Hi,

I just stumbled across a 0870 service which allows you to nominate a target destination is US or Canada.

The site then assigns a UK 0870 number (make sure to note it down straight away - I didn't and had to register another one  ) which when dialled puts the call through to the US/Canadian destination.

I have given the service a good testing - it seems to work fine during peak and off-peak times; I haven't tried weekends yet....

URL is http://www.uk2me.com

Or you can call the US and Canada using www.call18866.co.uk at 1p/min

Daniel

Interesting comment on call18866 - I was thinking of trying them but was put off by the fact that you can't pay by direct debit (dd gives you much more protection than paying by card, especially if you want to cancel).

You're saying that sound quality is inferior to conventional landline services?

I get free evening and weekend calls via my wireless broadband provider, but use 18866 for all my daytime, overseas and mobile calls, as it's by far the cheapest option.  I've never had a problem with poor sound quality.

If by "the verbage" you mean the tariff message, I find confirmation of the rate I'm going to be charged a useful additional service.  What a pity other suppliers don't let you know what you're going to be paying for a call.  It would make it much easier to determine the cheapest option.