Calling to Egypt - cheapest option?

rayofsunshine_2

with BT and currently go through best minutes to call egypt mobile at 8p per minute which is excellent, but..................

when looking through phone bill they charge from the moment they connect so if other person takes ages or connection is bad it all adds up - an extra £35 without talking to someone.

any other suggestions much appreciated

thanks

Heinz

Unfortunately, although there are a number of providers on the MSE International CallChecker apparently offering cheaper rates (4p, 5p, 6p and 7p per minute), most involve the use of 0844 and 0871 gateway numbers - and that means you'd still start paying for the call after the 11th digit (i.e. before you'd even keyed the first digit of your target number).

Nevertheless, for PSTN, they appear to be the best available.

rayofsunshine_2

Thanks Heinz

I am with BT anytime package and worked out they charge 8p connection for the 0871 i assume roughly the same for 0844 option? - i guess no way to overide these charges

I have looked into phone cards but they don't seem any cheaper.

Still cheaper than BT, i guess i have have a go at some of the 3, 4p etc a minute.

I spend more on the ringing and bad connections than i do on the calls:mad:

thanks

Heinz

rayofsunshine wrote: »

I am with BT anytime package and worked out they charge 8p connection for the 0871 i assume roughly the same for 0844 option? - i guess no way to overide these charges

You'll be lucky! BT's call set-up fee for non-inclusive calls went up to 10.9p on 1-10-2010.

rayofsunshine_2

for the 0844 numbers?

Heinz

rayofsunshine wrote: »

for the 0844 numbers?

For all calls which aren't inclusive in your package (unless a higher fee applies e.g. some 118xxx calls).