International Phone Calls

[sqdge]

I hope everyone is enjoying their holidays!

Does anybody out there have an opinion on what the cheapest way to phone America is? There's only one catch to this - Skype (or anything similar) is ruled out: it has to be phone-to-phone.

[Geoff]

Get a Phone to Skype adapter for this end.
Use SkypeOut for the US end.

[kearton]

I've got an account with Alpha Telecom. I can phone NZ anytime of day for a mere 3p/min (landline to landline). The only time I ever have any probs with their service is when every-man-and-his-dog is likely to be phoning and all the lines get jammed (e.g Xmas and New Years, etc)

I think their rate to USA is the same...

www.alphatelecom.com

[localzuk]

By 'anything similar' do you include all VOIP systems? So, for example, an account with Vonage with one of their Linksys adapters and a normal phone connected to it would be out of the question?

[sqdge]

By 'anything similar' do you include all VOIP systems? So, for example, an account with Vonage with one of their Linksys adapters and a normal phone connected to it would be out of the question?

I guess VOIP isn't really out of the question. I'm just aware that my girlfriend would rather be able to call me via a normal telephone without having to learn some new-fangled equipment.

Also, being a mere ICT Technician means I am not wholly able to afford an new-fangled equipment.

[russdev]

By 'anything similar' do you include all VOIP systems? So, for example, an account with Vonage with one of their Linksys adapters and a normal phone connected to it would be out of the question?

I guess VOIP isn't really out of the question. I'm just aware that my girlfriend would rather be able to call me via a normal telephone without having to learn some new-fangled equipment.

Also, being a mere ICT Technician means I am not wholly able to afford an new-fangled equipment.

Then could use skype with a skypein number she calls you on skypein number as far as she is aware she is calling a landline.


Russ

[FatLadZ]

i use 1886 from www.18866.com
they seem to be great and have been with them 3 years

[Heebeejeebee]

Also Budgetcom. I've used them for ages now and the prices seem OK.

HBJB

[localzuk]

Is it always the same person or people in the USA which are being called? If so, how about buying a bunch of the tesco phone things, send them to the people in the USA and use them? http://direct.tesco.com/promo/?id=A07008785

Ok, they need a computer turned on, but using them is just like a normal phone.