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Only
look at properties with telephones installed and listed on the lease, unless
this isn't an important consideration for you. OTE now guarantees you a new
telephone in operation within 30 days and promises a refund on your
30,000drs installation charge if they fail! (I don’t know of anyone who has been in a position to
try this – so no comment!)
The 2001
OTE telephone line includes apparatus, installation and repairs. You own the line, but not the
number and you can take it with you anywhere - provided there is a spare
line in that area
When making a phone call,
note that the cost of calls overseas is high. Local calls are
standard 10.5drs per minute with
the cheaper rate 10.5drs for two minute only between 2200 and 0800hrs daily
(or nightly) and all day Sunday.
Calls to Mobile Phones are
charged at per minute
(Bills are usually two monthly.) for the first line and an extra
charge if an itemised bill is requested. (This is only available for
Digital lines and must be applied for.)
Telephone cards are available
at kiosks but watch the English language press (Herald Tribune/Kathimerini
daily and Athens News weekly) for updates on comparative charge rates for
calls. Some will offer cheaper
local calls and others discount the long distance and/or overseas calls. OTE was recently cited as the most
expensive card across the board, even more than its own landlines!
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