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Ravenswant
Joined: 23 Dec 2010
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 Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 6:22 pm Post subject: Overseas phone calls |
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Hey all, North American guy here headed to IH Bogota for the Feb CELTA training. Feeling reasonable well equiped to deal with most of what I'm likely encounter thanks to all of your willingness to share your experience and knowledge and partly my willingness to wing it. Thank You All.
Any suggestions regarding land line telecommunications. I have a Skype acount which is great for my wired friends and business associates but there are times when it would be convenient if folks contacting me were only required to dial a US phone number. Any suggestions? Magic Jack seems to be a possible option but I'm still a little unclear about the dialing a US phone number from a land line in the states to reach me on my laptop in Bogota.
Any insight would be appreciated. Thanks a lot! |
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BocaNY
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I don't know about Magic Jack but I did have a number through Skype. It was used as a land line. It worked fine. Though I will say that I was in the states at the time I had it and people calling me where too. Don't know if that helps but that is my experience.
Happy Holidays. |
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MNguy
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| If you have a Gmail account there is now a free service which allows calls to landlines in the States. |
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G22
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| Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 6:05 am Post subject: Re: Overseas phone calls |
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| Ravenswant wrote: |
Hey all, North American guy here headed to IH Bogota for the Feb CELTA training. Feeling reasonable well equiped to deal with most of what I'm likely encounter thanks to all of your willingness to share your experience and knowledge and partly my willingness to wing it. Thank You All.
Any suggestions regarding land line telecommunications. I have a Skype acount which is great for my wired friends and business associates but there are times when it would be convenient if folks contacting me were only required to dial a US phone number. Any suggestions? Magic Jack seems to be a possible option but I'm still a little unclear about the dialing a US phone number from a land line in the states to reach me on my laptop in Bogota.
Any insight would be appreciated. Thanks a lot! |
Taking the CELTA at IH Bogota is a mistake, however in regards to your question, you can make international phone calls from any number of internet cafe type places in the city for relatively cheap. You can also buy a pre paid cell phone and call the US using it, however it is considerably more expensive. |
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JonnyBravo
Joined: 30 Oct 2006
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Location: Bogota, Colombia
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| Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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| I have a $3 a month skype plan that lets me call unlimited to cell phones and landlines in Canada and the United States. Pays for itself in one phone call. |
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tekkendama
Joined: 12 Feb 2011
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Location: US
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get a gmail account.
all calls to the USA are free. |
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