Hi!

First I would like to apoligize if this is the wrong forum for this thread, but was not sure where to put it.
I have tried to search around for info, but i'm not really sure what I am looking for ?

The thing is I wen't to england on a holiday and met this girl who I wan't to call alot

So anyway, I thought of using skype since I had used it to call my mate in england and it was very cheap, but when I did call her it chewed up my credits much faster than when I called him.
So I looked around and found out she has a 0870 number as she lives in student accomodations in Liverpool.

Now I am from denmark so I don't know much about english phone numbers and how everything works there, so that's why I thought of making this thread.

Can anyone tell me if there is a cheaper alternative for her to get so I can call her at the lower rates with skype ? Would it be expensive for her and is there much trouble with doing it ?

I really appreciate any help I can get so in advance thank you very much!

Cheers!

Thank you so much, I will be testing it shortly, hopefully it works

Again thank you VERY much!!

KeyCom rings a bell. It's been talked about on here with regards university accommodation.

A search of this forum for keycom brings up a few hits. Unfortunately it appears KeyCom specialise in VoIP phone services (see here), which means that there probably isn't a geographical alternative. 

How much does it cost your friend to call you from her room phone to Denmark?

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I don't know. I think the info on this is at www.keytalk.net.

The only other suggestion I can think of is that you arrange to phone her on a public payphone (which have normal geographical numbers).

I've just checked and it's extortion to call internationally from a BT Payphone. To Denmark it is £1 per minute with a 10p (£0.10) connection fee and a minimum charge of 30p. 

So the first 30p will buy 12seconds.

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That's British Telecom which provides payphones in the street. BT was the public utility which ran the phones here in the UK and is now privatised.

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No, I don't know what it will cost her. Get her to check.

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I can't say for definate, but I maybe that's from a normal landline, probably a BT one. The phones in the rooms in the halls are provided by KeyCom, so she would have to find out what rates they charge.

The thing is that some of these services you mention use 0844 numbers (and other 08 non-geographical numbers). The problem with these numbers is that only BT must provide access to them at a particular rate from a normal landline, and the rate quoted is usually the BT one. It is often [more] expensive to call such numbers from other providers, although it's best to check.

I imagine that KeyCom would be quite happy to charge an arm and a leg to call these numbers as they effectively have a monopoly in the university. That is the reason they can get away with rip-off 0870 in the first place.

According to the dognbonezone site they run the Liverpool University Student Phone system.Unless there are two places in Liverpool of University status,or there are 2 seperate suppliers.

www.dognbonezone.com

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But you said it cost you (the equivalent of) 15.5p/min! Are you confused with £s and pence? 9p is 9pence, that's £0.09.