Best way to make calls via wifi whilst abroad?
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Best way to make calls via wifi whilst abroad?
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I need to make regular calls back to the UK whilst abroad. 02 don't offer any kind of packages/bolt ons for that particular country. The charge is about £1.50/minute.
The hotel has wifi, what is the best way for me to use this to make calls?
Thanks
I need to make regular calls back to the UK whilst abroad. 02 don't offer any kind of packages/bolt ons for that particular country. The charge is about £1.50/minute.
The hotel has wifi, what is the best way for me to use this to make calls?
Thanks
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what you have described is free Skype to Skype functionality - it is free, like apple face time - the recipient has to have a Skype enabled device
But you can use Skype to call PSTN (public service telephone network = landlines and mobiles)
But you have to pay - create Skype account and link a payment method to it
you can then call landlines, mobiles, and other Skype users (other Skype users are free) all over an Internet connection, wireless, 3G etc etc
You connect a call, over the hotels free wireless connection, to you're plumbers mobile phone, you pay Skype a small fee for the privilege
If your plumber has a Skype device, happy days it is free
Skype to Skype = free
Skype to PSTN = you pay a fee ( but will be less than a conventional call)
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Thanks Hodgy. I have quickly set up a Skype account and added some credit. I'll also look into buying a local sim card when I'm out there.
Cheers
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I'm not saying Skype isn't the way forward as I don't use it, yet to be introduced to it.
However Viber is very good. I speak to friends in France and Austria frequently with it. You can also message (inc pictures) through Viber too. The clarity of the call is very good, and the delay is minimal (rarely speak over the other person) which is important if it's for work purposes.
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However Viber is very good. I speak to friends in France and Austria frequently with it. You can also message (inc pictures) through Viber too. The clarity of the call is very good, and the delay is minimal (rarely speak over the other person) which is important if it's for work purposes.
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First thought would be to unlock the phone and get a local PAYG SIM card, but if there is free wifi, then something that can use that would be good.
I've not actually used Viber, though there is a gentle reminder now and then at work to use it, mainly as our parent company also owns Viber.
I've not actually used Viber, though there is a gentle reminder now and then at work to use it, mainly as our parent company also owns Viber.
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I bought an international dialling card from Tesco to call from UK to abroad on cheap. Believe me or not, a 2p a minute call still cost me a bomb because O2 charged me stupid money for merely connecting me to Tesco international dialling service. What a load of bull that 2p a minute was. O2 is a rip off service provider. I'm also going to pay Skype now for international calls. O2 can sod off.
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Thanks. The Skype thing didn't work for some reason, luckily I only put a tenner on it.
I've bought a local sim which will cost me about 25p/min rather than the 150p that o2 would charge. I had a spare unlocked phone so no problems there.
I'm not much further than countries like India etc but those really good rates don't seem to apply here.
So I'm happy with the 25p/min.
Thanks for your help.
I've bought a local sim which will cost me about 25p/min rather than the 150p that o2 would charge. I had a spare unlocked phone so no problems there.
I'm not much further than countries like India etc but those really good rates don't seem to apply here.
So I'm happy with the 25p/min.
Thanks for your help.
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Yes, that's a good idea. That saves a fortune, and O2 rip off will also also see its @rse. You can leave your O2 phone on flight mode. Or, if you want to receive texts and calls on O2 sim, it will cost you 1.50 per minute to receive as well as to call out, and texts will be .40p. Extra money for voicemail and roaming, of course. I'd switch off the voicemail and roaming, at least.
I bought an international dialling card from Tesco to call from UK to abroad on cheap. Believe me or not, a 2p a minute call still cost me a bomb because O2 charged me stupid money for merely connecting me to Tesco international dialling service. What a load of bull that 2p a minute was. O2 is a rip off service provider. I'm also going to pay Skype now for international calls. O2 can sod off.
I bought an international dialling card from Tesco to call from UK to abroad on cheap. Believe me or not, a 2p a minute call still cost me a bomb because O2 charged me stupid money for merely connecting me to Tesco international dialling service. What a load of bull that 2p a minute was. O2 is a rip off service provider. I'm also going to pay Skype now for international calls. O2 can sod off.
Or use landline, we use talk home, for africa, maybe there's a better one for other parts world
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Thanks. The Skype thing didn't work for some reason, luckily I only put a tenner on it.
I've bought a local sim which will cost me about 25p/min rather than the 150p that o2 would charge. I had a spare unlocked phone so no problems there.
I'm not much further than countries like India etc but those really good rates don't seem to apply here.
So I'm happy with the 25p/min.
Thanks for your help.
I've bought a local sim which will cost me about 25p/min rather than the 150p that o2 would charge. I had a spare unlocked phone so no problems there.
I'm not much further than countries like India etc but those really good rates don't seem to apply here.
So I'm happy with the 25p/min.
Thanks for your help.
I suppose you're near enough to their router? . Place we stayed at had free wifi haha, You had to be within ten feet of it - convenient located near the bar
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I've bought a local sim which will cost me about 25p/min rather than the 150p that o2 would charge. I had a spare unlocked phone so no problems there.
I'm not much further than countries like India etc but those really good rates don't seem to apply here.
So I'm happy with the 25p/min.
Thanks for your help.
So I'm happy with the 25p/min.
Thanks for your help.
No, Duncan. It was an 02107 number to call Tesco to begin with, then you tap in the unique pin, and then you tap in the number you're calling. According to Tesco, the connection charge is +4p, which may mean that it could be any amount but certainly no less that 4p. That's where the catch is. O2 surcharges on top.
Or use landline, we use talk home, for africa, maybe there's a better one for other parts world
As I sussed this rip off before travelling, I never used this international calling card from abroad.
People are always looking for the cheapest way to telecommunicate internationally, and Skype video calling isn't everyone's cuppa tea. It intimidates me even when my mother stares at my face to work out where my nose is; as if I'm pissed Picasso's work of Cubism art. On top of it, random freezing of the screen and lip movement not synch-ing with what one's moaning about doesn't go down well with me either. Ridiculous and annoying. Best way from abroad is what Ding has done. Buy a local sim to make it more reasonable. O2 can sod off.
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Haha
It's mostly to do strength connection I guess though
Glad you had great time in India , thought you'd been quiet.
One day I'd love to go
It's mostly to do strength connection I guess though
Glad you had great time in India , thought you'd been quiet.
One day I'd love to go
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Down load the O2 Tu-Go app.
http://www.o2.co.uk/apps/tu-go
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I have some pictures to show you. Get ready for a big post. Hope Ding won't mind on his thread.
Here we go>
This is India
..where Kali welcomes you…
…to the the home of Bhagvat-gita…
…where many villages have decorated mud huts like this one…
…where farmer women do basic cooking on their handmade mud cooker…
…and then toil hard all day in the farms…
…where buffaloes enjoy being washed under the blazing sun…
…where you can learn to milk a cow Indian stylee…
…where people dance like mad on Ravanhattha music and forget all their usual pains…
…where not just the handicraft and art but also the performing arts traditions are kept alive by generations of stunning looking people…
…where ancient palaces tell the story of their richness…
…as if you're looking at a diamond held in your hand…
…where the mind blowing love monument Tajmahal stands proud and unshaken of all the troubles this country had faced… (ironically, it was also built on the order of the invaders. Thanks to them for ordering to build something as beautiful as this on the Indian earth.)
This is the fruitful India…
…where the Indian flag has been flying with dignity for last 68 years…
Enjoy.
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Duncan, Goddess Kali is a girl, and she is a consort to God Shiva. She is a fierce form of Durga.
Basically, all Indian gods are same; worshipped in different forms. They all denote human nature and how to rise above the human nature. One can pick any form whichever one prefers, and go for it. No restrictions although different forms are worshipped as main gods in different regions of India. But even then, it's not a problem.
When I say all Indian gods are same, what I'm saying is that Bramha, the main God, whose name gives birth the name of the universe/cosmos 'Bramhanda' is actually believed to be nirakaar, and he's basically worshipped in different forms. Nirakaar means no shape and no form with eternal fluidity and infinite dimensions, for its too grand to have any known shape or form. But you know what people are like. They would want him to have some form, so he also has been given a shape and a form. He doesn't mind whichever form he's worshipped in.
About the buffalo, they milk the buffalo and sell its milk, which is drinkable by humans and other animals. It's richer in fat contents than the cow's milk, and it's more expensive to buy. Almost every Indian household buys both types of milk on daily basis and uses it.
I have a funny story about the buffalo milk. When I first came to the UK, my English husband took me to my in-laws' farmhouse. My mother in-law asked me if I wanted tea. I said- "That will be great!". She asked what milk I wanted in my tea. I said- "Any milk will do; either cow's or buffalo's". She paused, and then said- "We don't have buffalo's milk in the UK. I meant if you preferred semi-skimmed or skimmed milk". LOL we still have a laugh when we remind ourselves of my early times in the UK.
Basically, all Indian gods are same; worshipped in different forms. They all denote human nature and how to rise above the human nature. One can pick any form whichever one prefers, and go for it. No restrictions although different forms are worshipped as main gods in different regions of India. But even then, it's not a problem.
When I say all Indian gods are same, what I'm saying is that Bramha, the main God, whose name gives birth the name of the universe/cosmos 'Bramhanda' is actually believed to be nirakaar, and he's basically worshipped in different forms. Nirakaar means no shape and no form with eternal fluidity and infinite dimensions, for its too grand to have any known shape or form. But you know what people are like. They would want him to have some form, so he also has been given a shape and a form. He doesn't mind whichever form he's worshipped in.
About the buffalo, they milk the buffalo and sell its milk, which is drinkable by humans and other animals. It's richer in fat contents than the cow's milk, and it's more expensive to buy. Almost every Indian household buys both types of milk on daily basis and uses it.
I have a funny story about the buffalo milk. When I first came to the UK, my English husband took me to my in-laws' farmhouse. My mother in-law asked me if I wanted tea. I said- "That will be great!". She asked what milk I wanted in my tea. I said- "Any milk will do; either cow's or buffalo's". She paused, and then said- "We don't have buffalo's milk in the UK. I meant if you preferred semi-skimmed or skimmed milk". LOL we still have a laugh when we remind ourselves of my early times in the UK.
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They use bulls for pulling bull carts, and plough the fields with them. Most Indian farmers also have Massy-Fergusons (sp.) as well, but they do not seem to abandon their traditional practices. Farming there seems to be so methodical, timely and tidy that it makes you wonder how they sustain such heat and still be so productive.
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Ha ,you have so many deity there.
I wondered about buffulo, since they don't do that Africa - but apparently it's a different beast altogether ...
Will they bring fire into house when it gets cold , or does it get that cold
"imbahora" or something like that in Southern africa
I wondered about buffulo, since they don't do that Africa - but apparently it's a different beast altogether ...
Will they bring fire into house when it gets cold , or does it get that cold
"imbahora" or something like that in Southern africa
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