International and UK CallChecker Discussion Area

Patr100

18185 and 1866 no loonger allow calls to 0871 numbers - the Uk Call checkers is incorrect.

Heinz

Patr100 wrote: »

18185 and 1866 no loonger allow calls to 0871 numbers - the Uk Call checkers is incorrect.

1899, 18185 and 18866 have never carried calls to 0871 numbers!

Patr100

Heinz wrote: »

1899, 18185 and 18866 have never carried calls to 0871 numbers!

Of course you're right Heinz , I thought all 087X numbers were the same but obviously not.
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Heinz

misterjohn wrote: »

Ther are still companies pretending to offer calls at a lowish rate, according to the International call checker, and on their web sites.
But the reality is that they redirect you to more expensive numbers, having no doubt taken 10p or more of our money first.

I think that Ofcom should monitor these services.

Yes, I agree that's devious.

Anyone coming across such a thing with a number in the Callcheckers, please post full details in THIS THREAD so that Callchecker Admin can be told (they'll then try to modify the nightly 'trawl' to remove the offending entry).

taney

Hi,

I want to make calls to USA...Having checked at Call checker ,to my understanding 18185 is the most economical one,but I am not 100% confident.Has anyone used it...what is their connection fees for USA or is there any other cheaper option available to call USA?

THANKS FOR UR REPLIES!

ilikepoints

Heinz wrote: »

Cable landline users cannot use prefixes like 1899.

True, although the 1899 service is still working on Virgin via the freephone access number (or at least it was last time i tried it).

markw5

taney wrote: »

Hi,

I want to make calls to USA...Having checked at Call checker ,to my understanding 18185 is the most economical one,but I am not 100% confident.Has anyone used it...what is their connection fees for USA or is there any other cheaper option available to call USA?

THANKS FOR UR REPLIES!

I have used 18185 for years & never had any problems. Bills are accurate & at 0.5p per minute to the USA with just a 4p connection fee (only charged if your call is answered) you can't go wrong.
Go ahead & set up an account & pay by direct debit so you are protected by the scheme, rather than on a credit card which is much riskier.

Crabman

Just tried these three companies which I've not heard of before. In all cases I tried two numbers which failed to connect.

1pminute
4CheapCalling
AbroadPhone

Upon using Bestminutes the call connected within 10 seconds of the initial 0844 call, which is what I'll be using from now. This is to report my feedback in case others have similar experiences with these companies.

jjstringer

There are so many companys out there can some one help me with a choice of who to use

Paul_Varjak

jjstringer wrote: »

There are so many companys out there can some one help me with a choice of who to use

Follow the suggestions from MSE Martin and Heinz!