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• iamthejake2000

  
   

  June 26, 2009 3:23:04 PM CEST

  Hey,
  
  My Dutch girlfriend is in Italy right now. When I call her with a calling card, she gets charged huge amounts of money. Is there a way around this?
  
  Thank you!
  
  -Jake
• cloggieking

  
   

  June 26, 2009 3:25:32 PM CEST

  Get her to buy a local prepaid card for her cell and call her on that number.
• iamthejake2000

  
   

  June 27, 2009 12:29:26 AM CEST

  Can you elaborate? That sounds different from a calling card.
  
  Thanks for the reply.
• sunnfun

  

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  June 27, 2009 2:03:09 AM CEST

  I assume that she has a phone with a Dutch number.
  
  If so, read on.
  
  When you call her, the system will 'find' her. You pay for the call as if she were in Holland. She gets billed for the cost of the call outside the Netherlands. Many people turn their phone off when out of the country.
  
  I agree. As her to get a prepaid phone. Of course, then you will get billed for LD call to italy.
• mvn

  

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  August 5, 2009 2:24:01 PM CEST

  
  

  iamthejake2000 (Jun 26 2009, 11:29 PM) said: > original post
  Can you elaborate? That sounds different from a calling card.
  
  Thanks for the reply.

  
  
  Of course it is, do you not know what is a sim card?
• patrick68

  
   

  August 26, 2009 5:30:59 PM CEST

  
  

  iamthejake2000 (Jun 26 2009, 01:23 PM) said: > original post
  Hey,
  
  My Dutch girlfriend is in Italy right now. When I call her with a calling card, she gets charged huge amounts of money. Is there a way around this?
  
  Thank you!
  
  -Jake

  
  
  
  Hi Jake,
  Is she travelling often to Italy? If so, than I could recommend you Manifone's services. I use it to call abroad a lot, and its much cheaper than just calling with mobile phone the "old fashion way". I don't want to fill this page with all the details, just check out Manifone site.
  
  Cheers,
  
  Patrick