Bait and switch on prefixes for calls to the U.S.

Have other people discovered that the really cheap prefix they were using to the US skyrocketed in price overnight? I have to remember to check teltarif every time I call the US.

Last month my usual under 5 Euros in calls went up to over 30, as the rate went up from .01/minute in September to something around .10-.12/minute in October. Provider was Millenicom. 01073.

Try using peterzahlt.de when calling the US.

fairly unreliable, I have found. I always check http://billiger-telefonieren.de

I've also been caught out with that before. Ended up with a phone bill about 4 times the usual amount.

Now I always check the prices on the billiger-telefonieren site that OG linked to. I also hang up if the rate isn't announced before it connects.

When you use billiger-telefonieren.de you can tell it to only display the numbers that give you the rate before it connects. (nur mit Tarifansage)

yea that s the trick with those numbers... i always look up a new number on www.heise.de

How quaint! - that all seems a bit archaic to me. My phone exchange inspects the number before it dials out, and prefixes the appropriate number. It checks rates daily on the internet so is always up to date. If a number is better dialled (often for free) over VoIP it takes care of that too.

Yes, I know about that. However I have seen numbers listed there that are supposed to have the Tarifansage, but actually don't.