[Paisley]

In the UK & Ireland are many ways of phoning home cheap. I use a company called Alpha Telecom. You can open account online with them and top up as needed. I find that sometimes with all the very cheap phone cards that the quality is not so good.
You can register your phone / mobile number to avoid entering all your account details and PIN before making the call. Even create own speed dail. Also have online account facility to see how much the call cost and keep record of the calls.
I know it can be cheaper to Skype, but not everybody has Skype in SA.
Rates from via non-toll free number is:
South Africa Landline: 8c
SA Mobile: 18c
European cents per min.

If you use their toll free number it cost 1c pm extra.

Alpha Telecom

[Minette]

Another cheap option for calls to South Africa is Mobile World, available from Carphone Wharehouse. Just specify which country package you need - in this case - South Africa.

Calls to Landline (per min) - 8p
Calls to Mobile (per min) - 20p
UK fixed line Peak or Off-Peak (per min)- 15p
Any network mobile calls (Peak or off-peak) - 15p

www.mobileworld.co.uk

[Shelly]

I aso use Alpha, i find them reliable and top up online, quick, convenient and great value for money!

[Pieter & Andri]

We use Skype. Not just to make free calls to family and friends with Skype in SA but also landline calls and mobiles to SA.
Costs:
Landlines in SA: 0.055 euro per minute
Mobile in SA: 0.189 euro per minute
SMS to SA mobile: 0.093 euro per minute

[Dedré]

Skype is our choices of call as well. But Google is the best in terms of quality. But you can't phone to land lines.

[duames]

from uk try googling niftylist , at the moment cheapest is half a pence per minute to sa

[Dedré]

duames, on Jun 22 2008, 09:44 AM, said:

from uk try googling niftylist , at the moment cheapest is half a pence per minute to sa

Duames, welcome to the forum. What about a lekker introduction in the Foyer? Where you are what you are doing and all that interesting stuff. Is always nice to meet new members.