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I'll be in Europe is just over a week for about 3 weeks. My US Verizon cell phone will work just fine for getting calls to my US number. And if I want to call numbers local to where I am visiting I can call from my US phone and the calls will be routed through google voice at minimal cost. This has always worked well for me in the past because I had no need to receive local calls.
But this time I will be visiting and doing things with about half a dozen different friends so it would be nice if they did not have to call my US number but could call a local number instead.
Does anyone know a good way to get a European telephone number relatively cheaply? I've thought of a couple of options:
- buy a burner phone when I get there. I've done that in the past about 10 years ago. Cost was about $40 for a month of service plus the cheap phone.
- Use an online service. I discovered one called "Callhippo" this evening. Cost is $10/month for the number and $0.03/minute for incoming or outgoing calls.
Has anyone heard of or used Callhippo? Do you know of similar services that I should look into?
It's not clear to me with Callhippo if is an app or how it works. If I would still need a separate phone then the burner route would be better. I've got more homework to do on this.
Any other suggestions?
I don't mind spending a little money for this but certainly not over $100 and about $60 is probably closer to my limit. The options I found all fit this budget.
But this time I will be visiting and doing things with about half a dozen different friends so it would be nice if they did not have to call my US number but could call a local number instead.
Does anyone know a good way to get a European telephone number relatively cheaply? I've thought of a couple of options:
- buy a burner phone when I get there. I've done that in the past about 10 years ago. Cost was about $40 for a month of service plus the cheap phone.
- Use an online service. I discovered one called "Callhippo" this evening. Cost is $10/month for the number and $0.03/minute for incoming or outgoing calls.
Has anyone heard of or used Callhippo? Do you know of similar services that I should look into?
It's not clear to me with Callhippo if is an app or how it works. If I would still need a separate phone then the burner route would be better. I've got more homework to do on this.
Any other suggestions?
I don't mind spending a little money for this but certainly not over $100 and about $60 is probably closer to my limit. The options I found all fit this budget.
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