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

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

Can you elaborate? That sounds different from a calling card.

Thanks for the reply.

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.

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

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