International and UK CallChecker Discussion Area

SlowlyGettingThere_2

Heinz wrote:

Using a BT landline, you dial the 0844 gateway number and, at the point you reach the gateway (the voice prompt telling you to start dialling your international 'target' number), BT charge you a 3p 'call set-up fee' and start charging you 3p per minute.

That means that, if your 'target' number is engaged or dialling it fails, BT will have charged you the 3p 'call set-up fee' plus 3p per minute until the moment at which you hang up.

There are no other charges, the cost of the call (connected or not, see above) is charged by BT and appears on your BT bill.

So, as well as being charged 3p per min from 0844, I will also be charged 3p per min from BT aswell? Or do you mean I will be charged 3p per min in total?

Sorry, if I'm sounding a bit dumb.

Heinz

SlowlyGettingThere wrote:

So, as well as being charged 3p per min from 0844, I will also be charged 3p per min from BT aswell? Or do you mean I will be charged 3p per min in total?

The latter - plus BT's one-off 3p 'call set-up fee'.

Nobody else charges anything - how would they get your money?

SlowlyGettingThere_2

Heinz wrote:

The latter - plus BT's one-off 3p 'call set-up fee'.

Nobody else charges anything - how would they get your money?

Ok, that's great, thankyou very much for your help!

utilitybroker

SlowlyGettingThere wrote:

Ok, that's great, thankyou very much for your help!

If you go to http://callchecker.moneysavingexpert.com/intcallchecker/
and scroll down your see that Martin does explain this,under simply dial providers.;)

feival

I decided today to try to use http://www.teletop.co.uk. I need to dial a premium rate number first to get £1.50 f credit onto my account. The problem is although their 0208 access number is available the premium rate number is permanently engaged. Has anyone else managed to get through to it?

samsoft17

International call checker says -
call India mobile - 2p/min via 08444623434 (dialaround)

Please suggest what's the rate on Talk Talk landline.
is it same ?

Please help.

Regards
Sam

Heinz

samsoft17 wrote:

International call checker says -
call India mobile - 2p/min via 08444623434 (dialaround)

Please suggest what's the rate on Talk Talk landline.
is it same ?

Please help.

Regards
Sam

Welcome to the MSE forums samsoft17.

I've never succeeded in finding precisely what Talk Talk charges for calling 0844 numbers in their online published list but, seeing that the highest Premium Rate charge is £1.65/minute, I'd say they charge 10% more than BT (BT's highest Premium Rate charge is £1.50/minute).

buglawton

I use 0844 thru talktalk to access international calls and seem to be charged 0.35p + VAT for the "1/2p" and 0.6p + VAT for the "1p" services. No complaints really about the basic landline service, which also enables me to call talktalk signed-up rels anytime for free.

Satellite_John

On the international call checker for calling Zimbabwean mobiles, Ratebuster and Cleverates are listed. However, with these access numbers you can't call Econet (area code 91), which is the most popular mobile network in Zimbabwe. You can only call NetOne and Telecel (which have lower termination charges than Econet, but don't have much coverage or many customers).

Ratebuster 7p/min
(0871 806 0000)
Cleverates 10p/min
(0871 280 2525)

sawanderer

Just to let you know that PhoneCheap have increased their rates for mobile phones to 6p/min, and there is a new access number: 0871 754 42 42

More info at: http://www.phonecheap.co.uk/rates.php

Does anyone have any idea whether the PhoneCheap service is better than the 18185 service at 6p/min that also has a 5p connection fee?