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Whats the cheapest method to phone a friend in OZ?

  • 24-03-2006 12:19pm
    #1
    deadfingers
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    Hi,

    Can anybody tell me what is cheapest way to make international calls to a mobile in Oz? Would it invlove going into one of those call centers in town that you see?


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  • #2
    Random
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    If you have a broadband connection use something like Skype or Google talk.


  • #3
    peeps78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 110 ✭✭peeps78


    call cards.
    because there are so many irish in oz u can get call cards that give you 4+ hours talk time for $10 all u have to pay after that is the price of a local call.


  • #4
    mel123
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    Skype..1cent a minute to any landline worldwide...u'll need broadband tho.


  • #5
    neacy69
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    dunno bout the other mobile charges but with the new vodafone roaming thing if your friend is on vodafone it only cost them €0.79 to receive a call for any length. So you ring their irish mobile on your mobile if your on billpay it'll ocst you feck all and them only .79c
    dunno if that helps.....


  • #6
    deadfingers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 181 ✭✭deadfingers


    peeps78 wrote:
    call cards.
    because there are so many irish in oz u can get call cards that give you 4+ hours talk time for $10 all u have to pay after that is the price of a local call.

    Thanks peeps. Would that work on a mobile to mobile call? I am not familiar with using call cards, the last time I used one was when you would buy one for a public phone and you would have 10 credits or so, is it different as in that you punch in a number kinda of like topping up your phone?


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  • #7
    peeps78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 110 ✭✭peeps78


    its similar to the old payphone call cards.
    its better if u call from and to a land line. u wont get the same rates if u call from a mobile. texts are fairly cheap though so text the person u want to call and ask them to go to a land line, then call them.
    the way i used to do it was pay 50 cent on a pay phone for a local call (some cards its a free phone number, but ur better off calling the local number it gets u more minutes) then dial the card number, u get asked for ur card number, it tells u the balance on ur card, then enter the number u want to call with all the prefix's. i think from oz its 011 353. but i could be wrong, as other back packers and they can tell u.


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