Cheapest Calls to USA/Canada?

Hi, I'm looking for the cheapest service for calling the states and canada from my BT landline... there are so many to choose from I wondered if anyone has any personal experiences with this one?

Cheers

Jelly

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  • utilitybroker
    utilitybroker Posts: 2,207 Forumite
    Hi, I'm looking for the cheapest service for calling the states and canada from my BT landline... there are so many to choose from I wondered if anyone has any personal experiences with this one?

    Cheers

    Jelly

    You want go far wrong with https://www.18185.co.uk Just 4p connection and 0.5p a minute if you call from a BT landline.
  • rapido
    rapido Posts: 392 Forumite
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  • mobilegossip
    mobilegossip Posts: 1,163 Forumite
    rapido wrote:
    Hi there,

    for long calls to the US & Canada, I would recommend Teletop - calls work out 5p each (plus normal UK rate to a London access number, 5½p upto an hour on BT). Works out 10½p a call for upto an hour.

    Or you could go VOIP like I recently did, and get free unlimited calls to the US & Canada (provided you top up just under a tenner every 4 months).

    -rapido

    Its only 5.5p at E&W .If you were ringing at Peak rate it would be 5p connection on Teletop and 3p a minute on BT.A lot more expensive then 18185.
  • aardvark0
    aardvark0 Posts: 65 Forumite
    If you anticipate making LOTS of calls to Canada/USA you may consider having Toucan as your CPS provider.

    We do this, and then for a payment of £9.99 a month we get unlimited calls to Canada/USA. We are still able to use 1899 etc for national calls, and we did not have to commit to any other service with Toucan other than the international calls package.

    In addition, landline calls with Toucan are free at weekends.
  • rapido
    rapido Posts: 392 Forumite
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  • Heinz
    Heinz Posts: 11,191 Forumite
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    aardvark0 wrote:
    If you anticipate making LOTS of calls to Canada/USA you may consider having Toucan as your CPS provider.

    We do this, and then for a payment of £9.99 a month we get unlimited calls to Canada/USA.
    Apart from the 4p per call connection charge, £9.99 would pay for 1,998 minutes of calls (@ ½p/minute) to the USA or Canada via 18185 from a BT landline.
    Time has moved on (much quicker than it used to - or so it seems at my age) and my previous advice on residential telephony has been or is now gradually being overtaken by changes in the retail market. Hence, I have now deleted links to my previous 'pearls of wisdom'. I sincerely hope they helped save some of you money.
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