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MATHA531 · 26-07-2007, 18:02

Well, not to knock a good thing as it is better in some senses with the absurd termination fees to Liechtenstein mobiles...however

On both the receiving end and the making call end, it is nowhere near as good as we had it last year.

Last year at this time, I could use my AT&T and verizon callforwarding accounts to forward calls from my landline to the +423 account for $0.11/minute...that has been raised to $0.43/minute...calls to UK mobiles via this method are $0.28/minute which is obviously better than current Liechtenstein rates but nowhere near as good as last year. But it's not terrible (that is provided the calls to the new number are billed as UK mobile calls!)

However, to make calls...well last year with cbw I could make calls from anywhere in Europe back to the USA for the abovementioned $0.14/minute with the 6 second timing intervals...it is interesting to note, as I have said before, that calling via cbw (and enlinea) is now well over $0.40/minutes to the US from UK mobiles which is much more than German and French mobiles...as I said I wonder if part of this is the Isle of Man mobiles. As I said also, I never really cared that callbackworld and enlinea rates were very high on UK mobiles as there are enough cheap alternatives to call home from the UK for as little as 4p/minute without worrying about other services (actually right now I have sprung for the Orange Abroad at 5p/minute)...I am in the UK frequently so that is a partial solution.

My friend has been in Europe and has been using O9 along with enlinea and that is still working very well...calls from Europe to the USA are running about 16¢/minute (US) with the 6 second interval....he is also using an enlinea US toll free number at the same rate to the Icelandic sim at the same rate and of course that can be forwarded off his US mobile or if need be off the US landline. The only problem a major hole in O9 coverage is Switzerland. Here's hoping the Icelandic number does not suffer the same fate as Liechtenstein.

Even kall8 rates to UK mobiles are very high. Voicestick is somewhat lower at 31¢/minute for the higher priced UK mobiles (at 13¢ for Orange UK mobiles as well as T Mobile UK mobiles as I remember)......but of course we all know the big problem with voicestick is your credit quickly becomes history if a call goes into voicemail as there is something dreadfully wrong with their system that they refuse to fix (even if you hang up, the clock keeps running).

Anybody know of any call through services preferably with US toll free numbers to UK mobiles that are pretty low that would help ease the financial strains this is putting on me and protect me if and when O9 rates go sky high or when I'm in Switzerland?

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MATHA531 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Specialist Posts: 869 Join Date: 15 Oct 2004 Country:	26-07-2007, 18:02 Well, not to knock a good thing as it is better in some senses with the absurd termination fees to Liechtenstein mobiles...however On both the receiving end and the making call end, it is nowhere near as good as we had it last year. Last year at this time, I could use my AT&T and verizon callforwarding accounts to forward calls from my landline to the +423 account for $0.11/minute...that has been raised to $0.43/minute...calls to UK mobiles via this method are $0.28/minute which is obviously better than current Liechtenstein rates but nowhere near as good as last year. But it's not terrible (that is provided the calls to the new number are billed as UK mobile calls!) However, to make calls...well last year with cbw I could make calls from anywhere in Europe back to the USA for the abovementioned $0.14/minute with the 6 second timing intervals...it is interesting to note, as I have said before, that calling via cbw (and enlinea) is now well over $0.40/minutes to the US from UK mobiles which is much more than German and French mobiles...as I said I wonder if part of this is the Isle of Man mobiles. As I said also, I never really cared that callbackworld and enlinea rates were very high on UK mobiles as there are enough cheap alternatives to call home from the UK for as little as 4p/minute without worrying about other services (actually right now I have sprung for the Orange Abroad at 5p/minute)...I am in the UK frequently so that is a partial solution. My friend has been in Europe and has been using O9 along with enlinea and that is still working very well...calls from Europe to the USA are running about 16¢/minute (US) with the 6 second interval....he is also using an enlinea US toll free number at the same rate to the Icelandic sim at the same rate and of course that can be forwarded off his US mobile or if need be off the US landline. The only problem a major hole in O9 coverage is Switzerland. Here's hoping the Icelandic number does not suffer the same fate as Liechtenstein. Even kall8 rates to UK mobiles are very high. Voicestick is somewhat lower at 31¢/minute for the higher priced UK mobiles (at 13¢ for Orange UK mobiles as well as T Mobile UK mobiles as I remember)......but of course we all know the big problem with voicestick is your credit quickly becomes history if a call goes into voicemail as there is something dreadfully wrong with their system that they refuse to fix (even if you hang up, the clock keeps running). Anybody know of any call through services preferably with US toll free numbers to UK mobiles that are pretty low that would help ease the financial strains this is putting on me and protect me if and when O9 rates go sky high or when I'm in Switzerland?