Need some help calling Irish mobile please

busiscoming2

Hope someone can help me, My landline is with Virgin media, my mobile is vodaphone PAYG (have no idea of ppm), my dd lives in Dublin and I phone her on her Irish network mobile (she has no landline).
I have just worked out on my Virgin bill I am paying 38ppm to speak to her, I have had a look at the phoneprice checker thingy and it seems discount dial gives me the best rate caling landline to her mobile, but is it cheaper to use my mobile?
I am confused!

jhp

You could use http://www.18185.co.uk/mobilerates.php via their 0808 freephone number from your VM landline and pay 4p connection and 11p a minute.

Beware of calling 0844/0871 access numbers from VM they charge a premium to call them.

If you have inclusive geographical minutes on VM you could http://www.localphone.com/call/ireland 11.7p but no connection charges etc.

ACDeag

busiscoming2 wrote: »

Hope someone can help me, My landline is with Virgin media, my mobile is vodaphone PAYG (have no idea of ppm), my dd lives in Dublin and I phone her on her Irish network mobile (she has no landline).
I have just worked out on my Virgin bill I am paying 38ppm to speak to her, I have had a look at the phoneprice checker thingy and it seems discount dial gives me the best rate caling landline to her mobile, but is it cheaper to use my mobile?
I am confused!

There is always Lycamobile (uses Orange's network), get one of their sims and it will cost 15p/min to Irish mobiles and 4p/min to Irish landlines.

http://www.lycamobile.co.uk/rates.aspx

This one is also pretty much the same (uses Vodafone's network)

http://www.talkmobile.co.uk/index.html

You should be able to port your number to them as well.

Buzby

You don't say which mobile network she's connected to - however if you BOTH use SIMs from '3', you'll only be charges the same as a home network call - and remains the cheapest way to contact the RoI if you discount the likes of Skype.

ACDeag

Buzby wrote: »

You don't say which mobile network she's connected to - however if you BOTH use SIMs from '3', you'll only be charges the same as a home network call - and remains the cheapest way to contact the RoI if you discount the likes of Skype.

She would need a 3UK SIM in RoI and be roaming on 3 Ireland when when you call her I think, then yes your minutes would come out of your tariff and she would pay nothing to receive the calls.

busiscoming2

I think she is on O2 but will check with her.

ACDeag

busiscoming2 wrote: »

I think she is on O2 but will check with her.

Send her a 3 UK PAYG Sim card, and get yourself one (contract or mobile), make sure she checks that the phone is roaming on 3 Ireland (she should be able to manually select this).

She could also get a 3 Ireland Skype phone http://www.three.ie/handsets_new/prepay-mobiles-skype.htm you could then call her on Skype from your 3 UK Skype phone or from a PC.

benjus

The cheapest way I can see to call her from your landline would be CallEasy (http://www.calleasy.com/en/index.php), which would cost 6.5ppm + the cost of a call to a UK landline.

You could also use CallEasy with your computer (either to initiate a call between your landline and the mobile, or to actually make the call from the computer) which would cost 6.5ppm.

The system with the 3 SIM looks good if she is happy to change her number or have 2 mobiles.

busiscoming2

Thanks for all your replies, she is on Irish O2, and think changing number or having 2 phones is not practical.

ACDeag

busiscoming2 wrote: »

Thanks for all your replies, she is on Irish O2, and think changing number or having 2 phones is not practical.

I would get yourself a SIM on one of the networks I mentioned earlier then.