in
5 pound increments. With the ones I purchased last year, I discovered that
the per-minute charge was quite high during the day but very low late at
night. I think I used two 5 pound phone cards to phone home during a 10-day
trip (family likes to touch base a lot).
Traveler
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> > or coin to get a dial tone, is it the same in London?
> Not that I found, with calling-cards bought there. Just a freephone
> number (0800 or equivalent) and then a big long PIN for access.
Unless you have a special reason to use your US phone card (such as being
reimbursed by your company), I'd suggest buying one of the phone cards
available in corner stores all over London. They typically are available in
5 pound increments. With the ones I purchased last year, I discovered that
the per-minute charge was quite high during the day but very low late at
night. I think I used two 5 pound phone cards to phone home during a 10-day
trip (family likes to touch base a lot).
Traveler
Apr 24th 2003, 3:16 pm
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On 24 Apr 2003 11:59:22 -0700, [email protected] (Victoria)
wrote:
>I have an AT&T prepaid card that I have used previously in Italy and
>it works well. In Italy, the public phones require a "telephone card"
>or coin to get a dial tone, is it the same in London?
My recollection is that most public phones in the UK accept coins, but
no coins were required to initiate the call to AT&T's access number.
Beware that some public phones in the UK block 0800 (free) calls. Or
maybe they only block access numbers for competing long-distance
carriers? Anyway, for whatever reason there were some public phones
where my AT&T card wouldn't work.
wrote:
>I have an AT&T prepaid card that I have used previously in Italy and
>it works well. In Italy, the public phones require a "telephone card"
>or coin to get a dial tone, is it the same in London?
My recollection is that most public phones in the UK accept coins, but
no coins were required to initiate the call to AT&T's access number.
Beware that some public phones in the UK block 0800 (free) calls. Or
maybe they only block access numbers for competing long-distance
carriers? Anyway, for whatever reason there were some public phones
where my AT&T card wouldn't work.
Apr 25th 2003, 1:20 am
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"Traveler" wrote in message
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> "Fustanella" wrote in message
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> > > or coin to get a dial tone, is it the same in London?
> >
> > Not that I found, with calling-cards bought there. Just a freephone
> > number (0800 or equivalent) and then a big long PIN for access.
> Unless you have a special reason to use your US phone card (such as being
> reimbursed by your company), I'd suggest buying one of the phone cards
> available in corner stores all over London. They typically are available
in
> 5 pound increments. With the ones I purchased last year, I discovered that
> the per-minute charge was quite high during the day but very low late at
> night. I think I used two 5 pound phone cards to phone home during a
10-day
> trip (family likes to touch base a lot).
> Traveler
Maybe that was a BT card.
Discount cards (at least the ones I have used) charge the same at any time
of day.
I pay about 3p a minute to the US, so for 10 pounds would get 330 minutes -
over 30 minutes a day for your calls.... maybe you should have just stayed
at home!
Roger
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> "Fustanella" wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > > or coin to get a dial tone, is it the same in London?
> >
> > Not that I found, with calling-cards bought there. Just a freephone
> > number (0800 or equivalent) and then a big long PIN for access.
> Unless you have a special reason to use your US phone card (such as being
> reimbursed by your company), I'd suggest buying one of the phone cards
> available in corner stores all over London. They typically are available
in
> 5 pound increments. With the ones I purchased last year, I discovered that
> the per-minute charge was quite high during the day but very low late at
> night. I think I used two 5 pound phone cards to phone home during a
10-day
> trip (family likes to touch base a lot).
> Traveler
Maybe that was a BT card.
Discount cards (at least the ones I have used) charge the same at any time
of day.
I pay about 3p a minute to the US, so for 10 pounds would get 330 minutes -
over 30 minutes a day for your calls.... maybe you should have just stayed
at home!
Roger
Apr 25th 2003, 1:45 am
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On 24 Apr 2003 11:59:22 -0700, [email protected] (Victoria)
wrote:
>>I have an AT&T prepaid card that I have used previously in Italy and
>>it works well. In Italy, the public phones require a "telephone card"
>>or coin to get a dial tone, is it the same in London?
No, you just dial the access number, or there is also the National
rate Number
I think its about 3.95p/min off peak and 7.5p/min peak per minute you
just dial
08707947287 weekdays
08445707287 weekends
Followed by the USA number you want, and the cost of the call is
billed to the line you are calling from, or just feed coins into a
payphone
www.airporttransfers.biz
Fixed price transfers
from all of Londons airports
Hotel Directory
Tourist Guides
Call us on 0700-AIRTRANS or +44-(0)870-7777-647
Gatwick, Stansted, Heathrow, Luton
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wrote:
>>I have an AT&T prepaid card that I have used previously in Italy and
>>it works well. In Italy, the public phones require a "telephone card"
>>or coin to get a dial tone, is it the same in London?
No, you just dial the access number, or there is also the National
rate Number
I think its about 3.95p/min off peak and 7.5p/min peak per minute you
just dial
08707947287 weekdays
08445707287 weekends
Followed by the USA number you want, and the cost of the call is
billed to the line you are calling from, or just feed coins into a
payphone
www.airporttransfers.biz
Fixed price transfers
from all of Londons airports
Hotel Directory
Tourist Guides
Call us on 0700-AIRTRANS or +44-(0)870-7777-647
Gatwick, Stansted, Heathrow, Luton
we cover all airports and docks
Apr 25th 2003, 5:24 am
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On Fri, 25 Apr 2003 02:05:18 GMT, "Traveler"
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>"Fustanella" wrote in message
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>> > or coin to get a dial tone, is it the same in London?
>> Not that I found, with calling-cards bought there. Just a freephone
>> number (0800 or equivalent) and then a big long PIN for access.
>Unless you have a special reason to use your US phone card (such as being
>reimbursed by your company), I'd suggest buying one of the phone cards
>available in corner stores all over London. They typically are available in
>5 pound increments. With the ones I purchased last year, I discovered that
>the per-minute charge was quite high during the day but very low late at
>night. I think I used two 5 pound phone cards to phone home during a 10-day
>trip (family likes to touch base a lot).
When we were in London last May I had gotten an e-calling card.
Using it required entering a long string of numerals and
responding to several voice prompts. The per-minute rate was
fairly cheap, though. In the call boxes I noticed that BT (or
whatever it was being called then) was charging 20p per minute to
call the USA. I grant you the per minute charge was a lot higher
than my calling card, but we rarely needed to talk more than a
couple of minutes, just checking in sort of thing, so I figured
to hell with it and just used the BT. I got the whole call done
almsot as fast as it took to punch inall those numbers for the
calling card.
************* DAVE HATUNEN ([email protected]) *************
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* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
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>"Fustanella" wrote in message
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>> > or coin to get a dial tone, is it the same in London?
>> Not that I found, with calling-cards bought there. Just a freephone
>> number (0800 or equivalent) and then a big long PIN for access.
>Unless you have a special reason to use your US phone card (such as being
>reimbursed by your company), I'd suggest buying one of the phone cards
>available in corner stores all over London. They typically are available in
>5 pound increments. With the ones I purchased last year, I discovered that
>the per-minute charge was quite high during the day but very low late at
>night. I think I used two 5 pound phone cards to phone home during a 10-day
>trip (family likes to touch base a lot).
When we were in London last May I had gotten an e-calling card.
Using it required entering a long string of numerals and
responding to several voice prompts. The per-minute rate was
fairly cheap, though. In the call boxes I noticed that BT (or
whatever it was being called then) was charging 20p per minute to
call the USA. I grant you the per minute charge was a lot higher
than my calling card, but we rarely needed to talk more than a
couple of minutes, just checking in sort of thing, so I figured
to hell with it and just used the BT. I got the whole call done
almsot as fast as it took to punch inall those numbers for the
calling card.
************* DAVE HATUNEN ([email protected]) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
Apr 25th 2003, 5:26 am
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Re: Telephoning USA from London
On Fri, 25 Apr 2003 03:16:49 GMT, [email protected] (Charles
Hawtrey) wrote:
>On 24 Apr 2003 11:59:22 -0700, [email protected] (Victoria)
>wrote:
>>I have an AT&T prepaid card that I have used previously in Italy and
>>it works well. In Italy, the public phones require a "telephone card"
>>or coin to get a dial tone, is it the same in London?
>My recollection is that most public phones in the UK accept coins, but
>no coins were required to initiate the call to AT&T's access number.
Back in 1996 we used our ATT calling card. Until we noticed the
outrageous cahrges it accumulated.
************* DAVE HATUNEN ([email protected]) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
Hawtrey) wrote:
>On 24 Apr 2003 11:59:22 -0700, [email protected] (Victoria)
>wrote:
>>I have an AT&T prepaid card that I have used previously in Italy and
>>it works well. In Italy, the public phones require a "telephone card"
>>or coin to get a dial tone, is it the same in London?
>My recollection is that most public phones in the UK accept coins, but
>no coins were required to initiate the call to AT&T's access number.
Back in 1996 we used our ATT calling card. Until we noticed the
outrageous cahrges it accumulated.
************* DAVE HATUNEN ([email protected]) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
Apr 25th 2003, 11:16 pm
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Anyone have any experience with nobelcom.com they seem to have cheap rates??
Hatunen wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Apr 2003 03:16:49 GMT, [email protected] (Charles
> Hawtrey) wrote:
>
>
>>On 24 Apr 2003 11:59:22 -0700, [email protected] (Victoria)
>>wrote:
>>>I have an AT&T prepaid card that I have used previously in Italy and
>>>it works well. In Italy, the public phones require a "telephone card"
>>>or coin to get a dial tone, is it the same in London?
>>My recollection is that most public phones in the UK accept coins, but
>>no coins were required to initiate the call to AT&T's access number.
>
> Back in 1996 we used our ATT calling card. Until we noticed the
> outrageous cahrges it accumulated.
>
>
> ************* DAVE HATUNEN ([email protected]) *************
> * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
> * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
>
Hatunen wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Apr 2003 03:16:49 GMT, [email protected] (Charles
> Hawtrey) wrote:
>
>
>>On 24 Apr 2003 11:59:22 -0700, [email protected] (Victoria)
>>wrote:
>>>I have an AT&T prepaid card that I have used previously in Italy and
>>>it works well. In Italy, the public phones require a "telephone card"
>>>or coin to get a dial tone, is it the same in London?
>>My recollection is that most public phones in the UK accept coins, but
>>no coins were required to initiate the call to AT&T's access number.
>
> Back in 1996 we used our ATT calling card. Until we noticed the
> outrageous cahrges it accumulated.
>
>
> ************* DAVE HATUNEN ([email protected]) *************
> * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
> * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
>
Apr 25th 2003, 11:54 pm
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Used an AT&T card in Ireland two years ago and was I shocked when I got the
bill. Very expensive!!!!
bill. Very expensive!!!!
Apr 26th 2003, 12:10 am
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On 26/04/03 12:16, in article [email protected], "thepachecos"
wrote:
> Anyone have any experience with nobelcom.com they seem to have cheap rates??
I pay 3 pence per minute to onetel
http://www.onetel.co.uk/index.php/landline
wrote:
> Anyone have any experience with nobelcom.com they seem to have cheap rates??
I pay 3 pence per minute to onetel
http://www.onetel.co.uk/index.php/landline
Apr 26th 2003, 7:13 am
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On Fri, 25 Apr 2003 17:26:00 GMT, [email protected] (Hatunen) wrote:
>Back in 1996 we used our ATT calling card. Until we noticed the
>outrageous cahrges it accumulated.
AT&T's prepaid cards, on the other hand, offer reasonable though not
bargain-basement charges. I bought mine through Sam's Club.
I've occasionally used cut-rate cards purchased in my destination
country and find that sometimes they work well, sometimes they work
but the connection is poor, and sometimes they don't work at all.
Nowadays I mostly use the AT&T prepaid card because it's reliable and
I don't lose the cost of unused time upon leaving my destination
country.
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>Back in 1996 we used our ATT calling card. Until we noticed the
>outrageous cahrges it accumulated.
AT&T's prepaid cards, on the other hand, offer reasonable though not
bargain-basement charges. I bought mine through Sam's Club.
I've occasionally used cut-rate cards purchased in my destination
country and find that sometimes they work well, sometimes they work
but the connection is poor, and sometimes they don't work at all.
Nowadays I mostly use the AT&T prepaid card because it's reliable and
I don't lose the cost of unused time upon leaving my destination
country.
________________________________________
Unit #02582: Endangered Old-Growth Redwood
Toothpick Artisans, LLC [TINEOGRTALLC]
----
One upon a tom in a far off distant land far across the sea miles
away from anyway over the hills as the crow barks 39 peoble lived
miles away from anywhere on a little island on a distant land.
