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Sky & Phone over-riders!!

We get our entitre package - (phone line, phone calls, tv and broadband) through Sky who will not let us use 1899 or similar to make phone calls overseas and charge us a fortune when we use their system. Does anyone know how we can overcome this problem? Thanks xxxx

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  • Meepster
    Meepster Posts: 5,955 Forumite
    Use Skype?
    If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands

  • brettcta
    brettcta Posts: 4,693 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    what countries are you trying to call? they let you ring for free to 20 international destinations on their talk unlimited package
    helpful tips
    it's spelt d-e-f-i-n-i-t-e-l-y
    there - 'in or at that place'
    their - 'owned by them'
    they're - 'they are'
    it's bought not brought (i just bought my chicken a suit from that new shop for £6.34)
  • Heinz
    Heinz Posts: 11,191 Forumite
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    Nursepurse wrote: »
    We get our entitre package - (phone line, phone calls, tv and broadband) through Sky who will not let us use 1899 or similar to make phone calls overseas and charge us a fortune when we use their system. Does anyone know how we can overcome this problem? Thanks xxxx
    Sky may be able to prevent you from using the 1899 prefix but they cannot stop you using 1899's 08081708708 freephone gateway number to make your calls.

    http://www.call1899.co.uk/mobilerates.php

    Most international calls are charged similarly to using the prefix via that route.
    Time has moved on (much quicker than it used to - or so it seems at my age) and my previous advice on residential telephony has been or is now gradually being overtaken by changes in the retail market. Hence, I have now deleted links to my previous 'pearls of wisdom'. I sincerely hope they helped save some of you money.
  • utilitybroker
    utilitybroker Posts: 2,207 Forumite
    edited 22 June 2011 at 11:20AM
    If you have inclusive 01/02 geographical minutes you could use someone like www.localphone.com via a geographic number.


    They dont raise connection or minimum call charges.:D
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