Crispie

I just used a service called telediscount that offers an amazing 2p/min to a Canadian standard line or a Canadian registered mobile at any time.
I have also used simply-call who offered 4p/min. This provided a better connection in that there was no time delay at all.
What's the best you guys have discovered with price and service?

I just read this back.... please answer the above question regarding telephones only

hot wasabi peas

My sister (in Canada) has a very good long distance plan, so when I want to talk to her, I email her, ask her to call me and then I just pay her back.

dougee

I have been using a piece of software called skype. The software is a voice over the internet product which allows voice calls to and from users the internet via the software. It also allows computer to phone calls for very reasonable amount.

The software is free and available from www.skype.com, it is also very clear and ~I have found no noticable deifference in quality to my BT line.

Crispie

This looks amazing. Why hasn't this caught on or is it very new?

dougee

It's very new, we have been testing it for our company and have had 4 way international conference calls using bluetooth mobile phone headsets and a bluetooth dongle with no lag or distortion.

Bud

Hi,

I've been using skype for some time now and found it absolutely great when using pc2pc function. However, I tried to purchase the skypeout credit i.e. upload the money to be able to call land-line numbers via skype and my credit cards get rejected all the time. The ccs are good and are from two major canadian banks. I approached skype, but they seem to be unable to trace the problem. The CC company tells me that there is no problem on their side and skype, on the other hand, blame the CC company for rejecting the transactions.

dougee, I was wandering if you had any problems with buying the skype out credits and if you used canadian ccs for this.

Thanks,
Bud.

dougee

Hi Bud

I had no problem registering my cc details from the UK. The only confusing thing is the costs are shown in Euros. I am not sure if they accept Paypal or not.


Ta

dougee

perkinsgap

hi
why not use msn messager it free and better than phone i am in Canada and talk to my wife and kids in uk most days it great and if you use webcam you see them to
all the best Garren

Crispie

You're right but trying to get my parents to buy a computer is the first hurdle!
No silver surfers round here!
Also seeing images of me can be distressing unless properly sedated

Toontje

Add a subscription to a weekly box of whisky bottles to that computer.....

Crispie

Nice one Toontje. Is this the latest offer at PC World?
Only I think we might be blowing the budget here.
The thread was headed "cheap phonecalls".

Toontje

The phonycalls are still cheap. It's the hardware that's expensive.

Crispie

I didn't think I'd have to reveal my avatar.
How much whisky do you think they need now then!

Toontje

You could do worse:

farmgirl

what about cheap calls canada to uk?
we are stuck with sasktel which is 70 cents to uk mobiles , i have to call them for work
i swopped to sprint which was half price but they could never connect the calls and i just got a deadline so often i couldnt work and the line quality was poor , despite being told they were using the same lines as saktel and they screwed up changing to them and back and cut me off completely for 2 days

help! my phone bill is $400 a month