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Old Jun 2, 2010 | 10:04 am
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Originally Posted by QFCHC
"Thanks for contacting Virgin Mobile Customer Care.

Unfortunately international phone calls work the same way for making and receiving calls. You need to pay for the national minute and you also have pay an international fee that would be according to the country you're trying to call."
Bolding mine...for the "country you're trying to call". When you receive, you aren't calling anyone. The person calling you internationally does of course pay international rates to whatever their provider is.
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