18866 or 1899?

Creckless

Hi,

I'm going to sign up to a new service and was wondering which of the cheapest is the best, 18866 or 1899?

Is there any difference in service or call quality?

I make calls to both landlines and mobiles....but only really want to sign up to one of the services. Can anyone advise me which one to pick?

Thanks!

Aiadi

Can I just ask why you don't want to sign up for both. :beer:

mike_paterson

They are also part of the same company - sign up for both and use the most appropriate (usually 18866 for UK calls).

billieboy_2

mike_paterson wrote:

They are also part of the same company - sign up for both and use the most appropriate (usually 18866 for UK calls).

And usually 1899 for mobiles and abroad I have found.

GUIDOWINKYWOBBLER

Have been using 18866 since last year for all landline calls & haven't had a problem.
However, after seeing the chats re. Voip, I signed up to the 1899 service this afternoon.
Using a USB mic & the basic speakers I got with this Aldi (Medion) computer, & after figuring out that you omit the '0' from the local area code when dialling, I've made several 'free' calls to landlines this p.m. - pretty good quality & would recommend it to anyone.

P.S.
Many thanks to Martin & contributors for this website. It's made an enormous difference to the family finances & the ways I look at managing them. Cheers.

Kimberley

My daughter is very happy now that i don't limit the amount of time she can chat to her mates

April2

creckless wrote:

Hi,

I'm going to sign up to a new service and was wondering which of the cheapest is the best, 18866 or 1899?

Is there any difference in service or call quality?

I make calls to both landlines and mobiles....but only really want to sign up to one of the services. Can anyone advise me which one to pick?

Thanks!

Sign up to call18866.co.uk for 01/02 calls (2p each) and to 18185.co.uk for calls to mobiles (4p connection and 2p/minute weekends [10p/minute weekdays]) and for some international calls (e.g. 1p/minute to Spain) - but check on the MSE CallChecker each time.

Kimberley wrote:

My daughter is very happy now that i don't limit the amount of time she can chat to her mates

My daughter lets her kids do the same - if they forget to dial the 18866 prefix though, they have to pay the full cost of the call from the pocket money!

Creckless

I would subscribe to both.....but in reality I'd only end up using one or the other. My phone can store one prefix code, and will automatically dial it before any number I dial....so its easier to just use one company.

Are ther dramatic differences for the international calls. I dial Australia for approx 1 hour per month (one long call to my best mate!), so this could swing the decision. Other than that, I'm not a massive phone user. I make a couple of landline calls a day and maybe 1 mobile call on average.

Thanks to all who have replied so far!

April2

At the moment, 18185 is cheapest to Australia out of 1899, 18866 and 18185 (only 1p/minute after 4p connection).

N.B. According to the MSE CallChecker though, a number of the 'dial-through' providers offer the same 1p/minute rate.

jimclark1967

18866 is the better of the two for Australia - 2p per minute compared to 24p with BT :eek:

Sounds like you'd be best with 18866 as they're cheaper for UK calls than 1899 and not much more for mobiles.

JC

Aiadi

creckless wrote:

I would subscribe to both.....but in reality I'd only end up using one or the other. My phone can store one prefix code, and will automatically dial it before any number I dial....so its easier to just use one company.

Are ther dramatic differences for the international calls. I dial Australia for approx 1 hour per month (one long call to my best mate!), so this could swing the decision. Other than that, I'm not a massive phone user. I make a couple of landline calls a day and maybe 1 mobile call on average.

Thanks to all who have replied so far!

Sign up with both and with 18185, get your self an ORCHID dialler and off you go. It'll take care of everything (all you calls routing) without you needing to dial any prefix anymore. SIMPLE. :j