Celtictel, calling Ireland from China

Neilw · 23-02-2011 09:00AM #1

Hi all,

Bought Celtictel credit and trying to call Ireland from China, not having any joy.
List of numbers here http://www.celtictel.com/access.asp but the ones from China are not working.

Trying to dial from a hotel, to dial out is 09 + number.

These are the numbers I've tried.
China North 108007121778
China North 108007140945

Any ideas?

Thanks

mikedragon32 · 23-02-2011 10:11AM

Moved from Travel.

Funglegunk · 24-02-2011 03:37AM

Do you have access to a headset? I use Voipstunt, and I think it's bloody great.

Use it to call my family, call quality is usually the same as a good Skype call.

http://www.voipstunt.com/en/index.html

Victor · 24-02-2011 03:54AM

Its quite possible that the hotel is blocking such calls - they don't want to lose their mark-up. Internet cafes / call centres are likely to have similar blocks.

Have you tried it from a pay phone in the street or other phone?

Neilw · 24-02-2011 11:25PM

Victor wrote: »

Its quite possible that the hotel is blocking such calls - they don't want to lose their mark-up. Internet cafes / call centres are likely to have similar blocks.

Have you tried it from a pay phone in the street or other phone?

I've tried from a work phone and got the same message.

I'll try a payphone on the street to see.

I don't have a headset to use skype type calls.

simonsez · 09-07-2012 05:32PM

Neilw wrote: »

Hi all,

Bought Celtictel credit and trying to call Ireland from China, not having any joy.
List of numbers here http://www.celtictel.com/access.asp but the ones from China are not working.

Trying to dial from a hotel, to dial out is 09 + number.

These are the numbers I've tried.
China North 108007121778
China North 108007140945

Any ideas?

Thanks

have you heard of skype?

seraphimvc · 09-07-2012 11:05PM

^Hope Neilw sorted this by now. simonsez please don't necro some 1year+ old thread without good reason :pac:

simonsez · 09-07-2012 11:40PM

seraphimvc wrote: »

^Hope Neilw sorted this by now. simonsez please don't necro some 1year+ old thread without good reason :pac:

apologies not sure what necro means . had a brain fart i meant say use qq the chinese version of skype its great for uploading and communicating too

seraphimvc · 10-07-2012 12:38AM

Ye qq is very popular among chinese community. It is especially very handy since you can make a group easily.

necro as in reviving some old thread. sorry for the geek term!

simonsez · 10-07-2012 11:31AM

seraphimvc wrote: »

Ye qq is very popular among chinese community. It is especially very handy since you can make a group easily.

necro as in reviving some old thread. sorry for the geek term!

enlightened am i in the ways of the thread. I use it meself and tbh have found it to be more reliable than skype. there is an international option for English speaking, german and french users and a built in translator too. which is better geek or nerd?

seraphimvc · 10-07-2012 11:30PM

haha when talking among guys i use 'nerd' while with the ladies i will use the 'geek' lightly.

I am sure the information in the thread may be useful for some boardsie come across. Thank you and keep contributing to our little china forum

Celtictel, calling Ireland from China

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