Devon ...
This is the most confusing thing I have ever had to deal with. My phone does
indeed sell an "overseas package" but it is for calling from here to overseas,
not the other way around. I felt like I was going to have the CIA monitoring
me after receiving the response I did from the phone company regarding making
calls from Europe to the US! Someone has mentioned "unlocked cell phones" so I
will look into that. I did have a phone card when I visited my husband in
Germany two years ago & had no problems using it. However, we were staying in
someone's home at the time so I used their private line & didn't have to worry
about hotel or pay phones. Anyway, thank you again for your help & your
thoughts.
Blessings,
Shirlee
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For what its worth, my phone is one from AT&T wireless and they have been
more than happy to sell me European compatible phones and to reap profit from
international calls. If I did not put on the international package, my phone
would simply not be able to call the US, so there is no need to threaten a loss
of service by my provider if I try to call from Europe.
I have found that when setting up the service, it is sometimes necessary to
speak to different people at AT&T since some of them may hide their ignorance
by denying that what you want is possible. Also, different descriptions of the
billing by different persons is not unusual. Sometimes, too, there seems to be
a prejudice on the part of the persons with whom you are speaking, to the
effect that they think you are trying to "rip them off", rather than
legitimately buy a service, and it may take some patience to get to someone
sophisticated enough on their side to set up the service. Most of the people I
spoke to at AT&T admitted they had never traveled outside the country, and
never considered the question before, and were quick to tell me that my phone
wouldn't work there, as though the conversation could be terminated with that
bit of information. But, a long patient talk with them would bring out a
supervisor or someone who handled overseas communication. .
I never had any trouble with the rental phone acquired in the US and designed
specifically to provide service for Americans traveling abroad. Maybe there is
a reason why they run it through England, unlike the Italian rental phone.
As for the phone cards, I don' t know. I have never had particularly good
luck with them, myself, because, even if not fraudulent, you are trying to
follow instructions on a foreign phone written in another language. Typically,
I come home with virtually all my minutes on the card and it is then useless.
Meanwhile, I have had to have the hotel place my calls which is especially
expensive. I know we used to have a telephone calling card through our home
phone which allowed you to call into a particular number and then place calls
that way, but this is going back about 20 years.
Good luck with the phone card, hopefully someone more clever than myself can
give you the answer you seek.
Devon
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