International & UK CallChecker discussion

Blue_Max

Could'nt find in the 'International & UK Call Checker' but has anyone tried these two?

ICard Mobile charge only
1p per minute Mobile or Landline to India and some other countries.
1p per minute to UK Landline & 5p to UK Mobile.
No connection charges, Free SIM and its Pay-As-You-Go.
icardmobile.co.uk/rates.php

Vectone Mobile were offering a free SIM free calls to India till the end of last year. Now it is:
1p per minute Mobile or Landline to India and some other countries
Free SMS
UK Landlines 5p/min
UK Mobiles 10p/min

Pay-As-You-Go, Free SIM, 100 free texts to any network, 10 Mb mobile internet every day.
And if you switch you get 100 minutes, 100 texts and 100MB of mobile internet each month for 2 months.
Vectone has many other offers and bonuses.
www.vectonemobile.co.uk

Not as cheap as VoIP but these two are the cheapest I have come across to India, when using a mobile phone.

cashflow

I tried the 'Cheapest Calls ' access code now whilst trying to make a call to a mobile in France. After dialing the access code there was a recorded message saying, 'Due to over-capacity it is not possible...'. Was I charged the connection fee in this case?

ColinAllCars

cashflow wrote: »

I tried the 'Cheapest Calls ' access code now whilst trying to make a call to a mobile in France. After dialing the access code there was a recorded message saying, 'Due to over-capacity it is not possible...'. Was I charged the connection fee in this case?

Probaly its normally raised when you hit the recorded announcement.

Heinz

ColinAllCars wrote: »

Probaly its normally raised when you hit the recorded announcement.

.... and probably the charge for one minute too.

Which is the drawback of using gateway numbers.

cashflow

ColinAllCars wrote: »

Probaly its normally raised when you hit the recorded announcement.

Thanks ColinAllCars and Heinz for your responses. I suspect, as you do, that a connection charge is made...and for 'diddly squat!'
Today I tried to make a call to a mobile in Zimbabwe...'Ratebuster'= message to say 'not possible' on the access number shown. Then I tried 'Dialabroad', and got a similar recorded message about not being possible to connect. I eventually succeeded with 'O5 pence'. Maybe we need a list of who not to use, or at least a way of giving a rating of 'avoid.'

Ypaymore

cashflow wrote: »

Thanks ColinAllCars and Heinz for your responses. I suspect, as you do, that a connection charge is made...and for 'diddly squat!'
Today I tried to make a call to a mobile in Zimbabwe...'Ratebuster'= message to say 'not possible' on the access number shown. Then I tried 'Dialabroad', and got a similar recorded message about not being possible to connect. I eventually succeeded with 'O5 pence'. Maybe we need a list of who not to use, or at least a way of giving a rating of 'avoid.'

There is a rating system on the call checker.Click a star from 1 to 5.

Can you not use www.18185.co.uk

Heinz

Assuming you have a BT line and you're talking about calling a Zimbabwe mobile and not a UK mobile roaming in Zimbabwe, it might be worthwhile opening a 1899 and/or 18866 account.

They're the cheapest and are not gateways so there should be no 'start paying halfway through dialling' problem.

Ypaymore

Heinz wrote: »

Assuming you have a BT line and you're talking about calling a Zimbabwe mobile and not a UK mobile roaming in Zimbabwe, it might be worthwhile opening a 1899 and/or 18866 account.

They're the cheapest and are not gateways so there should be no 'start paying halfway through dialling' problem.

But French mobiles are a lot cheaper with 18185 another destination they talk about.

Heinz

Ypaymore wrote: »

But French mobiles are a lot cheaper with 18185 another destination they talk about.

Wouldn't be a problem for me - I keep A/Cs with all 3 running.

niamh2008

Does anyone know if the rate advertised for cheap calls the only amount that is paid, or do you also have to pay your landline provider the cost of a 0844/0871 call??
i.e. do you pay 1p per minute for international call, but also Xp/min connection plus Xp/min for calling 0844 number?