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Topic: Calling to the UK from the USA.....$??????
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LEXX
Moderator Posts: 996
From: Still out looking for Schrödinger's cat.........& LEXIGRAMMING... is my Passion!
Registered: Jan 2008
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posted July 16, 2008 05:14 PM
 
Anyone here have any advice and or experience with doing this?Calling
Texting
Landline
Cell Phone Looking for cheapest way to do this!
Thanks!
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Azalaksh
Moderator Posts: 6938
From: New Brighton, MN, USA
Registered: Nov 2004
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posted July 16, 2008 05:46 PM
Hi LEXX  I haven't tried this one, but a friend of mine in Florida has:
http://www.jajah.com/ If your computer can handle the software and you can lay your hands on a headset, gtalk (or one of those) is the way to go: http://www.google.com/talk/ InLoveWithLife talks to her Mom and sister in India every day that way (for free!!)..... IP: Logged |
writesomething
Moderator Posts: 1714
From: meet me in montauk
Registered: May 2006
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posted July 16, 2008 06:10 PM
I will email you info.IP: Logged |
Isis
Knowflake Posts: 1967
From: CA
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted July 16, 2008 09:15 PM
www.skype.com PC to PC calls are free anywhere in the world. PC to landline calls are really low...to mobiles, it just depends on whether their mobile company has a mobile termination fee. IP: Logged |
Aphrodite
Knowflake Posts: 5018
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Registered: Feb 2002
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posted July 16, 2008 10:12 PM
Skype is awesomeIP: Logged |
LEXX
Moderator Posts: 996
From: Still out looking for Schrödinger's cat.........& LEXIGRAMMING... is my Passion!
Registered: Jan 2008
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posted July 16, 2008 10:25 PM
OK....
we want to send and receive TEXT from the web to and from a UK mobile.
Is that possible?Thanks for the advice so far!
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BlueTopaz124
Knowflake Posts: 1426
From: Portland, OR
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted July 16, 2008 10:30 PM
I was going to suggest Skype too.IP: Logged |
Aphrodite
Knowflake Posts: 5018
From:
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted July 16, 2008 11:39 PM
I just did texting from yahoo IM to my cell phone, to and from. It works. But I pay for a bundle every month for texts from t-mobile, $4.99 for 200 texts. IP: Logged |
Geocosmic Valentine
Knowflake Posts: 848
From: New York, NY
Registered: Sep 2007
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posted July 18, 2008 12:50 PM
Hi LEXX,If your friend in the UK has their cell phone set up to receive the text information from their Skype account, then yes. You can send text messages via Skype to that person's cell phone. If it's your own cell phone, I believe it's free, but you have to find out from Skype. The only thing about Skype is that you don't get a whole lot of information from them before you sign up and you might feel like - why am I signing up for some service that doesn't provide a lot of information up front? That's how I felt, but they have turned out to be an EXCELLENT service to have. I have used it as a long distance phone service through my PC for astrology clients all over the world from Ireland to South Africa. FREE! They are fabulous, I highly recommend them. If you are in the states and you want to speak to Canada, there is a charge of about 2 cents to 5 cents a minute or something like that, but the IM service through them to Canada is free. Geocosmic Valentine ------------------
"Everybody is a star!"
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Jugular
Knowflake Posts: 123
From: New York, NY, USA
Registered: Jan 2008
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posted July 20, 2008 10:19 AM
I go to uniontelecard.com and purchase a Mega Clean or Purple card, depending on which country I want to call. China and Israel are economical (very) using those cards, and I believe there's still no monthly service charge taken off. IP: Logged |
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