[MATHA531]

The rates look too good to be true but they are correct...they are not part of T Mobile UK and I odn't know the agreement between them but it is very simple...

To call the United States while in the UK if you have a T Mobile UK sim card, you first dial the number 07755 220 220 (incidentally when working with a UK mobile in the UK, to make a call to a UK number you do not dial +44 and then the number, you dial the number with a leading zero...thus a London number which might read 0207 555 1212 would be dialed exactly that way...if you were calling that number from outside the UK on a gsm mobile phone you would dial +44 207 555 1212...the leading zero functioning much the same way the lead 1 functions on a US number...it tells the switching equipment this is a UK call...also the international prefix outside the USA is 00 so to dial the USA from most anywhere in Euroope you would dial 00 1 212 555 1212 although on a mobile phone the + key stands in for the international code so on a mobile phone the number could be dialed +1 212 555 1212...to call a number in France while in Europe you would dial 0033 x xx xx xx xx although from within France the same number would be dialed with a lead 0 and no 0033...

In any event, after dialing the number 077 55 220 220, the call will go through and you start listening to a message describing the procedure..you don't have to wait for that message to be completed...as soon as the message begins you dial, say to call the USA, 001 212 555 1212 followed by the # key...you don't press send and the call goes through and it goes through very quickly and the connections seem very good and indeed the rate is what is quoted 3p/minute...you do not pay for the call to 07755 220 220 as a UK call..the total charge is just what it says 3p per minute...I use this service a great deal, for example, to call the US number 1 800 555 8355 where I can pick up baseball or football scores....what I did was program my phone with the T Mobile UK sim card for that number to 077 55 220 220 ppp (press the * key three times on Nokia phones - to get the p, not sure on other models) followed by the number 001800 555 8355 and after a message you get telling you "calls to US toll free numbers are not free if dialed from outside the United States, you will be billed at international direct dial rates if the call is answered, if you do not wish to be billed, please hang up now"...and then the call goes through and yes to repeat the rate is indeed 3p/minute...I've used it and it is true. And one other good thing about calling the USA, you pay the 3p/minute whether your're calling a landline, a US toll free number or a mobile number....you can use the same situation to call a number say in France by, after the call to the 0775.. number is answered, dialing 0033 whatever (omitting the lead zero) and in this case a call to a French landline is the same 3p/minute but a call to a French mobile would be 15p/minute.

The nice thing is that T Mobile UK has I think the cheapest rates to call other mobile numbers in the UK whether they are T Mobile UK numbers or not...all calls to non special numbers in the UK, be they mobile or landlines are 15p/minute dialed as noted above without the 0775... number.

Your skepticism is totally understandable, I was skeptical too but trust me, I wouldn't lie, it works completely as advertised.