Request: Cheapest way to call Australian Mobile number?

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Request: Cheapest way to call Australian Mobile number?

Anyone know?

Lawdie

http://www.skype.com/

tall chapy

http://www.telestunt.ie/accessnumbers.php

Mad Mike

Its hard to beat telestunt. Call Australia for the price of a local call. I've been using them to call Australia for a number of months now and despite the dubious sounding name it works great. No need to buy a card or anything - just dial the prefix and it comes up at local call rate on your next phone bill. Occasionally you can get a duff line - but so what. At local call rates just hang up and dial again.

Bah

Does telestunt work with mobiles? I tried the US number, but I don't even get a ringing tone on meteor - the call is just dropped automatically. I've had problems with meteor before trying to ring freephone numbers - could this be the same kind of thing?

Mad Mike

From Telestunts FAQ:

Do calls made from Irish mobiles attract a surcharge?

If you are ringing from a mobile you could be surcharged by your mobile operator. This depends on your mobile operator and which tariff plan you have. We advise you to get in touch with your mobile phone provider to double check if they surcharge on calls to our access numbers. (For the customer services telephone number of your mobile phone provider click here.)

I interprete this to mean that you are at the mercy of your mobile operatore as to whether or not they alow you to ring 1890 numbers and how much they charge for them.

Bah

Mad Mike wrote:

I interprete this to mean that you are at the mercy of your mobile operatore as to whether or not they alow you to ring 1890 numbers and how much they charge for them.

Yeah, I knew it'd be up to them to charge what they want for an 1890 number... but to not even allow you make calls to 1890 numbers is a bit much. I think I'll just give customer care a call.

jm2k

Yep as expected, they're more expensive....

From Meteor website:

Free/Low call services
1800 numbers Free
1850 numbers*** 30c/call
1890 numbers** 15c/min
1891 numbers 12.5c/min

http://www.meteor.ie/makethemove/callcost_tables.html

LegacyUser

i was in one of those 5hite call centers in town, mate couldn't hear me at all, had to try another one, 5hite line too.

will try that telestunt one.

LegacyUser

ok just rang my mate in australia, on his mobile, using his mobile, with telestunt.

cost me €10 for 16 min.

so i guess it's 33c to ring an australian mobile from your landline, that kinda sucks if you don't have a landline.

they fúck you at the drive through.

Cosworth

Do what i do and Just use the phone in work

Gary

Bah

Just rang meteor to see why I couldn't get through using telestunt - apparently it's "official Meteor policy" not to allow people to use any kind of calling-card/reduced rate numbers, the more popular numbers, like Telestunt, have been totally blocked.