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Originally Posted by 0700700
was the first charge for a standard landline call to the uk ? i ask because by phoning a calling card number (0208************) i can then call for less than half a pence a minute everywhere in europe
Also have you tested any calls where the differences (as in prices to call landlines and mobiles) were really obvious ??? thanks a lot
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Whilst you could do that with the calling card, there will only be pretty marginal savings on some destinations, as the variation is only about 3c for common European landlines and they will probably be a bit more on the calling card as well
eg calling in France to -
USA .206, UK .206, A .222, B .234, CZ .226, DK .222, EE .238, F .214, D .214, H .238, I .230, FL .278, NL .218, PL .230, SP .222
- these are default landline tariffs, and most but not all capital cities plus a few others eg Antwerp, Barcelona, Milan, are slightly cheaper
If your UK calling card has 0800 access (but not 08081), then the rates drop by 3.2c, but your card provider will probably charge more. The same lower tariffs apply to what they call UK VoIP, which I assume without asking yet will be SIP peering arrangements, but probably not Skype.
From UK itself, the outgoing rates are all lower, starting at 13.2c, or 0800 or VoIP from 10c. I know that some people here have UK SIP numbers, so that might interest them.
Your calling card idea could be useful for replacing the higher CallKey tariffs for foreign mobiles, or an 0871 number would be similarly priced, as I suggested.
Apart from the CallKeyOne SIM itself, their callback can be used separately, by filling in web form, sending sms or email. Then, the cheapest tariffs start at about 4.5c between landlines - all these prices are plus tax of course. I noticed that their rate for Liechtenstein has only a default of 9.52c (7.28c to a UK VoIP number) ... how to start the call though ... the sms method only calls back the number it's sent from, and Riiing's sms rate is high. If you have a facility to send email or webform, that could be useful but then you may have other VoIP possibilities anyway. I'm wondering about wap/gprs trigger possibilities as DRN has suggested before. Maybe they would consider a trigger portal number, but if they haven't so far ...and you somehow feel they wouldn't be keen to support a rival SIM.
Other VoIP providers would have similar possibilities of course. Voipfone as already mentioned has free UK 0800 numbers, VoIP peering, and some other interesting possibilities.