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Originally Posted by snaimon
Now, on to your questions....
I believe CBW also work swith 09, the Icelandic carrier and the rates are cheaper than the UM cards from Liechtenstein. 09 also has free inbound.
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The CBW rate from USA to "Iceland Celluar" (which is the numbering range of 09 SIMs) is 15 cents whereas to all Liechtenstein numbers (thus UM too) is 14 cents. 12 cents/min is offered in some tariff plan from a company (similar to CBW) named Enlinea. Anyway, the CBW rate is still a good deal, I think.
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Originally Posted by lmernal
1) (...)If I call the US, I can use the callback feature. But, I will be in Portugal and France, both of which have toll free numbers. So, is it best to call those toll-free numbers to call the US?
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As to rates for toll-free access numbers versus those applicable using callback, the following seems to be true (at least in Europe):
1) the cheapest is callback when using a landline;
2) next is the toll free access number;
3) the most expensive is callback when using a mobile phone.
Using toll free access numbers is convenient when you travelling, because you don't have to predefine to which numbers callback should go. Problems may occur because those access numbers may not be available, and, even if available, not free from payphones, mobile phones or hotel phones.
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Originally Posted by lmernal
1) (...) How about to call within Portugal or France, or between them?
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Of course, you can also make calls via CBW to the country you're in or to any other country, but rates are always higher than for calls from the same location to USA. It's because CBW is USA-based and all calls are (at least from the "pricing" point of view
routed via USA).
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Originally Posted by snaimon
I would imagine CBW will work with any international card; you must have FREE INBOUND however to take advantage of the low rates. Do the Isle of Man cards have free inbound in FR and PT? I don't think so.
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AFAIR, most Manx cards has free inbound calls in the entire EU. However, I don't think it's a good idea to use Manx cards together with CBW since the CBW rate USA->UK Cellular is as much as 40.4 cents.
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Originally Posted by snaimon
It is always good to have a PLAN B. My US (ATT, MCI, etc) and German toll free calling cards DID NOT WORK AT ALL in the hotel we stayed in (total 10 nites).
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Why? No connection to the access numbers, no tone dialing or so?