Ok – now phone prices are getting silly. Using a service I found two days ago called Telediscount, my parents can call me when I’m in holiday in Japan at a cheaper rate (1p per minute) than when I’m only 12miles away from them in the UK (around 2-5p per minute.
It was bad enough that I can now could call the States for 10p per minute via Komtel, but with Telediscount – 1p per minute?!?
Somebody please explain to me how it can be cheaper to make a transatlantic international phone call than it is to call the house next door? (NTL charge me a minimum of 1p per minute off peak, 2p on peak for local calls – US calls via Telediscount’s 0844 8 610 610 number are 1p per minute at ALL times!). And, no, you don’t need to “sign up” to telediscount or anything – just start calling.
Scary innit!
Oh – it gets better, using their 0911 50 101 50 “Premium rate” number (15p per minute) – I can call UK mobile numbers at, I believe, less then the rate the mobile phone operators charge the network(s) for terminating call charges.
Cheap telephone (phone) calls ahoy!
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This web site is offering a new service along these lines. By dialing their phone numbers they make international calls as cheap as national ones.
It is a great service – it save me money on all my calls home.
Hi guys, I have been using CHIC for ages especially 0911 50 101 50, it is suppose to cost me 15p/min..but my last month bill was charged in completely different rates on this number and I don’t understand it at all..for example 1min and 30 sec costs me £3.50 and if I call two min later the same time costs me 1.05 I’m confused……………..What is going on?What can I do about it?
Hi Martina,
I would call the provide of the telephone line (i.e. who bills you – such as BT) as it’ll probably be a billing issue on their end. According to UK Phone Info ( http://www.ukphoneinfo.com/cgi-bin-Phones/nng?GNG=0911+50+101+50&Submit=Submit ) calls should be 15p per minute: if they aren’t, it’ll be your telephone provider which is billing incorrectly.
Hope it helps!