international calling

[neoapple]

Ok im on i think the basic ntl phone package with tv and net. Anyway how much does it cost to phone newzeland? What if i get the talk 24 unlimited plan with international calling? Or the cheapest way to phone newzeland?

Before anyone ask's no i can't use the net to talk to my mate who moved to new zeland because for one thing, there pc has not arrived yet :)

[Gareth]

Have you considered using Call18866? Checked their tariffs for calling NZ and got the following rates back...

To land lines: 2 p/min
To mobile phones: 15 p/min

I used them for calling France, and whilst obviously the quality wasn't as good as using purely BT, it was OK. You might want to give it a try to see what the quality of service is like for NZ.

ps - Oh, nearly forgot, it's free to set-up an account with Call18866.

pps - as you're on TW, this (http://www.call18866.co.uk/mobilerates.php) page might be of interest.

Hope that helps :)

[neoapple]

whats the current price to phone new zeland from a normal ntl line

[Gareth]

No idea, I'm afraid.... I use BT for my landline.

NTL have a tariff guide available here... http://www.ntl.com/home/telephone/pdf/TelcoTariff.pdf

But it's not much use as it's just an empty document :rolleyes:

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Oh, just seen that TW have a better page here (www.telewest.co.uk/html/telephone/callcosts.html). Apparently a daytime call to NZ will cost you 33½p per minute.

[gaffer_gump]

3p a min plus 6p connection. Or 20p a min and 6p connection depending on the page you are looking at :erm:, the link Gareth posted works for me.

[Graham M]

Yeah the price guide that Gareth posted works for me too :)

[Gareth]

Oh, must be a problem my end then... I get the 1st page, but nothing after that :(

[Graham M]

I get the first page then a big gap and then the main document starts.

[KaySquirrel]

You might want to consider using Dialaround (http://www.dialaround.co.uk) to lower the longdistance rates. I use them all the time to call family in Canada and France (land line) for 1p a minute from my NTL phone.

I usually don't tend to trust these 'dial our access number and then the number you want to call' type of things, but I've been using this one for about 9 months now without any issues or billing mistakes.

Their current rates are here (http://www.dialaround.co.uk/rates.php).
NZ land line: 1p/min
NZ mobile: 15p/min

There is no account to set up, either! You just call their access number and then the number you want to call. I've never had any call quality issues either, the line is just as clear as if I'd dialed direct! The charges show up on your phone bill associated to the access number dialed.

Hope this helps!

[Druchii]

SkypeOut ?

Cheap as :) And will call landlines...

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http://www.skype.com/products/skypeout/rates/all_rates.html?currency=GBP#listing-N