Cheapest way to call Oz from UK?
Aug 14th 2005, 10:36 pm
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Re: Cheapest way to call Oz from UK?
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Aug 14th 2005, 11:37 pm
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Re: Cheapest way to call Oz from UK?
Originally Posted by Jim2004
Hi Lynn, I've used Skype for PC to PC long ago, and gave another go recently. To be honest both times I wasn't too impresed 
Thing that got me is how I could have a clear chat with a friend in Israel, yet to my mate down the road 20 miles away it was terrible ...lol, with REAL bad echo! (both with decent Broadband)
Both times! as I know Skype has got better recently, hence we all gave another go!
Not tried PC to landline tho, might be worth a shot!
Cheers
Thing that got me is how I could have a clear chat with a friend in Israel, yet to my mate down the road 20 miles away it was terrible ...lol, with REAL bad echo! (both with decent Broadband)Both times! as I know Skype has got better recently, hence we all gave another go!
Not tried PC to landline tho, might be worth a shot!
Cheers
Aug 15th 2005, 12:27 am
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Re: Cheapest way to call Oz from UK?
Mum's got talk-talk and she says it's free evening and weekends to call me. Is she lying to save my bill or is it really free - anyone know?
Aug 15th 2005, 8:50 am
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Re: Cheapest way to call Oz from UK?
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Aug 15th 2005, 12:33 pm
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Re: Cheapest way to call Oz from UK?
Originally Posted by flip
Mum's got talk-talk and she says it's free evening and weekends to call me. Is she lying to save my bill or is it really free - anyone know?
It says: "Unlimited evening and weekend calls* to all UK landlines "
http://www.talktalk.co.uk/talktalk/s...TICLE=PRODUCTS
International section says:
With TalkTalk calls to the following countries are only 5p to landlines and 29p to mobiles: Australia... etc
Aug 15th 2005, 2:11 pm
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Re: Cheapest way to call Oz from UK?
Havent read the thread so appologise if im repeating...
Skype/Skypeout....you only get teh problem with echo if you use speakers instead of headphones... Usually...
Skype/Skypeout....you only get teh problem with echo if you use speakers instead of headphones... Usually...
Aug 15th 2005, 3:38 pm
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Re: Cheapest way to call Oz from UK?
Originally Posted by ABCDiamond
Has she read the info correctly ?
It says: "Unlimited evening and weekend calls* to all UK landlines "
http://www.talktalk.co.uk/talktalk/s...TICLE=PRODUCTS
International section says:
With TalkTalk calls to the following countries are only 5p to landlines and 29p to mobiles: Australia... etc
It says: "Unlimited evening and weekend calls* to all UK landlines "
http://www.talktalk.co.uk/talktalk/s...TICLE=PRODUCTS
International section says:
With TalkTalk calls to the following countries are only 5p to landlines and 29p to mobiles: Australia... etc
Aug 15th 2005, 5:47 pm
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Re: Cheapest way to call Oz from UK?
Originally Posted by flip
Mum's got talk-talk and she says it's free evening and weekends to call me. Is she lying to save my bill or is it really free - anyone know?
What you need to do is sign up for a free Voip account with Sipgate, and you can get a free UK landline number. Calls to that will be sent over the net to you (if you have a sopftphone running on your computer), or directly to your phone (if you have an adaptor or similar).
If you are not online, then the call to your sipgate number can be made to go to voicemail which you will receive via email.
There is a trick to getting a sipgate landline number (technically you need to be logged into the net in the UK), but opublic proxy servers are your friend!
Granted, most of this Voip stuff is still firmly in geekland, but it does work and you can make huge savings on call costs.
Aug 15th 2005, 7:59 pm
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Re: Cheapest way to call Oz from UK?
Hi,
We use TalkTalk, which is very similar to the BT's option 3, but you get 70 minutes rather than BT's 60 minutes free for UK calls', you just pay a fixed monthly charge.
The upside to TalkTalk is that we got FREE calls to USA, Canada, AND Australia for 12 months, so you can't get much cheaper than that.....
We have just purchased an investment property in Oz and the amount of calls we have made to Oz over the past few months, TalkTalk has more than paid for itself.
I don't know if the offer is still on for the free calls but it may be worth investiagting, we started with TalkTalk Dec 04.
Hope this helps.
Ken.
We use TalkTalk, which is very similar to the BT's option 3, but you get 70 minutes rather than BT's 60 minutes free for UK calls', you just pay a fixed monthly charge.
The upside to TalkTalk is that we got FREE calls to USA, Canada, AND Australia for 12 months, so you can't get much cheaper than that.....
We have just purchased an investment property in Oz and the amount of calls we have made to Oz over the past few months, TalkTalk has more than paid for itself.
I don't know if the offer is still on for the free calls but it may be worth investiagting, we started with TalkTalk Dec 04.
Hope this helps.
Ken.
Aug 15th 2005, 8:08 pm
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Re: Cheapest way to call Oz from UK?
Originally Posted by Jim2004
Ok, I need to make quite a lot of calls to Oz from the UK, and am sure I can pay less than with my phone provider going direct ?!
I'm with the dreaded NTL and I know when I looked into this last time, it was cheaper to use my mobile phone (Orange network) than use my home phone! ...lol.
Prices might have changed since, but I'm sure it was 35p per min with NTL, and 30p per min with Orange.
Anyway, does anyone know if there is any cards you can buy, or numbers you can call b4 you connect like in Oz, and get a discounted rate?
Much appreciate any pointers on this one! ...
I'm with the dreaded NTL and I know when I looked into this last time, it was cheaper to use my mobile phone (Orange network) than use my home phone! ...lol.
Prices might have changed since, but I'm sure it was 35p per min with NTL, and 30p per min with Orange.
Anyway, does anyone know if there is any cards you can buy, or numbers you can call b4 you connect like in Oz, and get a discounted rate?
Much appreciate any pointers on this one! ...
Nov 29th 2005, 1:42 am
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Re: Cheapest way to call Oz from UK?
Originally Posted by Paul2004
Ok, I need to make quite a lot of calls to Oz from the UK, and am sure I can pay less than with my phone provider going direct ?!
I'm with the dreaded NTL and I know when I looked into this last time, it was cheaper to use my mobile phone (Orange network) than use my home phone! ...lol.
Prices might have changed since, but I'm sure it was 35p per min with NTL, and 30p per min with Orange.
Anyway, does anyone know if there is any cards you can buy, or numbers you can call b4 you connect like in Oz, and get a discounted rate?
Much appreciate any pointers on this one! ...
I'm with the dreaded NTL and I know when I looked into this last time, it was cheaper to use my mobile phone (Orange network) than use my home phone! ...lol.
Prices might have changed since, but I'm sure it was 35p per min with NTL, and 30p per min with Orange.
Anyway, does anyone know if there is any cards you can buy, or numbers you can call b4 you connect like in Oz, and get a discounted rate?
Much appreciate any pointers on this one! ...
Voipcheap is now offering FREE calls to Australia! www.voipcheap.com
Here is a list of the free countries.
Australia free
Belgium free
Denmark free
Finland free
Germany free
Greece free
Iceland free
Ireland free
Italy free
Liechtenstein free
Luxembourg free
Monaco free
Netherlands free
New Zealand free
Norway free
Portugal free
Spain free
Sweden free
Taiwan free
United Kingdom free
United States free
I understand to get the free calls you need to give them £10 credit, but so long as you call the free numbers the £10 credit remains. Im assume that all those £10 credit are invested and that must cover the call costs.
Regards
Neil.
Nov 29th 2005, 5:07 am
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Re: Cheapest way to call Oz from UK?
Just use skype it's totally free
Nov 29th 2005, 5:32 am
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Re: Cheapest way to call Oz from UK?
Skype is only free to other computers though isn't it ??
Nov 29th 2005, 5:45 am
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Re: Cheapest way to call Oz from UK?
I phone Australia a lot and my calls are cheaper than calling some places in the UK! I use Telco (they've been over taken by Onetel recently) but you can dedicate a country and can change it from month to month and my calls are 3p/min.
http://www.onetel.co.uk/
http://www.onetel.co.uk/index.php?node=telcoglobal
http://www.onetel.co.uk/
http://www.onetel.co.uk/index.php?node=telcoglobal
Nov 29th 2005, 5:53 am
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Re: Cheapest way to call Oz from UK?
Originally Posted by Silky Chicken
I phone Australia a lot and my calls are cheaper than calling some places in the UK! I use Telco (they've been over taken by Onetel recently) but you can dedicate a country and can change it from month to month and my calls are 3p/min.
http://www.onetel.co.uk/
http://www.onetel.co.uk/index.php?node=telcoglobal
http://www.onetel.co.uk/
http://www.onetel.co.uk/index.php?node=telcoglobal
Try 18866 they have a 2p / min to Oz and a connection charge of 3p soon to be 4p. I used to be with one tel and telco but found 18866 cheaper for all my uk calls as well. Monthly bill with one tel used to be approx £30 to £40/ month. Its now approx £12 with 18866
