What is the cheapest way to call Australia from a mobile in the UK?

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hi

What is the cheapest way to call Australia from a mobile in the UK?

Will i get loads of spam texts even after i don't use the service, if i use services like
justcall.co.uk ............. they say 1p min

What are the pitfalls

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anyone? any experiences

scope

voipdiscount.. free; assuming you've got free inclusive minutes.

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I'm calling from a mobile to a aus landline


anyone use rebtel?





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Rebtel* is a new company with a clever piece of kit allowing you to make calls to 37 countries, again mainly Europe, Israel, North America, Australasia and the Far East, simply by dialing a local rate phone number. Therefore if you've free minutes on your mobile this call will be included, if not you'll only pay a local call rate.
It's a little fiddly to use, and the call quality is good but not great, so its best left for friends and family you call regularly. However as, for example, a 15 min call to the US is free rather than £15 on O2's standard rate, it's worth a fiddle!
How does it work?

To get your free minutes first of all go to the Rebtel site, and click the 'How it works tab', then the Make a smart call' tab on the next page. The first time you call someone using it, enter the person you're calling's number on its site, and it'll text you a local phone number to call. This then works every time you call that person, so save it in your mobile's address book for the future, and you won't need to return to the website. To make free calls:

• Dial the local number. You're then connected to the person you're calling and should ask them to immediately call the number they see displayed on their mobile. If they're on a landline, it will send them an e-mail for the first call, the same number's then useable each subsequent time. The number will be a local one in their country. You have only 15 seconds to do this.
• Stay on the line. Don't disconnect when they do, just hold on, and once they dial the access number they'll automatically be connected through to you.

There's no limit to the number of free calls you can make via this system. Do make sure you use this call back system to grab your free calls though, if you don't you'll be charged Rebtel's usual rates.
How does Rebtel make its money?
Rebtel's come up with a really clever ploy here. Making international calls to most major developed countries costs virtually nothing as they're just routed through the web; what's expensive is routing a call to a mobile. By getting both parties to call a local number, it's cleverly avoided this. It of course, hopes once you've used its free service, you'll use some of its other, paid for, services too.

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http://www.localphone.com/call/australia only charge half a pence a minute via a geographical access number which you can use from your mobile inclusive minutes if you have any.

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utilitybroker wrote: »

ocalphone.com/call/australia only charge half a pence a minute via a geographical access number which you can use from your mobile inclusive minutes if you have any.

looks good

do you get spam texts after you use the service?

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Hi

What is the cheapest to call FROM Australia TO a mobile in the UK?

I saw rebtel? do you get spam texts from using rebtel service?

Is there another way?

Many Thanks

david39

Skype maybe?

david39

Replied to your other post with same question - what about Skype?

redux

why the duplicate thread, and why the obsession with assuming there is some risk of these services sending spam texts?

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thanks for the replies

I'm looking into all of them

I've kind of disregarded skype, because
its the most expensive voip
I'm nervous about putting software on my PC from companies I'm not sure if i 100% trust.
also i like to move around on the phone, not sit at my pc.

i just want to use my normal MB phone
I don't have a landline

but i don't want to get sales texts after i use the service
that would be really annoying

I don't really want to try lots of companies, because it increases the chance of getting SPAM texts all the while

I work at night and sleep in the day some weeks so i leave my phone on for emergencies not adverts