Free international calls

ngazidja · 16-08-2009, 12:15

All my friends in Europe have broadband/phone/tv packages that give them free international calls (possibly not everywhere, but certainly within Europe). I can't find anyone in the UK who offers this - Virgin offer an international package, whereby you pay an extra £1.50 for international calls (but still have to pay for the calls! And more expensive than Skype - what's the £1.50 for???). O2 doesn't seem to offer phone, BT and Orange also just national.

Any suggestions, or am I living in the wrong country?

webcrawler2050 · 16-08-2009, 12:19

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Originally Posted by ngazidja

All my friends in Europe have broadband/phone/tv packages that give them free international calls (possibly not everywhere, but certainly within Europe). I can't find anyone in the UK who offers this - Virgin offer an international package, whereby you pay an extra £1.50 for international calls (but still have to pay for the calls! And more expensive than Skype - what's the £1.50 for???). O2 doesn't seem to offer phone, BT and Orange also just national.

Any suggestions, or am I living in the wrong country?

if you are happy to stick with VOIP - Vonage do a pretty good international deal..

ngazidja · 16-08-2009, 12:29

Thanks for the suggestion, but Vonage charge US$25 for unlimited calls to 5 (count 'em) European countries (and not the ones I want), Skype charges £3.95 for 20 countries...

And in any case, I need the broadband and the line rental, too.

**Kymmy** · 16-08-2009, 12:38

Orange then... (can't believe I just said that!!!)

Orange DSL Max product includes an Orange hub with VoIP telephone socket, They have international calls free and I last used it when the mother-in-law was touring Australia (was a shock to her to get UK phone calls to each HOtel for update

)

ngazidja · 16-08-2009, 12:39

Or perhaps not the line rental... anyone apart form Virgin offer cable in the uk?

**Kymmy** · 16-08-2009, 12:41

Only in certain parts of the UK.. and only tend to be in non-VM areas

ngazidja · 16-08-2009, 13:38

Are you going to tell me who...?

---------- Post added at 13:38 ---------- Previous post was at 12:43 ----------

Hee, hee, hee, just called Orange to find out about their broadband, got the standard menu, "push 1 to buy a package, push 2 if you're already a customer," etc. I pushed 1: "Thank you for calling Orange. Goodbye". Now that's what I call customer service!

webcrawler2050 · 16-08-2009, 13:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by ngazidja

Are you going to tell me who...?

---------- Post added at 13:38 ---------- Previous post was at 12:43 ----------

Hee, hee, hee, just called Orange to find out about their broadband, got the standard menu, "push 1 to buy a package, push 2 if you're already a customer," etc. I pushed 1: "Thank you for calling Orange. Goodbye". Now that's what I call customer service!

Get in! good ole VM

Turkey Machine · 17-08-2009, 21:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by ngazidja

Are you going to tell me who...?

---------- Post added at 13:38 ---------- Previous post was at 12:43 ----------

Hee, hee, hee, just called Orange to find out about their broadband, got the standard menu, "push 1 to buy a package, push 2 if you're already a customer," etc. I pushed 1: "Thank you for calling Orange. Goodbye". Now that's what I call customer service!

I tried to talk to a person the other day by mashing the keypad. Orange's telephone system is broke completely. You just don't get to talk to a person.

nutellajunkie · 06-09-2009, 22:50

just like most of them.. but thats OT.