Hi, I live in the UK and my girlfriend is going to america as part of an exchange programme for the summer.Does the cheapest/easiest way for us to keep in contact simply involve her buying any old USA pay as you go mobile phone and then me calling her via a voice over ip service? Can anyone recommend a decent one with not too much lag? Or is there a better method than this, ie: is it cheaper to register with one of those calling card companies in the UK and call using their number? This'd be great if I could use a UK mobile phone to call her and not pay through the roof?Thanks for your help!Mark.

Does your girl friend have broadband in the US? Do you have a landlinein the UK? Do you have broadband.Calling the UK is really cheap from the US with a calling card. I use it is two something cents a minute. In the otherdirection, look at Half a p a minute. They also, havea VOIP program. IDoes your girl friend have a triband? One of the better prepaidofferings comes from Their speakout wireless phones areeffectively free and the per minute rate is $US0.20 a minute. It worksnationwide in the US, and has a one year expiry. Remember that in theUS incoming calls come out of your bucket of minutes.

use broadband and skype or other Voip technique - would be free.Other way would be use - plenty of companieswho offers2p/m calls from BT or cable landlines. Calls to USAlandlines starts from 1p -beat that :)

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chancellor of the duchy of bes 21 years ago

I thought Malaysia was Calling Party Pays though? That's a very good deal for unlimited incoming if you'd have to pay for it otherwise though.

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chancellor of the duchy of bes 21 years ago

Ah- ok. I have a couple of UK SIM's for which I get free incoming calls (other person pays- their problem!) and all I have to do is make sure the number is called every 6 months. It's the ne plus ultra for those of us who don't need to make calls from the mobile for more than several hundred minutes a month.

Yes, that's not bad. The only European country I've found that has low mobile rates is Cyprus (South.) Until recently, it was a monopoly, so it's interesting it was so cheap. (I would have thought the small area and high population would make a difference there.)

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dj_webm 21 years ago

use broadband and skype or other Voip technique - would be free. Other way would be use

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- plenty of companies who offers

2p/m calls from BT or cable landlines. Calls to USA landlines starts from 1p - beat that :)

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