savvysarthe Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 Hello all,I am based in the UK and my partner is based in France so our telephone charges used to be huge. That was until i found this great little numberTo call a French landline from the UK 0911 927 0 927 (then press dial) listen to the mesage then key in the landline number with the dialing code and press * - only 1p per minuteTo call a French mobile from the UK 0844 721 4 721 (then press dial) listen to the message then key in the mobile number with the dialing code and press * - only 13p per minuteTo call a UK landline from a French landline 0811 65 11 11 (then press dial) listen to the message then key in the landline number with the dialing code and press * - charged at local rate. We can now chat for hours instead of minutes...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunny Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 Thanks Savvysarthe, good to know. Also think that in the UK, BT and Sky offer free calls to France and a bunch of other European countries. There is some international plan you need to sign up for and I think they charge 5 bucks a month for the plan, with no charges for the actual calls.When my OH and I do are in different parts of the world, we talk via Skype for free to each other. The voice quality is remarkably good (as long as you are not using dial-up). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rose Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 not sure if it's practical for you but we also use MSN live... we both have webcams and laptops and we can just leave the line open for hours if we want. Quite often we'll set up the laptop at dinner time and me and my son will eat dinner with daddy when he's away... sort of virtual dinner guest. [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baz Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 [quote user="savvysarthe"] Hello all,I am based in the UK and my partner is based in France so our telephone charges used to be huge. That was until i found this great little numberTo call a French landline from the UK 0911 927 0 927 (then press dial) listen to the mesage then key in the landline number with the dialing code and press * - only 1p per minuteTo call a French mobile from the UK 0844 721 4 721 (then press dial) listen to the message then key in the mobile number with the dialing code and press * - only 13p per minute[/quote]Savvysarthe, I do not wish to knock your kind advice, but calling 0911 27 will cost 13pence for connecting just to the service provider and then 1pence per minute for the call to France. The 0844 is far better at 4pence (1pence evening & weekend) for the connection but 13pence per minute to a mobile is far too expensive. If you wish to save far greater sums you may wish to look at this site and then choose any provider in green. This is free service produced by Moneysaving Expert which I use all the time and I hope you find it useful.http://callchecker.moneysavingexpert.com/intcallchecker/franceFor mobile charges check the box under the country name.Baz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savvysarthe Posted November 25, 2007 Author Share Posted November 25, 2007 [quote user="pale pink specs"]not sure if it's practical for you but we also use MSN live... we both have webcams and laptops and we can just leave the line open for hours if we want. Quite often we'll set up the laptop at dinner time and me and my son will eat dinner with daddy when he's away... sort of virtual dinner guest. [:D] [/quote]That sounds soooo sweet, unfortunately we don't have the luxury of internet where we are yet. That's the next move Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savvysarthe Posted November 25, 2007 Author Share Posted November 25, 2007 [quote user="Baz"][quote user="savvysarthe"] Hello all,I am based in the UK and my partner is based in France so our telephone charges used to be huge. That was until i found this great little numberTo call a French landline from the UK 0911 927 0 927 (then press dial) listen to the mesage then key in the landline number with the dialing code and press * - only 1p per minuteTo call a French mobile from the UK 0844 721 4 721 (then press dial) listen to the message then key in the mobile number with the dialing code and press * - only 13p per minute[/quote]Savvysarthe, I do not wish to knock your kind advice, but calling 0911 27 will cost 13pence for connecting just to the service provider and then 1pence per minute for the call to France. The 0844 is far better at 4pence (1pence evening & weekend) for the connection but 13pence per minute to a mobile is far too expensive. If you wish to save far greater sums you may wish to look at this site and then choose any provider in green. This is free service produced by Moneysaving Expert which I use all the time and I hope you find it useful.http://callchecker.moneysavingexpert.com/intcallchecker/franceFor mobile charges check the box under the country name.Baz[/quote] Thanks Baz. I didn't know that. I'll have a look at money saving expert now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savvysarthe Posted November 25, 2007 Author Share Posted November 25, 2007 Hi Baz,Just had a check on the site. The number I recommended is on there with no extra charges for connecting. (the number i gave was for pennyphone which is on the list). However, calling a mobile can be as low as 7p so thats even better. Thanks..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolfinone Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 cheap calls from the uk bt/cable landline to france2p per minute 0844 799 0302 landline10p per minute 0871 990 0307 to a mobile in francedial the codewait for the tonedial the destination codeno connection fee24hr fixed rateno contractdolfinone@ntlworld.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Any suggestions for a cheaper way of calling an English mobile from France.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derf Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 [quote user="Harvey"]Any suggestions for a cheaper way of calling an English mobile from France....[/quote]Have a look at this site: http://www.telerabais.com/index2.php?type=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Thanks derf..that is exactly what I am looking for....cant understand how I have missed it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruddler Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Dont want to keep blowing Martin Lewis' trumpet but again from Money Saving Expert, there are several articles of interest here http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/utilities/ including using Rebtel to make free International Calls from a Mobile using your included minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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