cheap telephone calls from uk land or mobile phones with tiscani,onetel, first tel, telco.
Forget about those sites that only provide details of one company Tiscani, One Tel, First Tel. This site will find you the cheapest call rate. This site is independent and lets you decide how much research you want to do yourself and provides comparative rates for the companies above. A list of web sites is also provided
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Ring FREE Tiscani - Call 0800 954 2223 and quote sign up code DM110, my account number US6CB4B261 and my name, Steve Collins, to obtain £5 free calls (I receive the same)
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There are many telecom companies that undercut British Telecom. To obtain the cheapest rates you may need to subscribe to more than one company. Based upon my recent BT bill that contained about £200 of call charges I will save around £105 based upon my advice below. However, you can save up to 89% on overseas calls.
I recommend companies where there is no up front fee. With some you can pay in arrears. However the best rates can often be obtained by paying a small deposit up front
My advice and what I now do myself is to have two separate accounts with Tiscani and First Telecom. This is not difficult and involves telephoning the numbers provided below.
Tiscani - Call FREE 0800 954 2223 and quote sign up code DM110, my account number US6CB4B261 and my name Steve Collins to obtain £5 free calls (I receive the same)
First Telecom - 0800 458 7520 and quote Account number 1553792 to receive a £5 credit for free calls.
THEN USE: -
-AXS for Overseas, National, Regional and mobile calls
-First Telecom local weekend and evening calls
Remember these rates are the same from a mobile! This is the optimum. If you think two separate accounts is too messy then join Tiscani.
Tiscani - Call FREE 0800 954 2223 and quote sign up code DM110, my account number US6CB4B261,my name, Steve Collins to obtain £5 free calls (I receive the same)
The advantage of Tiscani is that you can also take advantage of their very competitive rates for your mobile - see mobile web page at
. I have two stickers on each telephone that involve dialing a 4 digit number before dialing VERY EASY. Even allowing for BT Family and Friends these rates still offer a considerable saving. I used to obtain savings on Family & Friend numbers that I thought was good until I realised the fees BT charge for the pleasure. Family & Friends offers a 10% saving on just ten numbers and you can bet it is impossible to predict more than 3 of the most frequently used numbers.
I shall provide below details of the best rates together with a list of all suppliers
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The cheapest overall rates I have found are from Tiscani. One Tel can be competitive for certain countries such as USA (but only 1ppm better than AXS), however Tiscani is generally better for most destinations.
Pence per minute
France - fairly typical of the overseas savings achievable
Rate peak
AXS - 6 pence 78% saving
BT - 28 pence
One Tel - 7 pence
First Tel 11 pence
Telco - 13 pence
Similar savings are available for most countries for example: -
Australia 5p
Eire 6p
Germany 6p
Hong Kong 8p
Japan 8p
Sweden 5p
USA 4p
The savings are quite AMAZING
Tiscani - Call FREE 0800 954 2223 and quote sign up code DM110, my account number US6CB4B261,my name, Steve Collins, to obtain £5 free calls (I receive the same)
NATIONAL/REGIONAL - Peak
AXS - 2 pence 75% saving
BT - 8 pence
One Tel - 2.5 pence
NATIONAL/REGIONAL - Evenings
AXS - 2 pence 50% saving
BT - 4.2/4 pence
One Tel - 2.5 pence
NATIONAL/REGIONAL - Weekends
BT - 3 pence
First T - 2 pence 33% saving
One Tel - 2.5 pence
LOCAL
Peak
AXS - 2 pence 50% saving
BT - 4 pence
First Tel - 2.6 pence
Evenings
First T - 1.3 pence 13%
BT - 1.5 pence
Weekend
First T - 0.9 pence 10%
BT - 1 pence
Whilst 10% saving is equivalent to BT Family & Friends, F&F is only available on ten numbers that are pre-registered with BT. If you are a heavy weekend user e.g. internet I believe that there will be some significant changes in local call costs particularly weekend in an effort to encourage internet usage at home.
There has been a press release (7 December 1999) from BT about BT surftime that will take effect next year after Oftel have approved the proposal. - click on : - VOTE
MOBILE
Peak
First T - 15 pence 25-40% saving
BT - 20-25 pence
Evening
First T - 15 pence 17-25% saving
BT - 18-20 pence
Weekend
Telco - 7-7.5 pence
BT - 7.4-8 pence 10%
Note: BT charges 2 pence to Cellnet at the weekend. Also Orange to Orange is usually only 5 pence per minute.
If you are happy doing the research yourself the relevant info is provided below
Tiscani - Call FREE 0800 954 2223 and quote sign up code DM110, my account number US6CB4B261 and my name Steve Collins to obtain £5 free calls (I receive the same)
CONTACT
First Telecom First phone - 0800 458 7520 and quote Account number 1553792 to receive a £5 credit for free calls.( I receive the same)
First Telecom charge in 15 second increments First Telecom
Primus 0800 036 0004
charged in one minute increments after the first 12 secs
Powernet International - 0171 892 3635
charged in 30 second increments
Tiscani - Call FREE 0800 954 2223 and quote sign up code DM110, my account number US6CB4B261 and my name,Steve Collins, to obtain £5 free calls (I receive the same)
Telco
charged per 6 seconds after first 30 seconds