Lit Up

I'm just wondering what the cheapest way to call UK mobiles is.

Skype? Google voice? phone cards?

I've got a US mobile (sim only, PAYG, 50 dollars for a month) with tmobile, which doesn't include intl rate. It's not on contract and I don't want US contract stuff as I don't live here (just travelling around).

hungryhorace

sign up for a voip account at sipgate.co.uk. Calls to mobiles are 5-7p a minute. Calls to landlines are 1p a minute. You can then use your phone (must be android or iOS) to use your SIP provider over 3G/LTE/WiFi

Lit Up

Any cheap cellular option? In case I'm somewhere with shit reception

Lit Up

Like, if the Internet isn't available

hungryhorace

www.goredpocket.com - they offer $2 credit each month towards international calls. A call back to a UK landline is 0.01c p/min, and a mobile is 0.010c p/min.

chuckles67

www.localphone.com

With the USA registered account, they will provide local USA landline numbers that you can map to your UK mobile or landline numbers. You can call these local numbers with your registered US mobile. Calls costs are similar to SIPGate, but you don't need internet.

BritishGuy36

Google Voice isn't bad for prices to UK mobiles, ranging from about 10p to 16p I think. But you have the convenience of being able to use it from your cellphone and don't need any special equipment whatsoever.

If you have an android phone, it integrates seamlessly.

Seal2012

I use Pingo http://www.pingo.com/
or
rebtel-
http://www.rebtel.com/

What Rebtel does is it gives a US number that you can call for the UK number- so you are only paying what you would pay for a call to anyone in the US
You enter in the uk number ex:
011 44 0000 400000
and it will give you a us# to use instead- so I would get a number like
1-646 000 0000
You get a US number for every UK number and you can text to them using that number as well.
You can use your cell phone, home phone- or designate other phones to call and use those numbers.

Pulaski

But you don't pay any premium for calling UK cell phone via a US shadow number? That doesn't sound right/ possible.

Lit Up

Thanks all for recommendations.

I am using mylocal phone, which is working out very good - 2p a minute to UK mobiles, 0.4p a minute to UK landlines.

I spent nearly an hour on the phone US mobile to UK mobile and it cost me all of £1.

It costs a few quid to set up a shadow UK number for people to call me on (and you pay to receive calls... pennies though), but mylocal phone has proved to be the best option here, where I cannot guarantee having access to internet.

Thanks very much everybody.

Seal2012

I pay .01 cents a minute for the UK cell phone- sometimes a landline is more- but thats all I pay!
with pingo I pay 1 1/2 cents for land line and for mobile- 5 1/2 cents because he uses the O2 service.

Pulaski

.01 cents, or .01 dollars?

Seal2012

Sorry! one cent- a hundredth of a dollar

Ja5on

+1 for rebel. If you use their call back service then it's free....me and my wife lived apart for almost a year and spoke on the phone for hours a day.....all free.

Steve_

The cheapest way?

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