Cheap International Telephone Calls

[Guest rjbsec]

Many of you will already know about this (may have been posted here somewhere) but for those who don't this site makes cheap international calls possible, e.g. Australia 1p per minute.

You just dial a number and when prompted dial the number you want followed by "#" and off you go - it has been checked and there are no hidden charges, 20 minutes @ 1p = 20p on the telephone bill.

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[motco]

Many of you will already know about this (may have been posted here somewhere) but for those who don't this site makes cheap international calls possible, e.g. Australia 1p per minute.

You just dial a number and when prompted dial the number you want followed by "#" and off you go - it has been checked and there are no hidden charges, 20 minutes @ 1p = 20p on the telephone bill.

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Thanks rjbsec, that looks phenomenally cheap! Why cannot BT do it?

[camerabloke]

because BT are robbers?

[amateurandy]

I use Call18866 http://www.call18866.co.uk/ and occasionally 1899.com http://www.1899.com/ .

Both have a connection charge (4p or 5p) but UK landline calls are then free at any time. International rates are pretty good too. Finally the call quality is good.

[integrafire]

The reason it is done so cheaply is that these carriers buy massive bulk lines from comms suppliers like mci worldcom. We used to install switches for them and telecomms companies would buy a slot in their rack which could handle tens of thousands of lines. Each card was about a