Russell,

On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 01:58:09 +1200, Russell McMahon wrote:
>...<
> Many countries have a "phone home free"  system where you can dial a 
> toll free number when you are in a foreign country and then the number 
> you want in your own country. 

I've never heard of this - and there are times when it would have been *very* useful!  I wonder if it's common 
in New Zealand and Australia because most of their population is abroad most of the time...  :-)))

> This gets you out of the foreign 
> charging system for free and the toll calls are then charged at a rate 
> set by your own administration. This can be MUCH cheaper than paying 
> hotel rates - it probably just costs a local call and can even be done 
> from a callbox / payphone.

Be aware that most hotels have caught on to the various free phone numbers, and charge you for them anyway - 
I've seen US$2.50 per call to any "free" phone numbers... better than "$1.50 plus 50c/minute plus AT&T long 
distance rate" for normal pay-calls though!

> In my country it used to be called "NZ direct". YMMV.

I'd love to know if there is an equivalent for Blighty - it would really help sometimes!

Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, England


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