[Idyllchat] Cell phone use in Europe

[Sonny Culverhouse]

Sue,

While this doesn't knowingly affect those traveling in Italy, it very well 
may:  While doing an Untour in the Bavarian Castle back in June, the Baron 
advised us that phone companies had become very competitive there and that 
if making a call to the states, one should use a five digit number (no, I 
do not remember the five digits.....that was several Bavarian wines ago), 
then 011+area code+phone number, and the cost would be only 2 cents per 
minute, much less than making a local call.  While we've never had a reason 
for calling back here, my interest was piqued to the extent that I just had 
to do it.  I did and it worked flawlessly, all over the phone in the Apt in 
the Castle.  The cost was so minute that the Baron refused to accept 
payment and told us to call as often as we'd like.  Therefore, not wanting 
to be rude, we placed a call a day for several days and the suckers all 
worked.......at 2 cents per minute.  At the rate my spouse spends euros in 
shops, it was by far less expensive for me to keep us occupied at the Apt 
making calls to America!  Cell phones?  Bah-humbug.  Sorry, but I haven't a 
notion of how to use cell phones over there.            .........sonny in 
Virginia



At 06:23 PM 8/15/2006 -0400, LadyVyper@aol.com wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>
>I recently bought a quad band cell phone for use on my upcoming South 
>Tuscany Untour, but I'm a little confused as to the prefixes people need 
>to use to call me.  Can anyone enlighten me on the prefixes people should 
>use when calling me from the US and within Italy?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Sue Lindley