What mobile phone plans do you use that cover UK/USA??

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Here is what we do.  He uses his landline and an international phone card to talk to me all the time on my landline.

He is currently using Vodaphone mobile.

In the USA we do not have Vodaphone.  We would like to be able to do this more inexpensivley and have a texting and international calling plan..  Does any USA provider connect or work with Vodaphone so we could establish a family plan?
It needs to be more inexpensive than using a calling card from the landline.

Skype is out.  I do not have a microphone or a video cam....  Also Skype sounds horrible over the phone!  Sounds like a tin can!

Do you have any suggestions of providers for UK-Yankee phone calls?

(or is actually calling from a landline with phone cards actually cheaper in the long run??)

thanks.

If you guys can, I would love to find the answer out to this question about communication. 

He's calling me tonight and I want to talk to him about new phone plans..

any suggestions?

I just use At&T with an international plan, but go to Rebtel.com. Loads of people on here have used it and I think you can call for free or a reduced rate that's better than a phone card. Hope this helps!

We have TalkTalk as our home phone provider in the UK to call my family.  We pay under £20 / month for home phone and internet.  It is a VOIP provider, but for the most part the phone calls are no better or worse than my family calling me.  In my plan it includes "unlimited" calls to the states as long as the calls are no longer than 60 minutes. 

If he already has BT or Sky as his home phone provider he may want to consider getting the "International Freedom" Plan added to his current plan, which includes "unlimited" 60 minute calls to the US for an additional £5 per month.  Much cheaper than buying phone cards if you're making regular calls.   

I have a Flext contract with T-Mobile (UK) - they've recently changed Flext plans to be able to use your credit bank to call and text internationally (yes, including the USA) without incruing excess charges!  However, I must say that T-Mobile UK is pants for media messages (pictures) to US networks - they just don't work as it's not reciprocated, so I just send text to their email addresses with pictures in them.   

I know O2 have a "My Country" Tarrif for Pay & Go customers that includes x amount of free minutes to call the states from your mobile each month as long as you top-up the minimum amount...

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My grandmother has WoW (Wide Open West) in the US for her cable and home phone...  My brother got her set up on there for something like £99 a month and it's supposed to include an international call package as she calls her family in Germany (and used to call my grandfather's family in Italy) frequently.

We have a T-Mobile (US) Sim card that we use whenever we visit the states, however I was informed by T-Mobile US that they have a fatal error with connecting to Vodafone (which is my husband's provider), so the whole time we were in the states last I was unable to text him, but I could call him (however he still had to pay his extortionate rates for being abroad).

Hopefully someone else will be able to help you out with texting or calling from a US mobile, but I know all my family are on Verizon Wireless and get charged to receive (20 cents) and send (25 cents) International Texts, as Verizon will not include them in a bundle and International calls are extortionate as well...   

Good luck sorting it all out!

My fiance and I use Vonage. At first we both got phones, but now we are down to one because he was the one calling me anyways. 7 GBP per month unlimited calls to US landlines and cell phones. We love it and its SUPER cheap.

My fiance and I use Vonage. At first we both got phones, but now we are down to one because he was the one calling me anyways. 7 GBP per month unlimited calls to US landlines and cell phones. We love it and its SUPER cheap.

The only fault with Vonage is that in the UK you cannot have home broadband without already having a home phone, so the £7 is in addition to your home phone and broadband services that you already pay.  Unless you go with getting a wireless internet dongle, but then you'd be paying through the teeth for wireless internet...   

http://www.vonage.co.uk/index.php

Hi there,

International calling cards and their website equivalents are the cheapest way to make international calls from a UK mobile.

I currently use youcallworld.com for which I prepay £10 and calls to the USA both landline and Cell numbers is 1 pence / minute. I can access the service from my O2 phone and my included minutes mean I effectively get the UK access to their service for free.

I find that I can make calls from home as I can register my UK landline to the service and of course from my UK mobile.

The access number in the UK is a geographic 0121 number so will be included in any free minutes your better half has on his Vodafone tariff.

Cheers, DtM! West London & Slough UK!

The only fault with Vonage is that in the UK you cannot have home broadband without already having a home phone, so the £7 is in addition to your home phone and broadband services that you already pay.  Unless you go with getting a wireless internet dongle, but then you'd be paying through the teeth for wireless internet...   

http://www.vonage.co.uk/index.php

I did not have a BT landline when I had Vonage in the UK. We had cable modem through Virgin and we had Vonage for our phone.

When I call home to my family in the States I use a landline phone an we use 18866.com it costs us 2p a min, there is no sign up charge, there is no monthly fee either you can  call Landlines & cell phones for the same price I absolutely love it!!       our International phone bill is usually between £5 - £12 a month that's marvelous for the amount of time I'm talking to my family & friends back home!!   

Goodluck with whatever you choose!!   

I did not have a BT landline when I had Vonage in the UK. We had cable modem through Virgin and we had Vonage for our phone.

I keep forgetting Virgin allow broadband without home phone, but unfortunately it's not available everywhere.   

When I call home to my family in the States I use a landline phone an we use 18866.com it costs us 2p a min, there is no sign up charge, there is no monthly fee either you can  call Landlines & cell phones for the same price I absolutely love it!!       our International phone bill is usually between £5 - £12 a month that's marvelous for the amount of time I'm talking to my family & friends back home!!   

Goodluck with whatever you choose!!   

Hiya - so in a snap of my fingers, I'll halve your monthly cost to £2.50 - £6/ month!    Yourcallworld is 1 pence/min !

You do have to 'buy' into an account, but there's no charges, it's literally a Free account, bung in £10 credit and starting calling !   Simples!

Cheers, DtM! West London & Slough UK!