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Voipcheap.com rates page updated - UK landline still free

kingmonkey
kingmonkey Posts: 846 Forumite
in Phones & TV
Landline - 0.93p
Mobile - 5.57p
0845 - 3.71p
National - 9.28p
Personal 16.70p

EDIT: I got the wrong end of the stick. I should really read the whole website next time. They're still free but after 300min in a 7 day period you get charged 0.93p a minute. It has been like this for some time, they just changed how their rates page is displayed.

Thanks for pointing this out to me.
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  • utilitybroker
    utilitybroker Posts: 2,207 Forumite
    I think you have got the wrong end of the stick.They still do free calls to numerous destinations including Free UK Landline Calls. See
    http://www.voipcheap.com/en/index.html

    The 0.93 p rate you quote is if you use up your free minutes to UK Landlines.

    "Max 300 minutes per week of free calls, measured over the last 7 days. Unused free minutes cannot be taken to the following week(s). If limit is exceeded, a minimal rate will be charged (as advertised on our rates page). "

    (Calls to Mobile,0845.National?,and Personal have never been free.)
  • dfarry
    dfarry Posts: 940 Forumite
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    You are right....and wrong....

    VOIPCheap today still seem to offer free UK landline calls... however the other VOIP clone - VOIPSTUNT is charging for every call! :(
    http://www.voipstunt.com/en/rates.html

    I have been using VOIPStunt so this is a pain in the neck. I still used the service for paid calls.. icluding calls from my home line so it's not like the company isn't get something back.
  • dfarry
    dfarry Posts: 940 Forumite
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    Sorry - looks like I may be wrong on this... in the past VOIPSTUNT have displayed their rates as FREE... but now they summarise the free area's and the rate table shows the cost per minute for excess time (over the 300 minute allowance)
  • utilitybroker
    utilitybroker Posts: 2,207 Forumite
    dfarry wrote:
    You are right....and wrong....

    I am not sure how i was wrong anyway as i was talking about Voipcheap,not Voipstunt.:confused:
  • dfarry
    dfarry Posts: 940 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Well only from the point of view that they are basically the same company.
  • keithscott1
    keithscott1 Posts: 296 Forumite
    I hate to disagree, but since I last used VoipCheap at lunchtime, my local calls have been charged at 1p a minute! I know that I haven't passed the limit for the week so had a look at their main page which now has NO destinations free, even though they claim otherwise! The URL for the main page is here

    http://www.voipcheap.co.uk/en/index.html

    and the tariff list is here

    http://www.voipcheap.co.uk/en/rates.html

    There are no longer any free destinations or 'Superdeals' - just calls from 1p a minute!

    EDIT - The URL on the first post relates to a non-UK site!
    Learn from the mistakes of others - you won't live long enough to make them all yourself.
  • utilitybroker
    utilitybroker Posts: 2,207 Forumite
    There are two seperate sites.

    https://www.voipcheap.com (Free Calls)

    https://www.voipcheap.co.uk (No Free Calls).
  • keithscott1
    keithscott1 Posts: 296 Forumite
    I fail to see the logic in having 2 x sites with the same branding, unless us UK residents are getting stuffed again. I would put money on the VoipCheap.com's rates changing before too long to be on par with its co.uk sister site.
    Learn from the mistakes of others - you won't live long enough to make them all yourself.
  • utilitybroker
    utilitybroker Posts: 2,207 Forumite
    Lots of useful info about all the branches of this group here.

    http://www.myvoipprovider.com/blogcategory/Betamax/

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  • pin
    pin Posts: 4,265 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Got an email from freecall.com (part of the same group as voipcheap and voipstunt):

    The quality of calling over the internet has drastically improved. And because you are a FreeCall customer from the beginning, you can try us out some more by calling to the whole of Europe, USA, Canada, and even more countries... for 5 HOURS for free! Without having to buy credits!

    For more information check http://www.freecall.com

    And on top of that there is some other great news: No more expiry dates for credit! That means your credit will stay valid for ever!
    check http://www.freecall.com/en/newsflash.html for more information!
    "An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind" - Mahatma Gandhi
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