calling from US to UK

daleuk_3

Right, I need to call back from the US to the UK on a mobile. I have a unlocked phone for a sim.

o2 will charge me:

Standard Charges International Traveller Service
Calling back to UK £1.37 £0.90
Receiving a Call £1.20 £0.45
Calling In Country £1.37 £0.90
Calling In Zone £1.37 £0.90
Calling Out of zone £1.99 £1.79
Sending a Text £0.25 £0.25


Whats the best deal out there?

-1-

Is it a tri-band phone ?, if not it won't work.

koru

Buy a PAYG phone from Walmart when you get there. Not only are you sure it will work, but it is WAY cheaper.

I picked up a Net 10 phone which cost less than £25 and included call credits that would pay for 5 hours of calls to or from other US phones or more than 3 hours of calls to UK landlines (but not mobiles). That's 15 cents per minute for calls to the UK (about 8 pence). You can buy top up cards at the same rate.

You can buy cheaper phones (as little as £8), but you get only a few minutes call credits and calls are 25 cents a minute within the US and either you can't call overseas or it costs more to call the UK.

I plan to sell mine on eBay, so it gets recycled and I might make a few quid.