TalkTalk has Anytime for £4.49 a month plus line rental, and includes unlimited calls – at any time – to UK landlines as well as inclusive international calls.Īfter the first 12 months, the cost goes up to £5.49 a month, plus line rental. One of the simplest ways to bring down the cost of phoning abroad is to ask your landline provider if it offers an international calling package that can be added to your existing contract – or switch to a provider that does.īT's International Freedom costs £4.89 a month, covering any calls to landlines in 36 destinations including Australia, Spain, France and the US. The site tells you how much the calls will cost and you can choose the appropriate access number. For example, with Phonecheap choose the destination from a list on the website. Companies include Phonecheap, Abroadcall, TeleDiscount and .uk.
There is no need for broadband or an account, so you can use it when you want. This is a simple way of making international calls cheaply and without too much fuss and is a good option if you only make relatively infrequent overseas calls. Some home phone providers allow you to make cheap international calls from your landline by dialing a prefix (usually an 0844 number) before your call. Vonage has unlimited call packages to international numbers starting from £6.99 a month and Skype provides a range of pay-as-you-go and monthly subscriptions that allow unlimited calls to European countries from £3.99 per month, and an unlimited international package from £7.99.
VoIP to landlines can be cheaper than other service providers, too. Vonage connects a VoIP box to your broadband modem – that connects to your standard home phone to make calls in the conventional way. Skype customers can make calls directly from their computer, using a headset, and software that needs to be downloaded. "Making calls to VoIP users on the same provider – for example, Skype to Skype – is free."Ĭhoose your provider carefully because there are several offering overseas calls for next to nothing but call quality, set-up costs and connection costs can vary.
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