Cheap International Calls to the UK

n2071262

Hi i'm on my year-out for uni in france.was wondering if anyone knows of a cheap number to call back to england?I'm currently using french tele2 but it stil working out as expensive+france telecom is a rip-off! any ideas anyone? thank you!

knuckledragger

Will you be using a landline/payphone or a mobile to call the UK?

andy88_2

Can you do a Google search such as telephone moins cher?

Some of the results look like phonecards or similar.

http://www.iradium.fr/fr/index.php
looks interesting, but there must be plenty of choice
it says €15 for 1666 minutes from 0811 number or 400 from 0800 number

n2071262

hi i'll be using a land line to call english land lines.

andy88_2

What is the price of those 0811 calls? I assume it's a bit like 0844 here, though maybe only one rate.

andy88_2

The first result on Google leads to a site with a call comparison checker that does not seem to work at the moment, but it has a list of providers.

http://www.koo2fil.com/tel_fixe/desope.html

I haven't looked at all of them, but Price Telecom says €0.045 and Primus seems to have a connection charge of 10c then 1c per minute.

worth a look?

BigDunc

n2071262 wrote:

hi i'll be using a land line to call english land lines.

Will this be a line in your name? This website http://www.appeldiscount.fr/index.php appears to suggest you can call the UK for the price of a local call but you need a fixed line to do it. I have no personal experience of it mind.

andy88_2

Here's another that works without an account for the price of an 0811 local rate call (which is 1.4c off-peak and 2.8c peak = 1p, 2p)

http://www.telerabais.com/tarifs.php

So it looks like one or both of these last two, if you can use an ordinary landline ok. If you have to use a call box, then an account with an 0800 number and PIN access.

andy88_2

now we're getting somewhere; this is a sister site to 18866 and 1899, so you could set up an account to use their 1690 prefix

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

I wouldn't rush though; unfortunately their call rate is 3c to UK, 2c to France, at the moment where many others are 1c, but this could change

and be careful if you're in a shared flat about the others using it, as it relies only on recognising your number, not an entered pin number (if the same as 1899)

svkhtn

If you can use PC to make phonecalls, you can use call1899 or voipbuster to make free phonecalls to the UK landlines.