The second one, cleverates, I do know a little about. They are a new service and are trying to grab customer attention by charging a penny a minute for landline calls to mobiles. Its more than likely that this rate will be very short-lived and may well be gone by the new year! You dial a 0844 number from your landline, wait for the prompt and then call the mobile number, remembering to dial 00447890 instead of the usual 07890. Before anyone queries this, 07890 is only an example! No need to register with anyone, the one penny per minute charge just goes onto your existing phone bill. Darran ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 5:24 PM Subject: [access-uk] Getting your head around the cheap rate phone call business |I don't know about anyone else here, but my head spins when I try to understand the seemingly endless opportunities to save money on phone calls. I've come across two interesting sites that a few of you might care to look at. | | The first is of general interest and gives, for me, a good overview of the various methods and carriers when using VOIP and computer or hardware options. This article is at - and sorry for the long link: | | http://www.vnunet.com/computeractive/features/2146581/cheap-online-calls-cheap-talk | | The second site to catch my interest was prompted by a message to TAFN earlier today about cheap landline to mobile calls and it seems to involve a complicated process whereby you use a carrier based in another country to call a UK line, and actually involves using the UK International code as part of the process. See if you can understand it by going to: | | http://www.cleverates.com/index.php | | Well, at least that link is more managable! | | Any comments on-list or to me personally welcome. | Ray | | Personal emails: Email me at | mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx | | | ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- | ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] | ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: | ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx | ** and in the Subject line type | ** unsubscribe | ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the | ** immediately-following link:- | ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] | ** or send a message, to | ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq | | ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq