dozzzzy

Skype is only free Skype to Skype, but even the software is free so it shouldn't take much to persuade your contacts to down load and use

Dozzzzy

Buchan6

Hope you dont mind me pm'ing you.

In ref to your post. I,m visiting Canada for a final recce in May. Where do I get hold of one of these cards ?

Thanks in advance.
Gary

Island_Girl

You can get long distance calling cards anywhere convince store, walmart, grocery store, gas station you can even pick on up in one of the stores at most major airports upon landing here in Canada.
To call the UK most are around 4 cents a minute just be careful to read and make sure you get one that does not charge any connection fee
I use bravo card a $5.00 gives me about a 400 minutes it has no fee's and the line is usually clear ( some cards had crappy quality lines lot of static ect)
I have found the following ones quite good most cards have a local connection number for most major cities in Canada you just dial the local number, dial in the PIN number from the card and then the number in the UK.
bravo
rogers At&t
Datawave

Hubby and I both use calling cards to keep the cost down he calls twice a day during weekdays and I call on weekends we both use up a $5.00 card in a week( yes we talk alot to each other... )

Island Girl

smitp11

Yep, Skype is good and with a webcam it does add a personal touch. Although I hate to say this, as it's a Microsoft product, but MSN Messenger 7.5 is better in terms of sound quality, far less dropouts than Skype. MSN Messenger is free also and supports sound, webcam and messenging simultaneouly.

See here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

mugginflapps

i'm with onetel and I still have my BT line, but all my calls go through onetel, including Canada.

Elhombre

Honest Guv. Anyone on a BT line can use this.
H

Alberta_Rose

LOL I'm not doubting you! So it's for BT customers?

What is it called and how do they get it? I'm sure the best deal my folks seemed to be able to find was about 10p a minute, IF they pay 10 pounds a month or something for the privilege!

Alberta_Rose

Err you didn't pm me , but your question was ably answered for me by Island_Girl

Elhombre

They are called Tele Discount and operate as a "pay as you go" service so no up front fees etc. You dial the access number follow the instructions and away you go. BT charges you for the call so you only get 1 bill. I use it every day when I am in the UK. I believe it works by them buying air time in bulk and retailing it at compelling prices. They also provide service to other countries via different access codes. Go on, ask your folks back in the UK to give it a try. . LOL I should be getting a commision for this!

H

Alberta_Rose

Thanks, I shall!

I just checked out their web-site, if anyone's interested.

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

And btw you can also use them if you are an NTL or Telewest customer. You can in fact call from any land-line or mobile, though mobiles might be more expensive. The deal is you dial an access number, so you only get charged for the call to that number by your regular provider. Looks good!

Prices vary depending on which country you are calling. Currently Canada is on for a bargain price of 0.5p a minute, as mentioned.... I wonder if that is permanent?

tim hortons man

I agree about skype, it's not replacement for a telephone. If it wasn't for the web cam I wouldn't bother. I'll give msn a try I use it anyways but it's getting everyone esle at the other end to switch over.

I also buy skype credits and then I can ring them up and tell them to go on skype

willmore

I must be missing something (excuse me)!. But why would you want to pay for your LD calls, if you can call for free?

bombayshuffle

on a similar note - what about calls from canada to uk mobiles - the credit on those cici calling cards doesn't half get used up quickly...

any thoughts?

Butch Cassidy

Shaw digital give 1000 minutes a month free to UK (and other international destinations)

jempee

We are using yahoo messenger to speak to our friends in Canada and will use this set up on our familys computers when we go so they can talk for free.