Cheapest Way to Call UK from Hong Kong

Ginnser

Hi everyone

Does anyone have any ideas on the cheapest way to call the UK from Hong Kong, calling card, prepaid card etc

Any advice welcome

billsavings

Finarea the 1899/18866/18185 cheap call people have a Hong Kong Service,

http://www.hongkongtopup.com/index2.php

Just a Connection charge of 0.7 HKD to call UK Landline.Subject to an appropriate top up.

FF99

Absolutely the cheapest is to go into a shop and buy a local PAYG SIM card. There are lots of shops for each of the local mobile operators.

Most mobile operators have a standard rate and a very cheap rate of their own. The cheap rate uses a prefix and gives a slightly lower quality signal. Calls home to the UK are no more than a penny or 2 per minute as long as you use the low rate access code and call evening or w/e HK time, which usually works out well with the time difference.

Have a look at
http://dualband.three.com.hk/website/template?pageid=d291c0&lang=eng

and look for rechargeable SIM cards. There are always offers on of bonus credit etc.

Rates per min to the UK for fixed line peak / fixed line off-peak / mobile peak / mobile off-peak using the 1968 cheap call service on "3" in HK$ (over HK$ 14.5 to the £ currently)

United Kingdom* 1.99 / 0.38 / 3.99 / 1.99

Ginnser

Great Stuff...

What about calling from hotel phones? When we get to HK we will be in hotel for a month.

Are there any calling cards we can use? or charge cards?

andrewu

I recently found a service that allows you to place free phone-to-phone calls over the internet. Between members (in following countries) the calls are absolutely free.

USA, Canada, China, Singapore, Hong Kong
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary,
Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia,
Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal,
Russia, San Marino, South Korea, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, UK, Venezuela

I have registered my three telephone numbers. My dad in South America has registered his numbers as well. I can now speak to him for 60 minutes each day - free.

I simply go to the website (even can do it from a mobile) and select the two numbers I want to connect. My own phone rings - and once I pick it up the other number rings and voila !

http://www.jajah.com

hurrah

andrewu wrote:

I recently found a service that allows you to place free phone-to-phone calls over the internet. Between members (in following countries) the calls are absolutely free.

USA, Canada, China, Singapore, Hong Kong
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary,
Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia,
Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal,
Russia, San Marino, South Korea, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, UK, Venezuela

I have registered my three telephone numbers. My dad in South America has registered his numbers as well. I can now speak to him for 60 minutes each day - free.

I simply go to the website (even can do it from a mobile) and select the two numbers I want to connect. My own phone rings - and once I pick it up the other number rings and voila !

http://www.jajah.com

Do you work for them by any chance. (Strange that all you 6 posts so far have been about them!!!!)

FF99

Ginnser wrote:

Great Stuff...

What about calling from hotel phones? When we get to HK we will be in hotel for a month.

Are there any calling cards we can use? or charge cards?

Most hotel calls are incredibly expensive and that includes calling card calls unless you can persuade them to throw them in free. Lots of calling cards for sale all around esp the shops around the Kowloon end of the Star Ferry.

Jon_S_4

FF99 wrote:

Most hotel calls are incredibly expensive and that includes calling card calls unless you can persuade them to throw them in free. Lots of calling cards for sale all around esp the shops around the Kowloon end of the Star Ferry.

When i made calls from my hotel room when i was in hong kong the rate was very cheap. it may not be so cheap in all hotels though.