calls to Russia

TurnaroundSue

Hi - not sure I am in the right area, but am looking on how I can ring my brother in Moscow on his mobile for a cheaper price. My current provider is charging .7p per minute and after having an urgent phone call to give him a ring on his mobile, was on the phone for 1 hour and 20 mins = total cost of phone call around £5.60.

I dont begrudge paying this as my brother needed to speak to me, but I think this might become a regular thing so really need to find out how to speak to him on a regular basis for the least amount of cost.

Many thanks for any help you can give

cuppajoe

For you to call him from the UK, you could always use Skype which is free to another PC or a few p/min for calls overseas.

(if you have unlimited data usage on your mobile you could access Skype from your mobile too)

Or from a landline you could try http://www.alphatelecom.com/uk/ratefinder.aspx

For him to receive calls there, you could try http://www.lebara-mobile.co.uk/en/ or several other travel sims available, just google 'travel sim'.

Hope that helps.

tara747

Er, 0.7p per min to call Russia already sounds v. cheap! Or is it just me?

jhp

TurnaroundSue wrote: »

Hi - not sure I am in the right area, but am looking on how I can ring my brother in Moscow on his mobile for a cheaper price.

Are you calling a UK Mobile roaming in Russia or a Russian Mobile? Are you calling from a mobile or a landline? Do you have inclusive minutes?

Have you checked out.

http://callchecker.moneysavingexpert.com/intcallchecker/russia-mobile

http://callchecker.moneysavingexpert.com/ukcallchecker/mobile-numbers/weekday

Smit1970

We call Russia often. We use http://call18866.co.uk/index2.php and they charge 5p per minute to a cell phone and 2p a minute to a Land line. Quality is fine - unlike many other providers.

TurnaroundSue

Many thanks for all your responses. I have looked at them all, and find it very confusing (I'm not the brighest star in the sky when it comes to technology!!:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: ), but think I will try skype as it's free. Mind you, not sure what I have to do so maybe be on the techie site soon getting advice.

Many thanks for all your responses and the links given - I very much appreciate you taking the time to post.

allherts

Think that was 7p per min rather than 0.7p... I use 18185 which works out at around 1.5p per min. Very straightforward and very decent connection:

TurnaroundSue

Actually, it wasn't 7p pm, but 70p pm:eek: :eek: :eek: . That phone call cost me £54.63:mad: . My brother hasn't got broadband at the moment so skype isn't a possibility just yet - will look again at the other option as well as 18185 and see which is the cheapest and the least complicated.