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Old Sep 22nd, 2004, 17:13   #1
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Making Cheap(er) Calls to India??

I'm just wondering if anyone knows of any companies that offer cheap(er) calls from the UK to India. I am regularly calling an Indian mobile and it is costing me a fortune! I am currently calling from a Telewest line, or sometimes from my own mobile (eek! so expensive!). Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks!
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Old Sep 22nd, 2004, 17:31   #2
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Old Sep 22nd, 2004, 18:42   #3
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Go to your local Asian corner shop
they alls ell phone cards to call India
I've ued them in the past as have family

If you can't find them in edinburgh come over to Glasgow and either go over to the southside to Alison street and their are loads of the shops selling them.

Im sure you'll find some shops on Great Western road in the westend as well

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Old Sep 22nd, 2004, 20:48   #4
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Go to your local Asian corner shop
they alls ell phone cards to call India
I've ued them in the past as have family

If you can't find them in edinburgh come over to Glasgow and either go over to the southside to Alison street and their are loads of the shops selling them.

Im sure you'll find some shops on Great Western road in the westend as well

Good luck
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Yup visit a few asian shops. Here in the West Midlands you can buy cards with £25 of calling credit for £12.50 and you get around 300 minutes of calling time on these cards so that is under 5 pence a minute.
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Old Sep 22nd, 2004, 21:08   #5
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try this
http://reliablecom.com/reliable/default.asp

OR

you can try calling from yahoo messenger to ur friends mobile ....dunno if that feature is available with u ...but my frnds from US does that... (i guess they might be using NET 2 PHONE card or something ...)

hope this helps u...

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Old Dec 28th, 2006, 18:21   #6
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Try here india-calling.pushline a variety cards for calling to India from abroad,also refillable cards SMS trigged calls,PC to phone and other options.
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Have a look on this website http://www.gratostel.com/etranger_fixe_qr.htm#uk

the first part is in French but all useful information is in English
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Old Dec 28th, 2006, 18:50   #8
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I use nomi call cards which give a good clear line and work out at around 12p a minute. Available from the interent and also some corner shops I think. Try 1st4phonecards.com or planetphonecards.

I saw the Post Office advertising they had cut their rates to India with their international card and it is now 8 per minute! Always found that quite good as well. Don't bother with the really cheap phone cards offering 4p a minute as I have found the quality is so bad you might as well not have bothered!

I have also used phone yahoo messenger with voice and it works ok between pc's here and in India and that is free
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