calling Thailand mobiles

[kingdeacon]

I have a couple of friends that live in Thailand and we call each other quite alot. at the mo i call on my tesco internet phone to there mobile phone in thailand, this was costing 6p per minute which i thought was amazing. anyway for some reason its costing more and £10 goes in 30 mins or so now. so i been wondering what it would cost to call with my virgin land line? is it going to be crazy high like £1 a minute
thanks
rob

[Chris W]

if you have a contract mobile call 07744 200 007 and use that for calling thai mobiles. I use it on tmobile- it only costs you free minutes, or if you have used them all the price of x-network minutes.

Tmobile have, however, text me today saying they are going to charge 12p/min for calls to 07744 numbers from 1st June

No idea how much it would cost from the virgin landline though

[kingdeacon]

oh never knew that, sounds good. can you do that from a land line i wonder?

[Chris W]

if you have dont have inclusive mobile minutes to use, from a landline use

0844 790 0202

it should cost you 2p/min

[dcclanuk]

Originally Posted by Chris W

if you have dont have inclusive mobile minutes to use, from a landline use

0844 790 0202

it should cost you 2p/min

FROM A LANDLINE!
1p/min
0844 861 2121


http://www.0844calls.co.uk/index2.php

[SnoopZ]

You might also want to consider using a phone card, try http://www.1st4phonecards.com/

[dcclanuk]

Originally Posted by SnoopZ

You might also want to consider using a phone card, try http://www.1st4phonecards.com/

I HATE phonecards! The main reason is that they dont give u the advertised mins! it ends up much more expensive!

With 0844 calls and free mobile access no's, the price is fixed/free! The only downside is that u lose ur connection fee if the call isnt connected, which only happens rarely!

[SnoopZ]

Originally Posted by dcclanuk

I HATE phonecards! The main reason is that they dont give u the advertised mins! it ends up much more expensive!

With 0844 calls and free mobile access no's, the price is fixed/free! The only downside is that u lose ur connection fee if the call isnt connected, which only happens rarely!

I used them for a year or so and always got the minutes when i was using them, and i used to be on the phone for hours.

When i was doing it though i wasn't aware of this 0844 site though so it was my only option. I thought i heard on this site somewhere that Virgin where going to stop people using 0844 though?

[dcclanuk]

Originally Posted by SnoopZ

When i was doing it though i wasn't aware of this 0844 site though so it was my only option. I thought i heard on this site somewhere that Virgin where going to stop people using 0844 though?

I hope they dont!... it would just be another reason to move to BT/SKY!
BT cant block the 0844 no's due to regulations! It would be silly if VM did this! No one in their right mind would call directly from VM/BT unless it was an emergency!

[kingdeacon]

Originally Posted by dcclanuk

FROM A LANDLINE!
1p/min
0844 861 2121


http://www.0844calls.co.uk/index2.php

wow! 1p a minute is amazing! thanks for that link

[macr59]

All VM Call charges go here

http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html...rnational.html

[kingdeacon]

has anyone else been using www.0844calls.co.uk ? i have quite alot in last week or so. getting a tad worried, what if its a scam and its a £1 a minute or somthing silly, 1p a min to call a mobile in thailand seems to good to be true!
is there a way i can find out my bill before it comes?

[wtaylor82]

rates to 0844 belong to a local distance band rather than a higher distance band.

The Number 08448612121 belongs to the band g8 according to BT's NCIP mapping

e.g. for the telecoms company i work for the rate is:0.00869

not a higher rate