Dial123 or Ringo for mobile calls to Republic of Ireland?

joe565

Hello

I'm trying to find the cheapest way to call a friend on his mobile in Republic of Ireland and obviously it's classed as international call. If only this friend had a smart phone I could use 'what's app or viber'

Have saw dial123 or ringo and might try one of these. Do they charge you a connection fee to the call as well?

Joe

grumbler

joe565 wrote: »

Have saw dial123 or ringo and might try one of these. Do they charge you a connection fee to the call as well?

http://www.dial123.co.uk/terms-conditions

• Charges:-Connection fee: None

http://support.ringo.co/6715-Rates/90128-how-much-does-it-cost-to-make-an-international-call-to-a-destination-with-ringo

Ringo charges a per minute fee for the duration of the cal

I read this as no connection fees.

Haw many minutes per month? To mobile or landline?
With O2 International Favourites add-on you can get 3000 minutes to a landline number per month for £10 and a local number in Ireland that your friends can use to call you.

joe565

Only really chat approx 100 minutes per month to him on his mobile as he doesn't have a landline. Will check out the terms now. They seem pretty good and reasonably priced to call a mobile in Republic of Ireland.

ballyblack

its about 2p a minute to call on Ringo plus your local UK call charge if you don't have any free contract minutes. No connection charge


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joe565

ballyblack wrote: »

its about 2p a minute to call on Ringo plus your local UK call charge if you don't have any free contract minutes. No connection charge


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I'm Pay as you Go, think it's 30p per min now with o2. So now that means I'm charged 30p plus then the 2p per minute with Ringo? Maybe I need to change to pay monthly and get contract with free minutes?

ballyblack

Yes. PayGO is very expensive

the higher amount you load ringo the cheaper the calls will be

I use it daily, great service

joe565

ballyblack wrote: »

Yes. PayGO is very expensive

the higher amount you load ringo the cheaper the calls will be

I use it daily, great service

Quite possibly need to change to monthly contract. If I got 500 free minutes does that mean I wouldn't have to pay the local uk call charge and just pay the 2p to Ringo? Just don't want to find out then that I'm charged anything else or connection fee.

ballyblack

If you have free minutes? its only 2p. NO connection charge.

joe565

ballyblack wrote: »

If you have free minutes? its only 2p. NO connection charge.

I've only free minutes to o2? Local uk call charge is 30p per minute so not sure what I'd be charged with Ringo?

grumbler

You'll be charged 30p.
It's madness to pay 30p/min when 3p-8p is easily available, not to mention PAYG bundles.

Are you sure it's 30p, not 35p?

redux

If you swap your O2 tariff to their international SIM rates, you can call an Ireland mobile for 5 pence a minute direct.