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Virgin Mobiles international calls and texts and limit of Unlimited Mobile Web?

Bringsom
Bringsom Posts: 13 Forumite

I am with T-Mobile at the end of my contract with a £15 SIMonly iPhone plan 600min 500text unlimited internet (3GB fair usage ) and freebooster of 60min of calls to Europe mobiles and landlines. I have just signedwith Virgin Media for broadband, TV and phone and I am thinking of taking a SIMonly mobile deal with them too. So my questions are:

Do you know how to make cheap international calls (Europe)from Virgin mobile? And texts?

What the Unlimited Mobile Web means? Is there a fair usagepolicy?

Thanks for your help.

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  • jhp
    jhp Posts: 2,342 Forumite
    edited 2 October 2012 at 6:09PM
    Bringsom wrote: »
    Do you know how to make cheap international calls (Europe)from Virgin mobile?

    Thanks for your help.

    One way is to use a 01/2 access number from your inclusive minutes.

    EG http://www.18185.co.uk/mobilerates.php or www.localphone.com

    Plus you could also use the 18185 0808 freephone number from your Virgin Landline to cut call charges to numbers that are not inclusive.
  • scoobers
    scoobers Posts: 44 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    You can use a calling card from a Virgin mobile. Use your inclusive minutes to dial the access number. You should be able to dial most landlines for around 1p/min. If you make a lot of International calls there are several companies offering 'unlimited' calls to some destinations (mainly landlines) for £10 for 30 days. Not sure if I'm allowed to post links or not but if you Google 'unlimited international calls' I'm sure something will come up.
  • I can answer the unlimited mobile data question only, I'm afraid. It's truly unlimited and you can tether it also.
  • Bringsom
    Bringsom Posts: 13 Forumite
    Thanks a lot to you 3 for your answers. Really helpful. For the access numbers it's just that I read that most of them weren't alllowed with Virgin mobile, but I'll try your suggestions.
  • scoobers
    scoobers Posts: 44 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    Bringsom wrote: »
    Thanks a lot to you 3 for your answers. Really helpful. For the access numbers it's just that I read that most of them weren't alllowed with Virgin mobile, but I'll try your suggestions.

    Most companies will not allow you to purchase international calling credit using SMS from a Virgin Mobile as the amount they receive from Virgin is much less than they receive from the other networks. You can still buy a calling card from a local shop or buy on-line using Paypal or credit/debit cards.
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