Pay and Go - Calls to Spain - 18866 or similar

guy999

Hi
Currently have a 3 contract, which i tend to use mainly for calling back to Spain via 18866.
However due to usage wondered if i would be better off with an o2 simplicity pay and go sim, £10 per month with 300 minutes and use this to call 18866 to route calls to spain via the access number.
Anyone know if this would work out of the 300 minutes allowance , or if 18866 not work if any provider would
Thanks

mchale

If your calling just 1 person in Spain, best way to go is send a o2 payg sim with my chosen country Spain (£5.00 P/M) added to it, then that person can receive 1000 Min's per month FOC, if you get a o2 payg and top it up a certain amount each month I seem to recall you free calls to other o2 sims.

utilitybroker

You could get a £10 a month sim only deal 30 day contract from http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/shop/mobile-phones/sim-card/pay-monthly/ and choose the unlimited landline call booster so you could call geographical access numbers at no extra charge.

Then you could use www.localphone.com to call spain 0.5p a minute no connection charge cheaper then 18866.

redux

It depends how many minutes a month you want to use, and whether landlines or mobiles.

If it is 300 minutes, and if it is landlines you are calling, it would be simpler and slightly cheaper than some of these suggestions to use Yourcallworld callthrough from your 3 SIM, at 3 pence a minute.

If it's a lot more landlines, then 3's international calls add-on, £15 for up to 3000 minutes, would be worth considering

If it is mainly Spanish mobiles, then maybe a Betamax brand callthrough on a landline access number, or run the VoIP account over wi-fi if you can, or Yourcallworld callthrough again

guy999

Thanks for your replies.
I tend to call landlines in Spain and the occasional Spanish mobile on my way home on the train, currently with 3 on a talk and text 600 costing £18.00 per month, contract would have been for 12 months which was taken 2-3 years ago and just kept.
Signal is not the best compared to my works O2 , and my phone is now starting to play up.
Probably use 300 mins with a few texts a month, with includes 200 mins to 18866 access no.
So unsure what to do for best, therefore was thinking of a paygo phone on o2 and top up £10 a month, 300 mins and use 18866 although Yourcallworld with contract seems good at 1p. But then would have to factor in cost of phone
Or just to stay with 3 and upgrade if they would do same £18pm offer with a free phone.
Is it best to call 3 or go to a shop
Thanks

redux

I was thinking more of Yourcallworld's 3p a minute service, which is independent of any inclusive minutes you have. But the comparision depends how many other minutes you have, how many are left over, and what the average price of those minutes works out to.

dominiquereynolds

Have sent you a private message on how to use your inclusive mins to call Spain.

Ypaymore

dominiquereynolds wrote: »

Have sent you a private message on how to use your inclusive mins to call Spain.

Why not share with other members ?

dominiquereynolds

I use www.voipstunt.com from my 3 mobile

You have to credit the account with 10 euros. This then gives you 120 days of free calling credit. Max 300 mins a week.

At the end of the 120 days the 10 euros will still be there. It then gets used to pay for the calls.

You can register 5 phone numbers to use your account.


YOU then dial the breakthrough access number:
(called phone to phone)
020 818 02727

As you have inclusive mins it will come out of that call.

You can also register the Spanish number to use the service and they can call the number in Spain ( done this with my father -in-law in) and they can call you for a price of a spanish number of even free if unlimiuted/free