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have you thought about buying international phone cards? I used them a few times and didn't do too bad. I am planning on putting a few ££ on my virgin when we eventually move over so family can call or text us on that the only downside is also have to pay for them ringing us. We also bought a pay as you go a few years ago and kept the credit on it so got lots of $$ again for when we arrive in the US
Do you mean calling from the UK to the US or the other way around? It's much cheaper for me to call the UK from here as I have AT&T phone service, and a contract which costs me $3 a month. With that I get very cheap calls to the UK, like $5 for a call which would be $40 otherwise.
I can't get up to check my phone bill for exact cost as my cat is sitting on my lap, holding me down.
until you get your phone service, buy an international calling card and use either from other peoples phones....doesnt cost them anything or from a public phone. we found one that gives 500 minutes for the uk for just under $25. make sure thats its for the uk.
the drawback with cell phones as you have found out is that over here they charge us foor the airtime, so we pay whether we make a call or recieve a call.
I just use the web cam with built in microphone to talk to our relatives that already live in the US. We just send an email the day before to say what time we will be on line. It dosent have to be a web cam just a microphone attachment will do. Of course you both have to have internet access.:typing
apriljan
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Bought a cell phone pay as you go for the time being, no landline yet. Problem is I've just found out it's costing me 33c/min to receive calls! $10 gone in 30secs. Any advice please would be gratefully received!