Question for Canadians, and any cell phone users

[Catty1]

No free LD for me on my cell (or on my landline either!).

I have pretty generous texting on my plan...is that like email? I wonder if I would pay for texting to the USA?

[catland]

what about Skype? I've heard its good for international calls.

[Sirrahsim]

My American cell contract had no charge for roaming or long distance at all.

My cell phone here in Germany is a whole other can of worms. There is no additional fee for roaming while in Germany but there are extra fees for calling out of Germany, for calling landlines, for calling mobiles depending on what network they are on They nickel and dime you to death over here! I am hoping that we don't have to use or phone when we are in Holland this weekend because it would probably cost us at least an extra Euro 0.50 a minute to make any calls at all.
I guess I should add that over here we pay nothing for incoming calls so that is pretty cool

[Sonia59]

My American cell contract had no charge for roaming or long distance at all.

My cell phone here in Germany is a whole other can of worms. There is no additional fee for roaming while in Germany but there are extra fees for calling out of Germany, for calling landlines, for calling mobiles depending on what network they are on They nickel and dime you to death over here! I am hoping that we don't have to use or phone when we are in Holland this weekend because it would probably cost us at least an extra Euro 0.50 a minute to make any calls at all.
I guess I should add that over here we pay nothing for incoming calls so that is pretty cool

What you describe is similar for most EU countries. It is different for landlines though, especially when you are using Internet. In my case I can call many countries for free (I only pay the monthly subscription), as long as I call landline. Calling abroad from mobile to mobile or from landline to mobile is pretty expensive.