GIFFGAFF NOW CHARGING FOR ALL CALLS AND MESSAGES
in [UK Mobile]
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From: Steve Terry on 13 Jul 2010 20:43 "Theo Markettos" <theom+news(a)chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote in message news:gej*VlZdt(a)news.chiark.greenend.org.uk... > Steve Terry <gfourwwk(a)tesco.net> wrote: >> There may be VOIP callthroughs with 0800 access but i don't know of any, >> if there is they could offer the cheapest rates. > > That was the motivation for my earlier question in uk.telecom... 1 pound > per minute to international destinations outside their very small > selection > is just punitive. I'm happy to pay the UK call/text costs for giffgaff, > but > 60 quid an hour is just silly. > > So far I've only found a limited selection of expensive 0800-callthroughs, > or the calling card people. But I can't seem to find a price comparison > of calling cards, and they're a morass of restrictive tariffs (eg card > only > lasts 90 days, service fee per day, confusopoly of products etc etc) > Don't even look at newsagent callthrough cards they are all a rip off most steal your credit after 90 days. Although the 99p one from 99p stores is handy for emergency use Take out an account with a callthrough company, preferably Post Pay with Itemised Billing, paid by Direct Debt, such as 1899.com or lycatalk, etc. > > I'm tempted to try to set up my own 0800 callthrough via VOIP, but I need > to find somewhere that'll do a sensible PAYG for the number. I already > have a ringback system, but I suspect 3p/min for the inbound call to > mobile > isn't going to last for long. > I know of VOIP for as little as 2.5p per min to UK mobiles but not with 0800 access > > The other alternative is to use Three Skype and route everything over VOIP > (cos Three's phone charges aren't very good, even on Flat12)... but that's > a bit fiddly and doesn't leave me a lot of option if my Skype/SIP gateway > breaks. Plus I'd also need to do something about texts (Three's rate > ain't cheap, either on Flat12 or 3Pay). Are there any good internet-SMS > apps for Nokia S60v5 (Symbian or J2ME)? > I hope to be able to report soon of a new callthrough service accessible through Three Skype and Three short codes. > >> I can't recommend Giffgaff as a PAYG because of online only top ups. >> Quite absurd when they are squarely aimed at the teen market, unless >> they expect teens to borrow and register their mums Debit / Credit cards? > > You can now topup by voucher. It should be rolled out on all the major > payment networks (Paypoint etc) by now: > http://community.giffgaff.com/t5/Welcome-and-News/eVouchers-roll-out-plan/m-p/13887/highlight/true#M805 > but if there's a problem you can also use O2 topup vouchers. > Theo > That's great news i'll check it out Steve Terry -- Welcome Sign-up Bonus of �1 when you signup free at: http://www.topcashback.co.uk/ref/G4WWK |