piers_morgan

G'day people,

With us leaving our folks behind here in the UK on 16th Jan, just been looking around at who offers the most competitive rates for calling australia. Just got a phone bill and saw that they charge 42p/min:scared:

So obviously don't want the parents to remortgage their place in order to talk to us. "It's good to talk", but not at the BT rate

Has anyone had experience with NTL (who charge you 2pounds/month for 5p/min, Easydial (charge 5p/min) etc? The process needs to be fairly simple for the oldies

Thanks

Piers

ADELAIDE BOUND

Hi PM,

Try One tel or Alpha telecom they have no monthly fees and charge 3p per minute to OZ.

A good place to look for the numbers of these operators is in TNT the backpackers magazine. Im sure it could be found on the internet.

When I next travel into london I will get some of the numbers for you if somebody has not already given them to you.

Cheers.

sassie

Hi. I phone home to Australia at least once a fortnight with BT, and have found them to be quite cheap. We are on the friends and family scheme, (which according to their web site offers 10% discount), and because I only phone at weekends, the cost is kept to a minimum. I have just checked my November phone bill, and of the 5 calls I made to Australia, the bill was just over £4.00. One of those calls was for 28 minutes and came out at £2.17. Obviously if the calls are at peak time, i.e. during the week, then cost is likely to be more.

Hope this helps

WBB

i have a number here i use to call oz, i am with ntl, you just dial the number first then a star (*) then the number you want with interntional dialing code.

costs a penny a minute offpeak and 3p peak.

bargain.

i will dig it out for you and post it here.

Rossi

how does 1p a minute sound......no signing up & no credit cards needed???

http://www.telediscount.co.uk/index2.php

WBB

thats the one !

saves me rummaging around for the number.

Don

That's brilliant Rossi. I have just emailed it to my family. 1p a minute UK to NZ, anytime.

Fantastic!

piers_morgan

Thanks Welshboy.

That should make my Welsh in-laws happier!!

saga

Try www.topup2call.co.uk.
Calls from UK land line
to Australia landlines is 1p/min
to Australia mobiles is 1p/min
Calls from UK mobile
to Australia landlines is 6p/min
to Australia mobiles is 22p/min

Calls from UK land line
to NZ landlines is 1p/min
to NZ mobiles is 8p/min
Calls from UK mobile
to NZ landlines is 1p/min
to NZ mobiles is 29p/min

WBB

this thread is over 2 months old, are you just going to post about cheap calls or have you got something else to add?

soapy©

we use card we buy from a local newsagents. it costs a fiver and u can phone for two hours. u need to dial a load of numbers tho.