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Help with a phone call? - 09-12-2009, 02:22 AM

Hi, it's me again. I'm settled in my dorm in Tokyo (sort of, I got here yesterday). I have a phone in my room, and I want to call collect with it to my mom in America, but when I dial 0051 (or 00000051, I've read both) to get to the English-speaking operator, I get an error message--I can't understand it completely, but I think it says I can't dial starting with '00'? Does anybody know how I can call America collect from a phone that isn't public?
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09-12-2009, 02:41 AM

Don't. The collect call will cost more than your mom's mortgage. Use skype.
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09-12-2009, 09:31 AM

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Hi, it's me again. I'm settled in my dorm in Tokyo (sort of, I got here yesterday). I have a phone in my room, and I want to call collect with it to my mom in America, but when I dial 0051 (or 00000051, I've read both) to get to the English-speaking operator, I get an error message--I can't understand it completely, but I think it says I can't dial starting with '00'? Does anybody know how I can call America collect from a phone that isn't public?
I second using Skype. It's what I used all the time I was in Japan, and if your parents get it too, the call is virtually free. I think I put £11 on my skype credit for the whole year and didn't run out until 4 months after I finished the year.
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09-12-2009, 03:02 PM

Don't use Skype. Use Yahoo Messenger Voice. I like Yahoo because even though I'm in Japan I can set my preferences so it seems like I'm still in the US. That way if I make a call to America through Yahoo voice, it is charged as a domestic call, and not an international one. I call home to America every week, and it costs me less than $10 a year to do it. The call quality is excellent, I have no complaints at all about it.

BTW, if you want to call America from Japan, just dial +1 and then the area code and phone number; example +1 (213) 555-1212, or +12135551212

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09-12-2009, 03:10 PM

where did you get the +0051 from anyway... calls into the u.s. always start w 1 then the area code...



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