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Comment by lemonelephant on May 6, 2015 at 5:16pm
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Since most phone cards will deduct 10 minutes for each call, many suggest one with at least 400 minutes. Your future Sailor will get one in his ditty bag or black back pack at the RTC, but it never hurts to have one. See Things to Do in the Last Month before Your Future Sailor Leaves for... and Phone Cards and Phone Calls.
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Stacie, check your My Page. You have SEVERAL changes to make.
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Comment by My2kidz on May 7, 2015 at 2:12pm
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You also might want to think about getting a card that you can automatically re-fill. As lemonelephant pointed out, each time they make a call it usually deducts 10 minutes. When my son was at RTC and would get a chance to call he usually tried to call me, his GF, his sister. That is 30 minutes without even talk time! I got a PennyTalk card and set it up to automatically re-fill. worked like a charm.
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The thing about PennyTalk is that a 90¢ payphone surcharge applies to each call made from a payphone and your recruit will call from a payphone and there is a 49¢ connection fee each time a call connects, but it is a cost effective option since the cost per minute for a calling card is 8¢ to 40¢ depending on the card.
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Comment by Mightymouse on May 8, 2015 at 10:19pm
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Is PennyTalk the most common card to get? Where can you find them?
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Actually very few use PennyTalk, but some do. There is info on PennyTalk in Phone Cards and Phone Calls.
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I found a Penny Talk card at Walgreens. It says there is a 49 cent connection charge and it's 1 cent per minute. This particular one isn't reloadable from what I can tell. It cost $10.
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