phoning abroad

[itszamora]

Hi guys, quick question I'd REALLY appreciate a quick answer to. Basically one of my friends on a year abroad has just lost someone and is understandably rather upset. How long can I afford to talk to her on her UK mobile from mine (bearing in mind though that she's in Italy) before I go bankrupt?

Thanks

 

[Barrel of Fun]

I don't know much about this, but my ex-flatmate used to phone his girlfriend alot, who lives in Poland. He used to buy phone cards that seem to be readily available in newsagents etc. They are quite reasonable, I think he said.

Sorry, I haven't been too much help, but I thought a reply might bring this more attention and hopefully someone who knows more about this and sorry to hear about your friends loss.

 

[itszamora]

Cheers BoF. I know texting a UK mobile is the same wherever that mobile happens to be (having numerous friends scattered across Europe this year has told me that) but I've no idea about calls.

 

[Cian]

It'll cost you the same. It'll cost HER a bankrupcy. No matter what way you call her.

 

[itszamora]

It'll cost you the same. It'll cost HER a bankrupcy. No matter what way you call her.

Yeah, that's roughly what I figured. Bloody national borders.

Cheers all the same though.

 

[Gully]

Why not trawl around the phone companies to find the one that does the cheapest tariff for calls within Europe, might be easier if you are both on the same network.

 

[NMH]

Why not call her using Skype, from your p/c?

 

[itszamora]

Why not call her using Skype, from your p/c?

Would love to but she has no internet there

 

[Cian]

Can you not get her to go to a payphone, get the number, and call it on a calling card? Could get a few hours for a tenner then.

 

[Gully]

Get her a laptop with that wifey thing, she can just find a hotspot then bingo, job's a good-un!!!

 

[itszamora]

Can you not get her to go to a payphone, get the number, and call it on a calling card? Could get a few hours for a tenner then.

Again, don't have a phonecard, going to be tricky to get hold of one at 10pm on a bank holiday and I doubt she fancies hanging out in a phone box at gone 11 in the evening in a foreign country.

 

[Cian]

Oh, I forgot your shop opening hour laws are RETARDED still... Could be a phone box in the hotel/hostel/whatever she's in.

 

[John Byrnes Mullet]

You can call from 1/2p a min.

Cheap calls to Italy

My wife uses these all the time to call abroad. There is no catch.

 

[bhaexpress]

There are some phone companies like One Tel who could help you here. You could also get a deal with Talk Talk which we use here due to the number of International calls that get made. The alternative is to use phone cards which can save a mint but the cheapest way is VOIP if you and your friend both have internet access. That way it's free withs somebody like SKYPE.

 

[culvers]

I think you can use skype or similar i have VOIPstunt and you can call fom PC to telephone, landline or mobile. Need to download it and then put credit on, but it is a lot cheaper than mobile to mobile.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Go see her instead;

http://www.bookryanair.com/skylights/cgi-bin/skylights.cgi

If the link doesn't work, its Bournemouth to Pisa return, £38 plus tax.

 

[Everest]

Send a text

 

[Raphael Meade]

use skype from your end to call her mobile.

works out cheapest by far..

 

[Boroseagull]

http://www.rebtel.com/en/Home/?bhcp=1

Try this, cheap & works mobile to mobile.

 

[NMH]

Would love to but she has no internet there

As mentioned above, you CAN call any landline, and mobile phones using SKYPE.
It's only FREE when you converse from one SKYPE computer account to another with SKYPE. To other phones it's usually a couple of pence per minute.