Quote:I agree it appears to be confusing. However, if you look at the yearly pre-pay option it does clearly say:
Quote:unlimited UK geographic local and national calls for just £79.99 per year?
The freetalk one year calling plan liberates you from expensive traditional phone charges and allows you to make unlimited UK geographic, local and national calls for a flat rate of £79.99 for an entire year. See below our low rates for calls to mobiles, non-geographic numbers and international calls.
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That looks pretty clear to me. You ARE going to pay for all 0870 / 0845 calls separately. That is also the case with all the other VoIP providers in the UK - and hence my frequent comment that VoIP really is almost a non-starter whilst this revenue sharing continues. I think other people have computed how much extra it is likely to add to your overall bill.
How different it is here in the US where I am paying $14.00 (about £8.00) per month for a VoIP service (6 months prepaid) with 500 minutes of ALL calls to the US and Canadian numbers (except 1-800, of course - they are still free); 2c /min to the UK (geographic numbers only, of course!!); 3c to Australia; no surcharges or other fees; free adapter.....
Yes, 12 months at £8.00 / month is dearer than Dixons £80.00, but I have certainty - I
ONLY pay extra if (a) I go over the 500 minutes per month or (b) I make International calls. No hidden scams here!!
...and BTW, I also have 911 service (999 to you....
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