what is the cheapest way to phone Australia from the UK?

Answer 1

If you join talk talk international package, not only do you get free 8mb broadband, you also can mae free calls to international destinations, including australia. You can call for up to an hour free,

Answer 2

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Answer 3

A number of options:
1. There is a wide array of phone cards you can buy and use.
2. Try products like skype.com or voipdiscount.com. This will be the cheapest if both of you use the same software.
3. Try other services like telediscount.co.uk. They claim to charge 1p/min to any Australian landline.

Answer 4

Buy a 3 or 4 pound phone card from the nearest corner shop. That'll give you at least 2 hours and maybe as many as 5 or 6.

Answer 5

Use the discount people, see www.telediscount.co.uk where you will find all the numbers to dial for cheap overseas calls from the UK - its less than 4p a minute to Australia this way.

Answer 6

You mean the FREE way to do it.

Try MSN or Yahoo Messenger. All you need is for both people to have accounts and then both to have a microphone.

Otherwise try Skype.

This whole thing is known as "VoIP" which means Voice over Internet Protocol

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Answer 7

Call 0845 2 443 443 and then enter the number you want to call followed by the #

I use that to call America and it costs me only 3p a minute!

Answer 8

Register your phone with YAK Communication's.

Answer 9

Via IM actually. Use one of the bigger instant messaging tools such as this one or msn, use your speakers and get a mic. That way, you can do it for free, and it's quite simple to do.

Answer 10

Both of you get Skype -> www.skype.com

You could also use Yahoo! Messenger, and Windows Live Messenger...

If you have broadband, it is free.