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DRNewcomb · 28-07-2007, 16:05

I'll be very curious to learn what the various US international carriers and callback services will charge to call the +44937.... range of numbers.

VladS · 28-07-2007, 16:17

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Originally Posted by DRNewcomb

I'll be very curious to learn what the various US international carriers and callback services will charge to call the +44937.... range of numbers.

I have a hunch Barry @ CBW will have a very attractive callback solution for +44-7937.

MATHA531 · 07-08-2007, 15:30

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Originally Posted by VladS

I have a hunch Barry @ CBW will have a very attractive callback solution for +44-7937.

Don't be so sure about this (not that I don't like Barry and think cbw has worked real well for me until the fiasco with Liechtenstein mobiles that started in April when the price was raised from 14¢ to 29¢ and now to well over 50¢.

However, if you check the tables, you will find that calls to and from UK mobiles on cbw cost over 40¢/minute as compared to 28¢/minute from and to German and French mobiles.

One would sense they are averaging things out to the +44 mobiles with the calls to and from the Isle of Man pulling this price up (perhaps their billing tables cannot distinguish between one +44 carrier from another)...only voicestick to the best of my limited knowledge has different prices to and from +44 carriers with Orange and T Mobile being in the 13¢ range and O2 and Isle of Man being around 31¢/minute.

Unfortunately I am afraid to use voicestick for call forwarding purposes because of their inability (or refusal) to fix the problem of being charged for 5 minutes when a quick 10 second message is left in voice mail. This has been an ongoing problem unique to them that I find it difficult to believe has not been resolved despits countless e mails regarding this.

I've been able to use my verizon landline call forwarding when I've travelled away from home to various European sims....generally when in the UK I've used local sims and the rate runs around 28¢/minute...up till April to Liechtenstein mobiles it was 11¢/minute and now has shot through the roof to 41¢/minute...the question is what will at&t which is my ld carrier used when call forwarding internationally charge to either the Isle of Man.....I was hoping to find out simplyusing a call into voicemail (to set it up anyway) with the new UM+ sim but as noted elsewhere, when the phone is off I get an error message the number doesn't exist while of course if I have the phone on and let it slide into voicemail, we get the double billing whammy gsm phones are famous for and of course while in the USA I can't answer the UM+ or its over €2...and both the Estonian and Icelandic termination fees on at&t ld are absurd.

prion · 28-07-2007, 16:58

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Originally Posted by DRNewcomb

I'll be very curious to learn what the various US international carriers and callback services will charge to call the +44937.... range of numbers.

That will probably depend on them having one rate to dial uk mobiles or not. If they have one rate, then they will probably include it there.

Voiptalk (uk voip provider) charges 24 pence/min to connect to 07937 numbers.

hawkdeira · 28-07-2007, 23:35

However, with roaming the things are different. So far, 3 out of 4 operators here declared their euroroaming tariffs. Plus and Play don't mention about Channel Is/IoM so they probably consider them as parts of UK. However, Era in its roaming tariffs declared those territories explicitly as non-EU (both as origin and destination of calls).

Umm, yes! The Isle of Man and the Channel Islands are not in the UK and not in the EU . . .

Przemolog · 29-07-2007, 10:37

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Originally Posted by hawkdeira

However, with roaming the things are different. So far, 3 out of 4 operators here declared their euroroaming tariffs. Plus and Play don't mention about Channel Is/IoM so they probably consider them as parts of UK. However, Era in its roaming tariffs declared those territories explicitly as non-EU (both as origin and destination of calls).

Umm, yes! The Isle of Man and the Channel Islands are not in the UK and not in the EU . . .

And how about Gibraltar then? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibraltar#Politics says:
Gibraltar is a part of the European Union, having joined under the British Treaty of Accession (1973), with exemption from some areas such as the Customs Union and Common Agricultural Policy.

Does this mean that euroroaming tariffs apply to Gibraltar?

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DRNewcomb (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Professionist Posts: 1,465 Join Date: 27 Feb 2004 Location: Mississippi, USA Country:	28-07-2007, 16:05 I'll be very curious to learn what the various US international carriers and callback services will charge to call the +44937.... range of numbers.

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hawkdeira (Offline) Member Advanced Member Posts: 56 Join Date: 13 Jun 2005 Country:	28-07-2007, 23:35 However, with roaming the things are different. So far, 3 out of 4 operators here declared their euroroaming tariffs. Plus and Play don't mention about Channel Is/IoM so they probably consider them as parts of UK. However, Era in its roaming tariffs declared those territories explicitly as non-EU (both as origin and destination of calls). Umm, yes! The Isle of Man and the Channel Islands are not in the UK and not in the EU . . .