*** Quoting Dale Shipp from a message to Ward Dossche ***

DS>   So for you, cell phones have distinctive numbers.  However, it seems
DS>   that the Dutch and OZ have a different distinctive number.   Are you
DS>   expected to learn all of them?   What happens when you call a cell
DS>   phone in Holland?

Old thread (catching up).  In Japan, we have distinctive cell numbers. 
They ¨are 090 and 080.  If my surmise is correct, the 090 are 'pay per use'
and the ¨080 are 'monthly plan'.  Calling them does not cost the caller
more than 'japan ¨wide rate' but there is not the offset for a 'local rate
call'.  There is no ¨extra charge on the person with the cell phone to
recieve a call at all, hence ¨no reason to switch it off.

The pay per use (prepaid) ones are so cheap that I have an extra just for
me ¨for when the main one was left on the ship one day.  9$ for the phone,
20$ card ¨which I used up over a 2 month time in Okinawa trips to call Don.

                                       xxcarol

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