Ive just got back from tenerife, when I called home I practically had to get a bank loan to do so! It was half the price to call from somewer twice as far! I could swear tenerife is far nearer than the other side of the atlantic! So why was it more expensive from Europe than it was from America?
2007-06-28 05:30:26 · 4 answers · asked by RMP 4 in Travel ➔ Europe (Continental) ➔ Other - Europe
The people who owned the phone you used must have made a whooping profit, or the company that runs it.
From the Netherlands I phone NY for 16 c a minute, that is using the land line provider.
If I use a cheap number it can be as little as 1 c a minute in the weekend.
If you use a phone box or a phone house you have to pay more, but depending on how well you shop you might get a card that cost local phone cost and 1 c a minute extra.
If you use your foreign mobile (cell) phone you will pay a lot, whatever contract you have.
2007-06-28 06:08:41 · answer #1 · answered by Willeke 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I found just the opposite. In US I have to have a special add-on to dial direct overseas from a residential phone. Europe is naturally international. A call to the states from France or Italy is averaging me .09 cents a min. A call from Texas to Germany is averaging me .15 cents a min plus $27/mo. if I don't expend a minimum $50 in long distance charges.
If you have an operator make the connection, Lord help you. That costs $5.30/minute.
2007-06-28 12:41:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thats life
2007-06-28 12:33:19 · answer #3 · answered by **tomtom 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We have more and better networks plus competition. Makes everything cheap.
2007-06-28 12:41:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋