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From: Mr X on 9 Mar 2010 07:38
What's the cheapest way to do this? Vodafone charges 75p connection, but
won't apply Vodafone family.


From: Denis McMahon on 9 Mar 2010 07:44
Mr X wrote:

> What's the cheapest way to do this? Vodafone charges 75p connection, but
> won't apply Vodafone family.

Assuming you mean Australia, are you talking about a roaming UK mobile
in Australia calling a UK mobile back in the UK, or what?

I'd have thought that an Australian fixed line or prepay would be a lot
cheaper than a roamed handset for making outgoing calls.

Rgds

Denis McMahon
From: Mr X on 9 Mar 2010 09:09

"Denis McMahon" <denis.m.f.mcmahon(a)googlemail.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Mr X wrote:
>
>> What's the cheapest way to do this? Vodafone charges 75p connection, but
>> won't apply Vodafone family.
>
> Assuming you mean Australia, are you talking about a roaming UK mobile
> in Australia calling a UK mobile back in the UK, or what?
>
> I'd have thought that an Australian fixed line or prepay would be a lot
> cheaper than a roamed handset for making outgoing calls.
>
I'll only be there for a month, so I doubt a fixedline would be an option.
I'll look at Australain PAYG. Of course if I can get an ADSL connection
I'll simply Skype to Skype.


From: Brian A on 9 Mar 2010 09:15
On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:44:17 +0000, Denis McMahon wrote:

> Mr X wrote:
>
>> What's the cheapest way to do this? Vodafone charges 75p connection,
>> but won't apply Vodafone family.
>
> Assuming you mean Australia, are you talking about a roaming UK mobile
> in Australia calling a UK mobile back in the UK, or what?
>
> I'd have thought that an Australian fixed line or prepay would be a lot
> cheaper than a roamed handset for making outgoing calls.
>
> Rgds
>
> Denis McMahon
Open an account with one of the Betamax voip companies.
Use the access code from Australia.
Cost should be about 5p/min (it might say Euro5c but when you have added
the handling charge and VAT the non-VAT euro cents are about equivalent
to pence).
Choose your Betamax company here:-
http://backsla.sh/betamax
Check on their front page (before paying up) for access numbers.

If you want to use a mobile then get a SIM at a local shop. Telstra has
best coverage. It is smoke and mirrors, like BT, but you can get some
reasonable top-up deals. Also take a look at Virgin (OPTUS Network).





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From: Ian on 9 Mar 2010 10:57
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


In message <4b9642c0$0$27518$bed64819(a)gradwell.net>, Denis McMahon
<denis.m.f.mcmahon(a)googlemail.co.uk> writes
>Mr X wrote:
>
>> What's the cheapest way to do this? Vodafone charges 75p connection, but
>> won't apply Vodafone family.
>
>Assuming you mean Australia, are you talking about a roaming UK mobile
>in Australia calling a UK mobile back in the UK, or what?
>
>I'd have thought that an Australian fixed line or prepay would be a lot
>cheaper than a roamed handset for making outgoing calls.
>
>Rgds
>
>Denis McMahon

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