• Most cities in Ukraine have phone systems that will allow you to dial only within the city...even from pay phones. If this is the case, it will not matter if you have calling cards or plan on calling collect.
• When staying in someone's flat, the owner oftentimes will not allow you to make international calls, even with a toll-free calling card because previous residents have claimed to be using calling cards, but the owner received a phone bill long after the residents had left. Owners usually will allow residents to receive calls though.
• You can always visit a city's Post Office, purcahse calling time for America, and call home in their phone booths. The Post Office charges 12-13 greevna per minute for calls to America, which is about $2.30. Expensive!
• To make an international call from Ukraine, first dial 8, and wait for a new dial tone. It may be several seconds. Next, dial 10, followed by the country code, city/area code, and phone number.
• For people calling you while in Ukraine, Ukraine's country code is 380 and Kyiv's city code is 44.
• The cheaper communication method is to locate a nearby Internet (Cyber) Cafe. Not all cities have Internet Cafe's though. The cafe's typically have about ten computers that people can play games on or access the Internet from. It usually only costs about six greevnas per hour ($1.20).