Cheap calls to Pakistan from O2 Contract Phone

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MrGreen wrote:

I've just tried the dialaround 0844 428 69 69 on o2 and it worked fine.

dialaround line quality can be appalling!

there is pennyphone for landlines in pakistan

abroadtel nolonger use 0844, theyve begun using 0871 # (what a scam?)

why dnt o2 include 0871 #s?

how do i add more text messges to my o2 contract and what cost any ideastx

jelly_bean_6

If you buy a PAYG Mobile World sim card from Carphone Warehouse for £9.99 calls to Pakistan are 14p a minute from your mobile (cheap UK calls too). Doesn't sound as cheap as using access number services, but at least there's no hassle with access codes that don't work or poor line quality.

Also the promotion at the mo is free calls until Valentines Day, so anything you spend up to £100 will be credited back to you on Feb 14th. So really, the calls are only 7p/min to Pakistan when you take into account the refund (if you use the refunded credit).

pricefighter

jelly_bean wrote:

So really, the calls are only 7p/min to Pakistan when you take into account the refund (if you use the refunded credit).

If you get a FREE O2 payg sim card.Choose 100 minute option. Top up by £10 .Your get 100 minutes x -net completely free to Pakistan by using 07744 or 0844 access numbers. Plus you can get a free 50 minute x-net bolt on for three months.So thats 150 free minutes,and you dont pay for them because you get the £10 to spend as well.So if you used the £10 solely for 0844 calls at E&W they cost 5p a minute.So thats another 200 minutes.
In total doing this for an outlay of £10 a month gives you 350 minutes you can use .Brings call charge down to less then 3p a minute,3.3p once free 50 minute bolt on runs out.Plus you are not paying for a new sim.

junaid_uk

hi, what r the charges for using the 0844 access number from orange pay as u go, my friend has said he topped up £5 on friday evening & had all weekend free calls so he used the 0844 number to dial to pakistan??? i dunno if this is true he didnt tell me the number tho.. anyone know?

the_tired_one

mobilegossip wrote:

Providing you have got cross network inclusive minutes you can use one of the SF access numbers 07744 97 4116,4404,4333, etc etc etc.These work Mon to Fri 24/5 to Pakistan LL or Mobiles.

Or you can use https://www.dialaround.co.uk 0844 428 69 69.

You might find the SF 07744 line quality is better.

Once you have used up your inclusive minutes O2 will charge you for calls.

I have an O2 contract phone (200 inclusive mins per month).

Can I use these inclusive calls to dial a number (SF07744

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) and it will be FREE (ie within my inclusive calls package) between Mon-Fri???

Can I ask what/who 'SF' is/are? Thanks

overworked_underpaid

the_tired_one wrote:

I have an O2 contract phone (200 inclusive mins per month).

Can I use these inclusive calls to dial a number (SF07744

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) and it will be FREE (ie within my inclusive calls package) between Mon-Fri???

Can I ask what/who 'SF' is/are? Thanks

Yes, you can use your 200 inclusive minutes to call Pakistan for free.
SF is Simplyfone, their access number 07744 97 4404 which allows free calls to pakistan from monday to friday. For full details check...
http://www.simply-fone.com/

stevemej

mobilegossip wrote:

Providing you have got cross network inclusive minutes you can use one of the SF access numbers 07744 97 4116,4404,4333, etc etc etc.These work Mon to Fri 24/5 to Pakistan LL or Mobiles.

Or you can use https://www.dialaround.co.uk 0844 428 69 69.

You might find the SF 07744 line quality is better.

Once you have used up your inclusive minutes O2 will charge you for calls.

I started using these 'dialaround' type of services and found that as soon as I called the numbers i was disconnected. I contacted O2 and they told be call barring was calling the problem. I turned call barring off but didnt realise I was then being charged upto 80p per minute but blissfully unaware of it. My January bill had more than 100 free minutes unused but £36 for calling ireland.

I still have to reinstate call barring and havent used the service since.

redux

stevemej, I'm wondering if you had a different problem ...

If you press the Send key (green phone) after the international number, the first call (the 0844) goes on hold, and then a second call is made.

On the other hand, O2 would probably only have call barring on 09 numbers, and possibly 070. Were you calling 0906 and 0911 numbers?

stevemej

redux wrote:

stevemej, I'm wondering if you had a different problem ...

If you press the Send key (green phone) after the international number, the first call (the 0844) goes on hold, and then a second call is made.

On the other hand, O2 would probably only have call barring on 09 numbers, and possibly 070. Were you calling 0906 and 0911 numbers?

No i definately hit the hash key. i did call some 0911 numbers.
Anyway i'm not trying it agains untiol call barring is put back on.

Incidentally when i first started using these services it was easy, and i didnt have any problems. then it became more difficult with calls terminating immediately after dialing. (ie, I got through to the dialaround number ok but after dialling the international number I was just disconnected).
Anyone else had any probs??

redux

I'm a bit confused, but some of these services want a # after the required number, and some don't. It's also quite common for # to end one call on the call-through or calling card arrangement ready for a follow-on call. So I'm wondering slightly if you've used # at the end of a number when it wasn't needed, and this has cut the call instead.