Poland -> Uk Calling Card

[Przemolog]

Originally Posted by snaimon

http://www.enjoyprepaid.com/enjoyprepaid/j...&to_country=289

They now have a LOCAL # with the following EZplan rates:

to UK 4.7 us cents
to UK cell 28 us cents
5 cents toll free surcharge

Local access # is:

POLAND (+4 Warshaw 470-1222

Good rates - I don't know any local calling card here that can bit them .

OT - "Warshaw" - what a horrible spelling is that? Is this the German name for Warszawa - "Warschau" spelled according to English phonetic rules ?

And as to the number itself. From mobiles it's (+4 22 470 1222 (+48 may be skipped) and from landlines it's 0 22 470 1222.

Originally Posted by snaimon

Not aware of your exchange rate but these rates do beat the rates I first reported some time ago. I would advise that rates and local accesses are subject to change.

It's basically a very good idea to provide a landline access number in Poland since it can be accessed from any phone (unlike 00800 or 0800 numbers).

As to costs of accessing the landline number. The current exchange rate is about 1 zloty = 30 US cents.

From Polish prepaid SIMs rates to landline numbers vary from 7.5 cents to 24 cents with 1/1 debiting.

From public payphones it's all more complicated.

The real cost depends on the payphone card nominal.

Cards are loaded with billing units of constant monetary value.
The unit on the 60-unit card is worth 12 cents, on the 30 unit - 15 cents and on the 15 unit - 18 cents. Each call costs the multiple of the value of units - the debiting is made in "money" intervals, not time intervals.

If the call is a local one i.e. within the same "numbering zone" (e.g from Warsaw to a 022 number), the the units are "consumed" each 2 min 13.3 secs.

If the call is a long distance one between the zones (e.g. from Gdansk - zone 58 to a 022 number), then the units are "consumed" each 49.18 secs.

So the real cost of the call is a fee per unit multiplied by the number of the time intervals (the multiple of 12, 15 or 18 cents).

The same rules apply also to all other calls (but the intervals for which one unit is enough may be different, of course )

00800 numbers and some share cost number (0801 1, 0801 2) are charged one unit per call.

Payphone cards should be sold at "recommended retail prices" 24, 15 or 9 zlotys. However those prices are guaranteed only at post offices and Polish Telecom shops. Some small retailers like newsagents often add 8-15% to the prices above.

Originally Posted by snaimon

Their original rate to Liechtenstein cells was like 12 cents. Now it has jumped to 70 cents.

70 cents from Poland? There are better deals even with direct dialing from local prepaid SIMs .