International Calling Cards Question?

[johnyboy]

My son is going to Italy next week for 10 days in part to commerate the Battle Of Ortona. We have the Rogers family plan and I was wondering if anyone could help me decide what is the cheapest way to stay in contact. Just using his cell phone it is $2./minute. Thanks for your consideration


...you fucking guys rock when it comes to this shit !!

 

[johnyboy]

Thanks ASN

I just picked up a Walmart card. I would prefer that and use the cell in case of emergency, that way I know he is covered before departure.

 

[W3bster]

I'm not the authority on this, and even though I speak Italian I've found a lot of things in Italy confusing (transit/trains, phones etc). Using public phones is probably an option, I believe they only work with Telecom Italia (TIM) calling cards. You can buy them at magazine/tobacco/convenience stores, and train and airport stations etc. There are pay phones that accept credit cards but they are very expensive and probably for desperate tourists.

Here are some:

http://www.191.alice.it/cgi-bin/di_...00244&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes&pageTypeId=536919650 though I don't think you will find this variety when you visit shops that sell these cards. If you want your blood pressure to rise, try finding this here http://www.privati.tim.it/eng or here http://www.telecomitalia.com/cgi-bin/tiportale/TIPortale/ep/start.do?tabId=0&LANG=EN. [impossible]

Here are two I just chose randomly:

This one available in 4.17 to 8.33 Euro denominations, expires 60 days from the first call; for a 10 Euro card you either get 200 or 500 minutes (I can't make it out, I think the former is from cell phones, the latter from land lines and public phones and other ways):
http://www.191.alice.it/cgi-bin/di_...okie=Yes&pageTypeId=536919650&indexHistory=10


Available in 5 Euro denominations only, expires 60 days from the first call, 45 minutes of calls to Canada if I understand correctly:
http://www.191.alice.it/cgi-bin/di_...ookie=Yes&pageTypeId=536919650&indexHistory=4