278 Telephone Cards

Ciao Everyone,

Just to let anyone know,who does not know already, that the Europa telephone cards are a bargain. I use about €30 worth a month. For €10, you get 700 minutes to the UK, France, Belgium etc. It's about the same for the US and South Africa.

Could be other cards are also good value ?

PS - for the Administrators, I do not work for these guys ! No commission either, sad to say.

Ciao da Ernie

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General chat about Italy

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 04/21/2005 - 12:52

thanks for this ernie I am looking into finding the best solution for myself and I am trying out skype.com right now - mixed results I have to say for calls to landlines but great if your friends have skype as well (why doesn't everyone just get it and then we can stop paying for calls...)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 04/22/2005 - 03:16

that sounds like very good value - about a third of what I'm paying at the moment. Just a couple of questions - can you use them from a home landline and where can I buy the card?

Thanks.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 04/22/2005 - 03:41

[QUOTE=ronald]thanks for this ernie I am looking into finding the best solution for myself and I am trying out skype.com right now - mixed results I have to say for calls to landlines but great if your friends have skype as well (why doesn't everyone just get it and then we can stop paying for calls...)[/QUOTE]

When it is good it is very very good but with dial-up it doesn't work. Does anyone know Telecom Italia's roll out plan for broadband in rural areas?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 04/22/2005 - 04:31

Ronald - Well, I haven't tried it with dial-up, but it works fineon my mobile and my home landline.

Nicola - I buy them at the Tabachaio, although you may need to shop around.

I learned about it from a very helpful guy at the Garbatella Metoor station, they have a kiosk with a range of cards.

Try asking your own T man or woman to get them for you, I think the profit must be good. When I buy 3 x €10 at a time, the lady almost kisses me ! "Ringrazie a LEI !!!"

BTW I also get about 60 minutes when talking to a mobile numer inthe UK.

It is a bit of a bind dialling the number to get "on line" as it were, but I store my number (option 1) and then dial the person I am calling, reading from a scrap of paper if I do not remember the number.

Sometimes the connection is poor, so ring off and try again. Aso, they seem to work in units of 2 minutes, but,what the heck, it's dirt cheap and life is very short.

Ciao da Ernie

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 04/22/2005 - 13:15

can anyone tell me the cheapest way to use my u.k mobile phone to make and receive calls to and from the u.k when i am in italy.do i have to buy a different sim card and if so where do i buy it from and how much is it a minute for the calls.thankyou.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 04/22/2005 - 14:45

The only cheap way to use your UK registered phone is not to use it. Get yourself an Italian sim card.
Rob

[url]www.talkitalia.com[/url]

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 04/24/2005 - 07:17

A friend uses Planet cards, I have not used them myself, but he swears by them.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 04/25/2005 - 10:47

I have just discovered Edicard sold at the "Tabbacheria" that do the lottery - they cost E10.00 for 350 minutes to Europe & America. You can use them from mobile phones, landlines & public call boxes.