OK, my girlfriend lives in Hong Kong. What's the cheapest way of calling her by phone? Anyone have any ideas? I currently use either BT Cellenet or NTL to call her mobile.

Any savings can help me pay for the air tickets.

Buzz

 

You'll obviously have to check out the rates, but I use

 

Cheers Dave I'll have a look.

Buzz

 

I use a place called Communications Direct

0800 970 2000

I have just checked and they charge 7p/min for HongKong.

I only use them to call USA and Australia.

You basically charge up your account and they give you an id. Then you ring a freephone no. and type in your id, it then says "connecting" and you dial as normal.

You can nominate a home no. and then when you call their no. using it it automatically goes to "connecting" without any id entry.

You can save a couple of frequently dialled numbers as well - like a speed-dial.

I have been using them for almost 2 years (since about June/July 1999) and they have been fine.

Check around and get the best rates.

 

Hi,

I have been using

 

I use Planet Talk at home to call the USA and OneTel at work for business. Both very reliable, I managed to get a Planet Talk line to the USA over the millenium new year moment no problem from a mobile :-)

Customer service / billing is reliable too, no issues so far.

 

Have a look at

 

Just had a letter through the door today with all the rates on it for

 

You're all wrong. The cheapest way to call overseas, mobiles etc is to use the telephone on your desk at work...

 

I used one.tel, and am generally happy, but beware that the cheap rates are to landlines. Calls to mobiles are a different category - still cheaper than bT but a step or two up from their landline charges.

BTW I used to use AXS, now Liberty Surf, but they kept messing up the accounts so I left them.

BJH