Have seen ads on tv where you dial a number, then dial the person you are calling. Anyone use these services? How does this work, and how are you billed? Is this system better then calling cards? Is there a site to compare prices?
Phoning Long distance $
- Thread starter KBear
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KBear said:
I am not sure that this is the same thing but this is how LD works in Europe. There are a couple of web sites to go to and they list the providers & the prefixes. These numbers & the rates change from day to day. Some are constant but the really cheap ones change. You find the prefix you want ie. the cheapest rate, dial the prefix, followed by the number. You are connected.
The line quality is mostly good, but occasionally I do get a bad line. There seems to be fierce competition with these numbers. So much so that for some time two winters ago there were free lines to Canada & the USA. I made many many hours of calls and was never charged a cent
The only drawback is that you do constantly have to be checking the numbers on the web.
Oh-and you get charged on the phone bill just like any other call. Who knows how the phone companies and providers work it all out???
