Cheap ways to call the US from the UK - Page 2

DanaC · 07-26-2007, 05:58 AM

Not sure where to buy 'em (prolly get 'em online) but there are some International call cards for mobile phones. They look somewhat cheaper than hotel rates.

monster · 07-31-2007, 10:58 AM

Newsagents sell them. So to supermarkets. you call an 0800 number (or equivalent), key in your card number, then the phone number you want and hey presto. You can get calls for a few pence a minute. The higher value of card you get, the better rate you get, usually.

That said, all this is from when we sourced them out for MIL a few years back, but she still seems to be doing it this way.

SteveDallas · 07-31-2007, 11:35 AM

Well, what happened was that the people she's travelling with rented a phone from Verizon. (We investigated a rental, but at $30/week it didn't seem worthwhile for what we needed it for.) Cost: Outgoing calls to the US, $1.60. Incoming calls, free. So she borrows their phone, calls us, hangs up before we answer, we see the caller ID, and call her back on the Philadelphia-area mobile number (which forwards to the one in the UK).

xoxoxoBruce · 07-31-2007, 03:48 PM

Oh, so you're not cheap, you're a control freak.

07-31-2007, 10:58 AM	#17
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Newsagents sell them. So to supermarkets. you call an 0800 number (or equivalent), key in your card number, then the phone number you want and hey presto. You can get calls for a few pence a minute. The higher value of card you get, the better rate you get, usually. That said, all this is from when we sourced them out for MIL a few years back, but she still seems to be doing it this way. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

07-31-2007, 03:48 PM	#19
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Oh, so you're not cheap, you're a control freak. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-26-2007, 05:58 AM	#16
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Not sure where to buy 'em (prolly get 'em online) but there are some International call cards for mobile phones. They look somewhat cheaper than hotel rates.

07-31-2007, 11:35 AM	#18
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Well, what happened was that the people she's travelling with rented a phone from Verizon. (We investigated a rental, but at $30/week it didn't seem worthwhile for what we needed it for.) Cost: Outgoing calls to the US, $1.60. Incoming calls, free. So she borrows their phone, calls us, hangs up before we answer, we see the caller ID, and call her back on the Philadelphia-area mobile number (which forwards to the one in the UK).

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