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Sonnenblume

Hi

Can somebody inform me about the costs of a phone call from the US to a landline in Germany?

Does anybody have experience in getting an American phone number?

It would be great if someone from Germany could contact me.

Thanks

 
Rika9

Hey y'all! I'm also from Germany and new to this. I just got an American phone number through Skype but I don't really understand why the GTL account is necessary and what GTL is? Also I read that some people are having problems with phone calls using the Skype number  because it's seen as a third party provider (I can't remember how it's called correctly).. does anyone know more about that? 

 

 
Sonnenblume

Hi,

Thank you all for your nice comments! Unfortunately, I haven't found the search function for this forum yet! Otherwise I'd maybe have found your post @ My other car is...

wink

 
My_other_car_i…

Hey :-) I'm from Germany and I just posted about this on the other sub-forum, "Incarcerated Loved Ones". If you still need more info go check it out. Basically it's like Marina_ said, get a local phone number and then create a GTL account and that's it. Costs me about 6€ a month plus 1.23$ per 15 minutes phone call :-)

 
lilianc

hello! I'm not from Germany but there's an app called nextplus, you can download and it will give you an american number. You can send this number to the inmate and he will be able to call you.

 
Anni_

Hi @Sonnenblume

I did it the same way as kbeex and use Skype. When you buy a Skype number, just make sure you take one with a local area code, which is near the facility of your PP. What prison is your PP in? The costs differ depending on the facility as far as I know. I've linked my account to the Advance Pay from GTL and pay about $1.14 for 15 minutes (my PP is also in Cali). If you need support (in German or English), just let me know smiley

 
kbeex

Hey!

I'm not from Germany, I'm from the UK but I got an American phone number through Skype. It only costs me about £5/€5.56 a month for the number which is waaaay cheaper than what I'd pay to have someone from the US phone my British number. You can download the Skype app onto your phone so it's kind of just like someone phoning your regular phone number. 

Hope this helps :)