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MATHA531 · 31-05-2006, 16:22

Stan...

This rebound effect is a problem, I would admit. Prepaid ld cards are best bought in the country you are in and give you more minutes than you might ever need for around $5 US or the equivalent....with the exception of possible surcharges by hotels and the like to reach the outgoing number, even if it is a local 800 number, that is I would agree the cheapest for outgoing.

The problem is incoming......you can leave a copy of the hotels you will be at but I don't know any solution without a mobile phone...to avoid the charging you can set your mobile phone to direct all calls to voicemail....the call will never get to Europe so no worry about the rebound effect and double billing...you get a voicemail notification in the usual manner and can call, using the local ld call, into your voicemail....however

It still requires a phone capable of registering on a European network to see the vm indication which means you still need a 900 or 900/1800 phone...of course with rates as cheap as they are, you can simply call into your voice mail a couple of times a day to see if there are any messages.

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MATHA531 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Specialist Posts: 869 Join Date: 15 Oct 2004 Country:	31-05-2006, 16:22 Stan... This rebound effect is a problem, I would admit. Prepaid ld cards are best bought in the country you are in and give you more minutes than you might ever need for around $5 US or the equivalent....with the exception of possible surcharges by hotels and the like to reach the outgoing number, even if it is a local 800 number, that is I would agree the cheapest for outgoing. The problem is incoming......you can leave a copy of the hotels you will be at but I don't know any solution without a mobile phone...to avoid the charging you can set your mobile phone to direct all calls to voicemail....the call will never get to Europe so no worry about the rebound effect and double billing...you get a voicemail notification in the usual manner and can call, using the local ld call, into your voicemail....however It still requires a phone capable of registering on a European network to see the vm indication which means you still need a 900 or 900/1800 phone...of course with rates as cheap as they are, you can simply call into your voice mail a couple of times a day to see if there are any messages.