Date:         Wed, 31 May 2006 15:47:43 -0400
Reply-To:     Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
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From:         Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: cellphones in Canada
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If I purchase a phone card and use it from my cellphone, I'll still be using
cellphone minutes.  So it won't save me anything.

Or am I missing something here?


Joy

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Joy Hecht
and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon

For musings about life and the vanadventures:
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:::-----Original Message-----
:::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
:::Of Sharon Mendonca
:::Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 10:15 AM
:::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
:::Subject: Re: cellphones in Canada
:::
:::We were up there (Canada) in April and a long-time, long-haul trucker
:::from Canada (at a pay phone) told us that the only way to go was to
:::purchase a phone card and use that.  Wasn't the easiest way to go, but it
:::worked ok.  He said the cheapest place to buy one was at 7-11 stores.  I
:::think there is a cheaper one at Costco, though.  These days the pay
:::phones are kind of disappearing and require a lot of looking when trying
:::to find one.
:::
:::  Bob & Sharon Mendonca
:::  88 Westy
:::  88 Vanagon GL