Originally Posted by moondog
roaming is all well and good insofar as it provides a means for mom to call, but it isn't very well suited for more local tasks like making dinner reservations, meeting up with friends, etc.
While this is true, if you look at the price for the Telestial cards and calculate the per call costs for a short visit it is probably cheaper to roam than to use one of them in many instances. Even for local calls. Locally bought cards are quite a different story of course.