cheapest way to ring france

beefyboy99

hello all
i need to phone my girlfriend in france from uni, where i ahve no land line does anyone know if there are any deals available where you can call for cheap prefferably with orange, or by using some sort of card system.
also does anyone know if it will cost her to recieve text messages from the uk?
ta
beefy

hungry_2

1. prepaid cards [but can b dear & can be a pain]
2. mobile overide services like Ontel, telco, connaught & swiftnet: http://www.contactnumbers.com/mobile-override.php [nut have to 'join' a service & provide c/cd d/d details]
3. simplphone service from 02 [&some t-mobiles] dial 07744 97 4404 & call france for free ussing x-network minutes ww.simplyfone.com [only good if u have 02 & x-net mins]
4. https://www.simplyonestep.com - 020 8497 3333 & go for it [good service & cheap too.. & not fiddly]
5. tell yr girlfriend to call you or get new local g/friend![perfect & cheapest solution]

beefyboy99

hungry wrote:

get new local g/friend![perfect & cheapest solution]

:eek: :shhh: couldnt do that, but thanks for the advice, got a phonecard but its a pain in the bum, and not that cheap! hmmmm

madfrenchgirl

does she have a landline?

if so you could go to the local phonebooth, ring her with a prepaid card, le tthe phone ring twice, hang up so if she is home, she knows it is you and can call you back on the phonebooth's number (that you would have given her before)... have been doing that with my mom for 6 years now (i do have a landline now though).

Tell her to swotch to onetel, and her phonebill will be mini...

madfrenchgirl

oh,,,, and good luck with the long term/long distance relationship, been there done that and now BF and I are moving in together (after 3 years)

beefyboy99

cheers, weve been together for 18 months and always knew she would be going away to study so weve been prepared for it, but the phone thing is something we have to over come. Im really looking forawrd to going to see her!
She's living in La rochelle which i hear is lovely.

anyway ontell you say???? sounds good ill let her know :money:

boatman

As far as text messages go, it would be cheaper if she took a uk mobile to france and you had a french mobile in uk, then you could use your uk mobile to text her in france on her uk mobile and she could text you using her french mobile to your french mobile in uk. That way you avoid paying the higher prices they charge for texting a foreign mobile!

As i said its cheaper, not easier!

beefyboy99

boatman wrote:

!

As i said its cheaper, not easier!

lol
cheers tho, texting dosnt seem to bad....but i cant work out how much its costing me so i dont know that.
damn the english channel and all of its wetness

venkat_2

texts abroad are usually 20p per message standard.

however, on orange contracts they are 15p each.

and on O2 pay as you go, they are 20p each or 10p ech if u get the bolt-on which is £4.99 one-off fee (the bolt-on is free if you do it before Jan 2006)

svkhtn

a. Does your gf have a landline number in France?
b. Do you have free XNet minutes from your mobile?

1. If (a & b), ring this number from your mobile:
0773 066 6890
0797 682 7878
(this service is provided by pre-dial)

and then continue with normal dialing to France (i.e. 00 ...)

2. Another option: if (a) and you have an internet connection from your own PC/laptop, you can use VOIPCheap or VOIPBuster for free to call her.

3. Or, if you prefer to use prepaid cards, here are good places to buy:
+ http://www.eurocallingcards.com
+ http://www.skyphonecards.com

venkat_2

cheapest way to call france;

1p/min (BT) to france landlines 08448619898 (comes out of free minutes on O2 contracts)

3p/min (BT) to france mobiles 08448962473 (comes out of free minutes on O2 contracts)