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I want to talk about calling cards... I know that when you call overseas to a cellphone, the rates that your calling card are charged to way up--but it's still cheaper than going through VONAGE or your phone company (average 29 cents to 32 cents a minute!!!  )
On a good calling card, it's about 10 or 11 cents a minute. However, what if you are calling the local access number from a cellphone (which I discovered you can do), and dialing overseas that way. Are you charged more? Does your cellphone company charge you more? I would imagine your cellphone company sees it as a local phone call only--since you're dialing a local access number that relays to call for you. Does anyone know how calling cards work? Do you know any good calling card companies? Does anybody have pictures of their tits? [Edited 7/25/08 10:21am] | |
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What's a local access number?
I don't understand how it's dirt cheap for overseas people to call here and grip to call over there.  | |
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Stymie said: What's a local access number?
I don't understand how it's dirt cheap for overseas people to call here and grip to call over there. I think this is how it works. You are given a local access number (555-1234) that is a local switching station in your town. You call THAT number. Then a system asks you for your code. You enter the code you're given on the card (or online card), and then you dial the real number you intend to call. Instead of your phone dialing it directly, the switching station (the local access number) you're calling does it. On your phone bill, it appears like you made a local call. So your only expense is the calling card's fees and services. It normally saves folks a ton of money--the sound quality is not uber great, but if you're calling a lan line over seas, some calls can be as cheap as 1.5 US cents an minute (or less). But I'm not 100% sure this is really how it works. I just know that on your phone bill, it only shows the local access number (or 1-800 number) you call to make the long distance call. But I'm also confused if you're calling from a cellphone if the same rules apply. I would imagine so since you're using the local access number as the "Switch". I just don't know. This is new to me. 
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i have an MCI calling card and i love it!
i don't even have a long-distance carrier anymore. used to pay hundreds of dollars for long-distance calls, now i pay 30 dollars every five months or so for 700 minutes of long distance calling. anytime, anywhere in the USA. 3 cents a minute babeee. 
true, the international calls use those minutes up at a greater rate (not sure exactly) but it is still far cheaper. exac5t6ly edit  [Edited 7/25/08 10:34am] | |
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XxAxX said: i have an MCI calling card and i love it!
i don't even have a long-distance carrier anymore. used to pay hundreds of dollars for long-distance calls, now i pay 30 dollars every five months or so for 700 minutes of long distance calling. anytime, anywhere in the USA. 3 cents a minute babeee.
true, the international calls use those minutes up at a greater rate (not sure exactly) but it is still far cheaper. exac5t6ly edit
[Edited 7/25/08 10:34am] Can you call from a cellphone without encuring hidden cellphone costs? I know calling an overseas cellphone cost more but that's different from calling your local access point through your own cellphone. This is a greag site with great rates: http://www.callingcardplus.com | |
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Imago said: XxAxX said: i have an MCI calling card and i love it!
i don't even have a long-distance carrier anymore. used to pay hundreds of dollars for long-distance calls, now i pay 30 dollars every five months or so for 700 minutes of long distance calling. anytime, anywhere in the USA. 3 cents a minute babeee.
true, the international calls use those minutes up at a greater rate (not sure exactly) but it is still far cheaper. exac5t6ly edit
[Edited 7/25/08 10:34am] Can you call from a cellphone without encuring hidden cellphone costs? I know calling an overseas cellphone cost more but that's different from calling your local access point through your own cellphone. This is a greag site with great rates: http://www.callingcardplus.com well, *i* can't because i have a *special* cellphone, which i got through the AAA and is theoretically only for road trips
the card works like: i dial the 800 MCI number, punch in my access code, then dial the long-distance number. if i made the call fom my cellphone i would incur the charge for my cellphone usage too. hope this helps  | |
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XxaxX ruined the thread  | |
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Imago said: XxaxX ruined the thread
you're just envious  | |
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XxAxX said: Imago said: XxaxX ruined the thread
you're just envious
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Imago said: Stymie said: What's a local access number?
I don't understand how it's dirt cheap for overseas people to call here and grip to call over there. I think this is how it works. You are given a local access number (555-1234) that is a local switching station in your town. You call THAT number. Then a system asks you for your code. You enter the code you're given on the card (or online card), and then you dial the real number you intend to call. Instead of your phone dialing it directly, the switching station (the local access number) you're calling does it. On your phone bill, it appears like you made a local call. So your only expense is the calling card's fees and services. It normally saves folks a ton of money--the sound quality is not uber great, but if you're calling a lan line over seas, some calls can be as cheap as 1.5 US cents an minute (or less). But I'm not 100% sure this is really how it works. I just know that on your phone bill, it only shows the local access number (or 1-800 number) you call to make the long distance call. But I'm also confused if you're calling from a cellphone if the same rules apply. I would imagine so since you're using the local access number as the "Switch". I just don't know. This is new to me.
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Stymie said: Imago said: I think this is how it works. You are given a local access number (555-1234) that is a local switching station in your town. You call THAT number. Then a system asks you for your code. You enter the code you're given on the card (or online card), and then you dial the real number you intend to call. Instead of your phone dialing it directly, the switching station (the local access number) you're calling does it. On your phone bill, it appears like you made a local call. So your only expense is the calling card's fees and services. It normally saves folks a ton of money--the sound quality is not uber great, but if you're calling a lan line over seas, some calls can be as cheap as 1.5 US cents an minute (or less). But I'm not 100% sure this is really how it works. I just know that on your phone bill, it only shows the local access number (or 1-800 number) you call to make the long distance call. But I'm also confused if you're calling from a cellphone if the same rules apply. I would imagine so since you're using the local access number as the "Switch". I just don't know. This is new to me.
is to is-not edit [Edited 7/25/08 10:33am] Skype phones might be an option. Basically, it's the same thing as Skype on your computer--VOIP conversations for free. You just require Internet Access. The beauty of it is that the person you're calling doesn't need to know anything about computers, etc. etc. They just need to join their phone to their network if they require a WEP password. 
I'm shipping one to somebody I call frequently because they're laptop is nearly impossible to set up with sound for some reason. Of course the cheapest option is to just use skype on your computer--it's free, and has video. But it glues you to your computer. | |
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When i was calling the US alot i used to have 2000 free mins a month on my cell and use it to call a local access number, then dial the US number from there. That was charged at 2c a min to the US. | |
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mdiver said: When i was calling the US alot i used to have 2000 free mins a month on my cell and use it to call a local access number, then dial the US number from there. That was charged at 2c a min to the US.
Where you calling a lan line? If we call a lan line in the UK it's about as cheap. But if we call a cellphone, (most of the folks I know only have cellphones) it's at least 10 cents a minute. | |
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Imago said: mdiver said: When i was calling the US alot i used to have 2000 free mins a month on my cell and use it to call a local access number, then dial the US number from there. That was charged at 2c a min to the US.
Where you calling a lan line? If we call a lan line in the UK it's about as cheap. But if we call a cellphone, (most of the folks I know only have cellphones) it's at least 10 cents a minute. That was US period, cell or land line | |
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Imago said: XxAxX said: you're just envious
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XxAxX said: i have an MCI calling card and i love it!
i don't even have a long-distance carrier anymore. used to pay hundreds of dollars for long-distance calls, now i pay 30 dollars every five months or so for 700 minutes of long distance calling. anytime, anywhere in the USA. 3 cents a minute babeee.
true, the international calls use those minutes up at a greater rate (not sure exactly) but it is still far cheaper.  
And I still remember everything u said 
I always thought our love was so right, I guess I was wrong I always thought u'd be by my side, 
Mama, now u're gone 
What I wanna know baby, what we had was good, How come u don't call me anymore? yeah Listen. I still light the fire on a rainy night. 
I still like it better when u holding me tight.
Now hold it, everybody said, 
Everybody said that we should never part. Oh yeah 
I always did think we looked kind of cute together myself. 
Say to me baby, baby, baby, why u wanna go and break my heart? 
Why'd u wanna do it? 
All I wanna know baby, what we had was good How come u don't call me anymore? 
Why don't u call me girl?
Sometimes it feels like I'm gonna die, 
If u don't call me, mama, girl, u gotta try, down on my knees beggin' u please, please 
Why can't u call me sometime baby, yeah
Just one lousy dime, baby, why can't u call me sometime? 
Oh, no, no. Why on earth can't u just pick up the phone? Yeah U know I don't like bein' alone
Why? Why must u torture me? 
Why u gotta torment me so | |
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magnificentsynthesizer said: XxAxX said: i have an MCI calling card and i love it!
i don't even have a long-distance carrier anymore. used to pay hundreds of dollars for long-distance calls, now i pay 30 dollars every five months or so for 700 minutes of long distance calling. anytime, anywhere in the USA. 3 cents a minute babeee.
true, the international calls use those minutes up at a greater rate (not sure exactly) but it is still far cheaper.
And I still remember everything u said
I always thought our love was so right, I guess I was wrong I always thought u'd be by my side,
Mama, now u're gone
What I wanna know baby, what we had was good, How come u don't call me anymore? yeah Listen. I still light the fire on a rainy night.
I still like it better when u holding me tight.
Now hold it, everybody said,
Everybody said that we should never part. Oh yeah
I always did think we looked kind of cute together myself.
Say to me baby, baby, baby, why u wanna go and break my heart?
Why'd u wanna do it?
All I wanna know baby, what we had was good How come u don't call me anymore?
Why don't u call me girl?
Sometimes it feels like I'm gonna die,
If u don't call me, mama, girl, u gotta try, down on my knees beggin' u please, please
Why can't u call me sometime baby, yeah
Just one lousy dime, baby, why can't u call me sometime?
Oh, no, no. Why on earth can't u just pick up the phone? Yeah U know I don't like bein' alone
Why? Why must u torture me?
Why u gotta torment me so  | |
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XxAxX said: magnificentsynthesizer said:
And I still remember everything u said
I always thought our love was so right, I guess I was wrong I always thought u'd be by my side,
Mama, now u're gone
What I wanna know baby, what we had was good, How come u don't call me anymore? yeah Listen. I still light the fire on a rainy night.
I still like it better when u holding me tight.
Now hold it, everybody said,
Everybody said that we should never part. Oh yeah
I always did think we looked kind of cute together myself.
Say to me baby, baby, baby, why u wanna go and break my heart?
Why'd u wanna do it?
All I wanna know baby, what we had was good How come u don't call me anymore?
Why don't u call me girl?
Sometimes it feels like I'm gonna die,
If u don't call me, mama, girl, u gotta try, down on my knees beggin' u please, please
Why can't u call me sometime baby, yeah
Just one lousy dime, baby, why can't u call me sometime?
Oh, no, no. Why on earth can't u just pick up the phone? Yeah U know I don't like bein' alone
Why? Why must u torture me?
Why u gotta torment me so but you still haven't answered my question.  | |
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magnificentsynthesizer said: XxAxX said: but you still haven't answered my question. i lent my calling card to Imago and he used all the minutes my dog ate my calling card lightning struck my calling card aliens abducted my calling card my phone fell out the window my phone got run over my a bus my phone got stuck ... well, you don't wanna know where   | |
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I just checked with my cellphone provider. The only charges you enccur from the cellphone company here in the US is the time you spend on the phone, because your cellphone company only recognizes that you made a local access call to the relay station in your city.
Ergo, it's like calling any old local number. The charges you really encur are throught he calling card plan. Thus you can call the UK (or whatever country is on your plan) for 10 cents a minute from your cellphone.  | |
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Imago said: encur are throught he calling card plan.
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XxAxX said: magnificentsynthesizer said: but you still haven't answered my question. i lent my calling card to Imago and he used all the minutes my dog ate my calling card lightning struck my calling card aliens abducted my calling card my phone fell out the window my phone got run over my a bus my phone got stuck ... well, you don't wanna know where so what are you trying to say?  | |
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magnificentsynthesizer said: XxAxX said: i lent my calling card to Imago and he used all the minutes my dog ate my calling card lightning struck my calling card aliens abducted my calling card my phone fell out the window my phone got run over my a bus my phone got stuck ... well, you don't wanna know where so what are you trying to say? i lost your number? | |
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I was never able to get calling cards to work for me when I was calling JD regularly, but that was 3 years ago. For some reason the access # was ALWAYS busy and/or wouldn't work calling a cell phone in the UK. It was a nightmare. I finally got a decent plan on my landline, but was still spending $200 a month on phone bills.
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calling cards rule, i call overseas all the time, reception is not awesome but it is alright.
and yes cell phones work with calling cards 2 at least for someone i know calling overseas on the cell phone/mobile. | |
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I'm going to the Beach for a week tomorrow so I really don't care
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Mach said:
I'm going to the Beach for a week tomorrow so I really don't care
I'm' can be at a beach tonight if I wanted 
straight. up.  | |
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