Call costs

Zebrdee

On the 3 network, voice calls costs 3p/min in the UK but if you put a code in front of the number you can call Canada for 1p/min, why is that?

grumbler

What 'code'?

That said, O2 International Favourites give you 3000 minutes to 3 Canadian landline numbers for £10 that is 0.3p/min.

Zebrdee

The code provided by 3.
"add the three digit code of the country you want to call from the list below followed by 00, the country code and the number you want to call."

Forum won't let me paste in the link.
http://support.three.co.uk/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBISAPI.DLL?Command=New,Kb=Mobile,Ts=Mobile,T=Article,varset_cat=roaming,varset_subcat=4161,Case=obj%284160%29

Ypaymore

The cost of the Intl call being cheaper will normally be due to some countries having lower termination charges. In Canada the caller pays to receive the call so lower costs to deliver it.

If you use this short code service you can get the cost of 3 payg 01/02/03 Landline Calls down to 2p a minute.

http://text2topup.com/uk/call_throughs_three/