Any cheap way to use mobile minutes for international calls?

pacman_2

Having been spoilt by 07744, 0844 (on
O2) and Noodle, is ther any way of making free or cheap international calls using inclusive minutes? I've got an O2 and Orange contract. I'm calling pakistan and US. Thanks for any help.

toffifee

Have a look at 18185.co.uk.
I think you can dial a UK 020 number (you pay 4p connection fee per call) and then it's 6p per minute to Pakistan or 1p/2p per minute to US (landline/mobile). In addition you pay for the cost of your mobile call, but I think you would be using your inclusive minutes for this.

I haven't used this exact service, but I use 18185 for my landline calls to Switzerland and have not had any problems (and have saved a fortune!)

Hope this helps. Let me know if you have any questions.

edi7on

I agree with toffiffe, 18185 is cheap. I use it to call France landlines for 1p a minute

billsavings

toffifee wrote: »

Have a look at 18185.co.uk.
I think you can dial a UK 020 number (you pay 4p connection fee per call) and then it's 6p per minute to Pakistan or 1p/2p per minute to US (landline/mobile).

Better still for some destinations you could open an account with http://www.localphone.com/ who will allocate you local UK Geographical Numbers that point direct at your final destination numbers (no callthrough) and they dont charge any connection charge.

Pakistan only 5.2 p a minute .

supertsik

I got a Lebara pay-as-you-talk SIM and I am happy with the rates. If you top-up £20 or more until 5 January 2009 you get instantly 50% extra free credit. I asked some Lebara promotion guys and they told me that Lebara is using the Orange network. Therefore, you can expect the quality to be similar to the Orange one. I haven't experience any problems at all and I have been saving lots of ££ comparing to my Vodafone mobile which is extremely more expensive. I have to carry another handset with me though, but I think it's worth the effort.

www.lebara.co.uk

SALOPMAN

Just as a postscript - both Lebara and Lyca run on the back of ORANGE so I have also not had a any problems in 2 months useage.

redux

There are several such brands - Globalcell, IDT, Lebara, Lyca, Mobile World from CPW, Nomi, or using Yourcallworld on a T-mobile SIM - but the OP is asking about using about using inclusive minutes on existing contract SIM cards, which would be slightly cheaper.

There have been callthrough providers emerge from time to time which use mobile prefixes for int'l calls, but the main networks have worked fairly hard to identify them and will exclude them from inclusive minutes or bar them.

Look on the MSE Callchecker for account-based callthrough services using ordinary landline access. And several of the Betamax VoIP brands have free calls to USA up to a fair use limit.

Lebara is on Vodafone, by the way

bob76_2

you can use service like topupdiscount (or topupnow /teletop). You top up by texting something like 'call on' to a premium number (costs £5.00). Suggest you cancel by texting 'call stop' or something similar straightway otherwise it keeps topping it up automatically. The rates are quite cheap.

graytoms

Hi All,

Issue - no contact number or working complaint solution via Teletop website?.. Can anyone help? My scenario is below If your interested ....

I have been using teletop to call a US mobile from UK landline for some months now and on the whole it's proved fantastic.. I do have one query though - quite often I connect to the access number and dial the destination - being greeted by a 0p per minute message.. when i get this I know I don't get through to the mobile so I have to redial - it should be charged at 0.5p per minute This redial costs me another 5p connection fee.,. no great shakes but recently this happens for 50% of my calls. Therefore half my credit is wasted. I have all inclusive calls via Virgin to the access number so in general im happy.. very happy....

GT

digp

redux wrote: »

There are several such brands - Globalcell, IDT, Lebara, Lyca, Mobile World from CPW, Nomi, or using Yourcallworld on a T-mobile SIM - but the OP is asking about using about using inclusive minutes on existing contract SIM cards, which would be slightly cheaper.

There have been callthrough providers emerge from time to time which use mobile prefixes for int'l calls, but the main networks have worked fairly hard to identify them and will exclude them from inclusive minutes or bar them.

Look on the MSE Callchecker for account-based callthrough services using ordinary landline access. And several of the Betamax VoIP brands have free calls to USA up to a fair use limit.

Lebara is on Vodafone, by the way

Is there a way of finding out which networks they piggy back on?

redux

digp wrote: »

Is there a way of finding out which networks they piggy back on?

Globalcell, IDT, Lyca - Orange

Lebara, Nomi, Talkmobile (CPW) - Vodafone

Mobile World (CPW) - T-mobile

also see cheap options on all the main networks, such as Orange's Camel tariff