I use Skype: if BOTH members it is free, for non-members, I call to their home phones, I pay pittance! ( Oz, Scotland, England, US . etc.) $14.00 Cdn last forever! 'They' just deduct, if necessary, no LD bills to worry about. Ruth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Harrison" <kenharrison43@shaw.ca> To: <lanark@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 2:43 PM Subject: Re: [Lanark] Long Distance Charges It obviously depends on your server. Shaw Cable charges 4c / minute (without any plan), for a total of 60c. Skype would do it free (again, without any "plan") if it were computer-to-computer, or also about 4c / min to a non-Skype phone (but with a "plan"). Ken Harrison North Vancouver, Canada Unless specifically stated otherwise in this message, there is no intentional attachment on this e-mail transmission. -----Original Message----- From: lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Sheila Brewer Sent: January 3, 2010 2:25 PM To: lanark@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Lanark] Long Distance Charges My long-distance carrier in the U.S. has an "international calling plan" that I am on for a small monthly fee. If you subscribe to this plan the current rate to make a call to Scotland is 8 cents per minute, so 15 minutes is $1.20. I don't know what the rates would be without this plan but I imagine they would be much higher. Sheila -----Original Message----- From: lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Margaret McNab Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 4:01 PM To: Newsgroup Lanarkshire Subject: [Lanark] Long Distance Charges Does anyone know the approximate cost of a 15 minute call to Scotland from North America.? >From Canada I can make 'Loonie' calls. Talk for an hour for 1$. Thanks Margaret Ont. Margaret ------------------------------- LANARK, SCOTLAND MAILING LIST LIST TOPIC: The discussion and research of genealogy or history information pertaining to Lanark, Scotland at any point in its history. WHEN REPLYING to any list post please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any reply LIST INFORMATION PAGE: Contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com; or to search the list archives, get information on subscribing or unsubscribing, or to obtain other useful information to help you use the list more effectively, please click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.431 / Virus Database: 270.14.124/2598 - Release Date: 01/03/10 09:41:00