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MATHA531 · 18-03-2006, 03:43

So far my luck has held out with call forwarding...

I do want to be reachable when travelling and I do have the ability to call forward...

Up until about 2 years ago now, T Mobile USA allowed you to call forward from your T mobile USA number to foreign (non USA) number then abruptly that was cut...at the time since T mobile USA charged 29? US to call all European phones including mobiles, it was great and beat their asininely high rates for international roaming...I could also always call forward on my landline to my T Mobile USA phone so ineffect my home landline would go to my T Mobile USA mobile and then to my prepaid mobile in those countries where I had one (UK, France and Holland); at the time there was no riiing..

Abruptly they cut the service...I then tried Kall8 which gave me US 800 numbers which could forward to European mobiles for in the vicinity of 30?/minute so once again I was able to call forward from my home landline via Kall8 to wherever. The problem was Kall8 took a while to complete the call and callers did not wait long enough for the call to be completed. I was disatisfied with it.

Once T Mobile abruptly and for no reason pulled the plug on international call forwarding, it looked like I was up the creek and had to rely on kall8...then riiing came along and while I could use Kall8 to forward to the Liechtenstein number, it was extremely sporadic.

But I discovered that my landline carrier, Verizon, suddenly began allowing call forwarding from my landline to foreign numbers via my long distance carrier which is AT&T long distance...and believe it or not, the rate to Liechtenstein this way was only 10?/minute with a surcharge of 1?/minute to Liechtenstein mobiles (that is not a misprint) for a total of 11?/minute and AT&T ld is incredibly good...calls go through vwery quickly and very clearly...I keep holding my breath at to how long this will last given what's going on.

Enlinea call back service did give an 800 number if you signed up for their service and it was free and it used to cost only 12?/minute to call FL mobiles and that could be a solution if your carrier allows call forwarding to US 800 numbers at reasonable rates but abruptly in January Enlinea raised its rate to FL mobiles to 42?/minute and enlinea has not always been reliable.

Callback world provides an 800 number but unfortunately with a pin and I cannot program my phone to pause to enter the pin if I want to call forward.

Don't know how helpful any of this to you if you're outside the USA but you can have a look at enlinea, callbackworld and kall8.

I also just read here that one of the mobiles is charging something like $1.63 to call a US toll free number...that makes no sense as US toll free numbers do not charge callers but rather charge callees a flat rate to receive calls...how there could be such a surcharge is totally beyond my comprehension.

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MATHA531 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Specialist Posts: 869 Join Date: 15 Oct 2004 Country:	18-03-2006, 03:43 So far my luck has held out with call forwarding... I do want to be reachable when travelling and I do have the ability to call forward... Up until about 2 years ago now, T Mobile USA allowed you to call forward from your T mobile USA number to foreign (non USA) number then abruptly that was cut...at the time since T mobile USA charged 29? US to call all European phones including mobiles, it was great and beat their asininely high rates for international roaming...I could also always call forward on my landline to my T Mobile USA phone so ineffect my home landline would go to my T Mobile USA mobile and then to my prepaid mobile in those countries where I had one (UK, France and Holland); at the time there was no riiing.. Abruptly they cut the service...I then tried Kall8 which gave me US 800 numbers which could forward to European mobiles for in the vicinity of 30?/minute so once again I was able to call forward from my home landline via Kall8 to wherever. The problem was Kall8 took a while to complete the call and callers did not wait long enough for the call to be completed. I was disatisfied with it. Once T Mobile abruptly and for no reason pulled the plug on international call forwarding, it looked like I was up the creek and had to rely on kall8...then riiing came along and while I could use Kall8 to forward to the Liechtenstein number, it was extremely sporadic. But I discovered that my landline carrier, Verizon, suddenly began allowing call forwarding from my landline to foreign numbers via my long distance carrier which is AT&T long distance...and believe it or not, the rate to Liechtenstein this way was only 10?/minute with a surcharge of 1?/minute to Liechtenstein mobiles (that is not a misprint) for a total of 11?/minute and AT&T ld is incredibly good...calls go through vwery quickly and very clearly...I keep holding my breath at to how long this will last given what's going on. Enlinea call back service did give an 800 number if you signed up for their service and it was free and it used to cost only 12?/minute to call FL mobiles and that could be a solution if your carrier allows call forwarding to US 800 numbers at reasonable rates but abruptly in January Enlinea raised its rate to FL mobiles to 42?/minute and enlinea has not always been reliable. Callback world provides an 800 number but unfortunately with a pin and I cannot program my phone to pause to enter the pin if I want to call forward. Don't know how helpful any of this to you if you're outside the USA but you can have a look at enlinea, callbackworld and kall8. I also just read here that one of the mobiles is charging something like $1.63 to call a US toll free number...that makes no sense as US toll free numbers do not charge callers but rather charge callees a flat rate to receive calls...how there could be such a surcharge is totally beyond my comprehension.