Calling USA via Mobile Phone in UK - Whats the cheapest way please?

Hi all,

I am on a 600min anytime package on my mobile phone. Are there any
operators that allow me to use my anytime minutes to phone the USA
cheaply (1-2p per min) ?

If so what is (in ypur opinion) the best?

Mant thanks
Karl

Beds wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am on a 600min anytime package on my mobile phone. Are there any
> operators that allow me to use my anytime minutes to phone the USA
> cheaply (1-2p per min) ?
>
> If so what is (in ypur opinion) the best?
>
> Mant thanks
> Karl
>
Voipfone have a service where you dial a london number and it uses the
CLID from your phone to reference your account.

As soon as you get through it gives you another dialtone to make calls
with at their usual rates. (1.1p/min for USA).

There are other services where you dial a voip mobile number, but they
are only covered by inclusive minutes on some networks.

"Beds" <owlservice@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1156756745.701129.318290@i3g2000cwc.googlegro ups.com
> Hi all,
>
> I am on a 600min anytime package on my mobile phone. Are
> there any operators that allow me to use my anytime
> minutes to phone the USA cheaply (1-2p per min) ?
>
> If so what is (in ypur opinion) the best?
>
> Mant thanks
> Karl

Try asking in uk.telecom.mobile.

Ivor

Beds wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am on a 600min anytime package on my mobile phone. Are there any
> operators that allow me to use my anytime minutes to phone the USA
> cheaply (1-2p per min) ?
>
> If so what is (in ypur opinion) the best?
>
> Mant thanks
> Karl

You could call for nearly free. With Asterisk (Trixbox would be easier)
you could setup a UK number (free from sipgate or orbtalk) to dial into
and give yourself a dialtone based on your callerID. Then you could
dial the States for up to 300 minutes a week free on the Betamax
companies. 1 eurocent/min thereafter.

You don't need a dedicated machine to do this as you could use
nerdvittles vmware version of Trixbox (on an XP machine) which comes
preconfigured with nearly all you want to do.

Not necessarily the best solution, but dead cheap.

It seems today that they have removed the 300 minutes per week of free
calls a real pain as I just added credit to get the free calls!


paul123 wrote:
> Beds wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am on a 600min anytime package on my mobile phone. Are there any
> > operators that allow me to use my anytime minutes to phone the USA
> > cheaply (1-2p per min) ?
> >
> > If so what is (in ypur opinion) the best?
> >
> > Mant thanks
> > Karl
>
> You could call for nearly free. With Asterisk (Trixbox would be easier)
> you could setup a UK number (free from sipgate or orbtalk) to dial into
> and give yourself a dialtone based on your callerID. Then you could
> dial the States for up to 300 minutes a week free on the Betamax
> companies. 1 eurocent/min thereafter.
>
> You don't need a dedicated machine to do this as you could use
> nerdvittles vmware version of Trixbox (on an XP machine) which comes
> preconfigured with nearly all you want to do.
>
> Not necessarily the best solution, but dead cheap.

It seems today that they have removed the 300 minutes per week of free
calls a real pain as I just added credit to get the free calls!


paul123 wrote:
> Beds wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am on a 600min anytime package on my mobile phone. Are there any
> > operators that allow me to use my anytime minutes to phone the USA
> > cheaply (1-2p per min) ?
> >
> > If so what is (in ypur opinion) the best?
> >
> > Mant thanks
> > Karl
>
> You could call for nearly free. With Asterisk (Trixbox would be easier)
> you could setup a UK number (free from sipgate or orbtalk) to dial into
> and give yourself a dialtone based on your callerID. Then you could
> dial the States for up to 300 minutes a week free on the Betamax
> companies. 1 eurocent/min thereafter.
>
> You don't need a dedicated machine to do this as you could use
> nerdvittles vmware version of Trixbox (on an XP machine) which comes
> preconfigured with nearly all you want to do.
>
> Not necessarily the best solution, but dead cheap.

It seems today that they have removed the 300 minutes per week of free
calls a real pain as I just added credit to get the free calls!


paul123 wrote:
> Beds wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am on a 600min anytime package on my mobile phone. Are there any
> > operators that allow me to use my anytime minutes to phone the USA
> > cheaply (1-2p per min) ?
> >
> > If so what is (in ypur opinion) the best?
> >
> > Mant thanks
> > Karl
>
> You could call for nearly free. With Asterisk (Trixbox would be easier)
> you could setup a UK number (free from sipgate or orbtalk) to dial into
> and give yourself a dialtone based on your callerID. Then you could
> dial the States for up to 300 minutes a week free on the Betamax
> companies. 1 eurocent/min thereafter.
>
> You don't need a dedicated machine to do this as you could use
> nerdvittles vmware version of Trixbox (on an XP machine) which comes
> preconfigured with nearly all you want to do.
>
> Not necessarily the best solution, but dead cheap.

eskd...@btinternet.com wrote:
> It seems today that they have removed the 300 minutes per week of free
> calls a real pain as I just added credit to get the free calls!
>

Which site? I just checked voipbuster, voipdiscount, voipstunt,
freecall and internetcalls - they ALL have the 300 minutes notice on
each page AND they all have free calls to the USA (inc mobiles). I gave
up after those 5......

Sorry it was VoipCheap that I use and it they have made all the calls
that were free 1p/Minute on their rates page

paul123 wrote:
> eskd...@btinternet.com wrote:
> > It seems today that they have removed the 300 minutes per week of free
> > calls a real pain as I just added credit to get the free calls!
> >
>
> Which site? I just checked voipbuster, voipdiscount, voipstunt,
> freecall and internetcalls - they ALL have the 300 minutes notice on
> each page AND they all have free calls to the USA (inc mobiles). I gave
> up after those 5......

eskdale@btinternet.com wrote:
> Sorry it was VoipCheap that I use and it they have made all the calls
> that were free 1p/Minute on their rates page
>
> paul123 wrote:
> > eskd...@btinternet.com wrote:
> > > It seems today that they have removed the 300 minutes per week of free
> > > calls a real pain as I just added credit to get the free calls!
> > >
> >
> > Which site? I just checked voipbuster, voipdiscount, voipstunt,
> > freecall and internetcalls - they ALL have the 300 minutes notice on
> > each page AND they all have free calls to the USA (inc mobiles). I gave
> > up after those 5......

Crikey! Sorry Eskdale. I've just been back to those sites and whilst it
says free on the start page, the rates page states 1cent/min for the UK
on all but voipdiscount. Bit sneaky imho.

paul123 wrote:
> eskdale@btinternet.com wrote:
>> Sorry it was VoipCheap that I use and it they have made all the calls
>> that were free 1p/Minute on their rates page
>>
>> paul123 wrote:
>>> eskd...@btinternet.com wrote:
>>>> It seems today that they have removed the 300 minutes per week of free
>>>> calls a real pain as I just added credit to get the free calls!
>>>>
>>> Which site? I just checked voipbuster, voipdiscount, voipstunt,
>>> freecall and internetcalls - they ALL have the 300 minutes notice on
>>> each page AND they all have free calls to the USA (inc mobiles). I gave
>>> up after those 5......
>
> Crikey! Sorry Eskdale. I've just been back to those sites and whilst it
> says free on the start page, the rates page states 1cent/min for the UK
> on all but voipdiscount. Bit sneaky imho.
>
I still like the look of the voiptalk service, admittedly you need to
pay for the calls but their Ts and Cs appear to be more reliable than
the Betamax companies.

paul123 wrote:
> > eskdale@btinternet.com wrote:
>> >> Sorry it was VoipCheap that I use and it they have made all the calls
>> >> that were free 1p/Minute on their rates page
>> >>
>> >> paul123 wrote:
>>> >>> eskd...@btinternet.com wrote:
>>>> >>>> It seems today that they have removed the 300 minutes per week
of free
>>>> >>>> calls a real pain as I just added credit to get the free calls!
>>>> >>>>
>>> >>> Which site? I just checked voipbuster, voipdiscount, voipstunt,
>>> >>> freecall and internetcalls - they ALL have the 300 minutes notice on
>>> >>> each page AND they all have free calls to the USA (inc mobiles).
I gave
>>> >>> up after those 5......
> >
> > Crikey! Sorry Eskdale. I've just been back to those sites and whilst it
> > says free on the start page, the rates page states 1cent/min for the UK
> > on all but voipdiscount. Bit sneaky imho.
> >
I still like the look of the voipfone service, admittedly you need to
pay for the calls but their Ts and Cs appear to be more reliable than
the Betamax companies.