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From: Steve Terry on 11 Mar 2010 11:04 "Ian" <nospam(a)nospam.wolvertonrail.co.uk> wrote in message news:lxR9iCvXU2lLFwZi(a)amicro.co.uk... > In message <hn652m$fq8$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Steve Terry > <gfourwwk(a)tesco.net> writes >>"Ian" <nospam(a)nospam.wolvertonrail.co.uk> wrote in message >>news:siKPWIh7$mlLFw5L(a)amicro.co.uk... >>> When I visited Australia late last year, I put a telstra mobile SIM in >>> my >>> UK mobile and used an Australian skype call through number to regularly >>> call back to the UK. The Australia part of the call came out of the >>> inclusive telstra minutes and the Skype part out of the monthly >>> subscription (which could have been PAYG if I'd have so chosen). The >>> call >>> quality was excellent. I also have the Fring skype client on the mobile >>> & >>> could have used that instead but the call quality was awful.. >>> >>> Being "belt-and-braces", I also had a UK VF SIM with VF passport (75p >>> connection charge) as backup but did not use it. Since the demise of >>> 3-like-home, the roaming costs of calling back to the UK using any UK >>> operator other than VF are very expensive. >>> Best Regards... >>> Ian >>> >><snip top post> >>> >>But you could buy a 3 Oz Skype PAYG and Skype back to the UK >>http://www.three.com.au/ > > I do not agree. There was a very good reason for me using a telstra SIM. > The coverage is far, far superior to 3 which is not very good. I know > because I have been there before with a 3 SIM, both UK contract (the > erstwhile 3-like-home service) and a local 3 SIM. > > The criteria was cheapest calls Oz to UK Nothing cheaper than free Afterwards you could bring the phone back and unlock it Steve Terry -- Get a free Three 3pay Sim with �2 bonus after �10 top up http://freeagent.three.co.uk/stand/view/id/5276
From: Ian on 11 Mar 2010 13:11 In message <hnb4al$unh$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Steve Terry <gfourwwk(a)tesco.net> writes >"Ian" <nospam(a)nospam.wolvertonrail.co.uk> wrote in message >news:lxR9iCvXU2lLFwZi(a)amicro.co.uk... >> In message <hn652m$fq8$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Steve Terry >> <gfourwwk(a)tesco.net> writes >>>"Ian" <nospam(a)nospam.wolvertonrail.co.uk> wrote in message >>>news:siKPWIh7$mlLFw5L(a)amicro.co.uk... >>>> When I visited Australia late last year, I put a telstra mobile SIM in >>>> my >>>> UK mobile and used an Australian skype call through number to regularly >>>> call back to the UK. The Australia part of the call came out of the >>>> inclusive telstra minutes and the Skype part out of the monthly >>>> subscription (which could have been PAYG if I'd have so chosen). The >>>> call >>>> quality was excellent. I also have the Fring skype client on the mobile >>>> & >>>> could have used that instead but the call quality was awful.. >>>> >>>> Being "belt-and-braces", I also had a UK VF SIM with VF passport (75p >>>> connection charge) as backup but did not use it. Since the demise of >>>> 3-like-home, the roaming costs of calling back to the UK using any UK >>>> operator other than VF are very expensive. >>>> Best Regards... >>>> Ian >>>> >>><snip top post> >>>> >>>But you could buy a 3 Oz Skype PAYG and Skype back to the UK >>>http://www.three.com.au/ >> >> I do not agree. There was a very good reason for me using a telstra SIM. >> The coverage is far, far superior to 3 which is not very good. I know >> because I have been there before with a 3 SIM, both UK contract (the >> erstwhile 3-like-home service) and a local 3 SIM. >> >> >The criteria was cheapest calls Oz to UK >Nothing cheaper than free > >Afterwards you could bring the phone back and unlock it > Except it's not a lot of good being free if it doesn't work reliably is it? And I did try skype on 3 when down under. Ian -- Ian King, wolvertonrail.co.uk, transport video suppliers since 1987. remove the nospam and put my name before the at to reply
From: Mr X on 13 Mar 2010 06:55 "Ian" <nospam(a)nospam.wolvertonrail.co.uk> wrote in message news:siKPWIh7$mlLFw5L(a)amicro.co.uk... > When I visited Australia late last year, I put a telstra mobile SIM in my > UK mobile and used an Australian skype call through number to regularly > call back to the UK. The Australia part of the call came out of the > inclusive telstra minutes and the Skype part out of the monthly > subscription (which could have been PAYG if I'd have so chosen). The call > quality was excellent. I also have the Fring skype client on the mobile & > could have used that instead but the call quality was awful.. > I didn't need to do it in the end. Turns out the place I'm staying as broadband so I'm just skyping back to the UK. At 14p/min it's dear for mobiles but all landline calls are in my Skype unlimited package as long as I use VPN to give myself a UK IP.
From: Ian on 13 Mar 2010 09:53 In message <hnfugs$1o5$1(a)news.ox.ac.uk>, Mr X <invalid(a)invalid.com> writes > >"Ian" <nospam(a)nospam.wolvertonrail.co.uk> wrote in message >news:siKPWIh7$mlLFw5L(a)amicro.co.uk... >> When I visited Australia late last year, I put a telstra mobile SIM in my >> UK mobile and used an Australian skype call through number to regularly >> call back to the UK. The Australia part of the call came out of the >> inclusive telstra minutes and the Skype part out of the monthly >> subscription (which could have been PAYG if I'd have so chosen). The call >> quality was excellent. I also have the Fring skype client on the mobile & >> could have used that instead but the call quality was awful.. >> >I didn't need to do it in the end. Turns out the place I'm staying as >broadband so I'm just skyping back to the UK. At 14p/min it's dear for >mobiles but all landline calls are in my Skype unlimited package as long as >I use VPN to give myself a UK IP. Now that's interesting. For part of our trip down under, we stayed with our Aussie friends who have broadband so I just used skype on my laptop to call back home when staying with them. I did upgrade to skype worldwide for the duration of the trip so that's probably why it worked (i.e. using an AU IP) without affecting the skype payg credit.. (as a backup to that I have SIP VOIP as well but other than testing it just see if it would work OK while out there, I didn't use it) Best Regards... Ian -- Ian King, wolvertonrail.co.uk, transport video suppliers since 1987. remove the nospam and put my name before the at to reply
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