I have a fiancé in Thailand and I spend all day on the phone to her but generally speaking it costs me either nothing or I do so by using inclusive minutes. The reason I am posting this is because I saw the massive “Skype” advert on the home page of this site. Having travelled extensively through out the world with work I previously found this service excellent but I have discovered I can use other companies for free.

I am not sure if I will get into trouble for doing this post, if it breaks any rules I apologise now and hope I don’t get removed from here permanently however I do feel its important to share this information as staying in touch is so important.

Voipdiscount have a voip software and you can call Thai mobiles and landlines for free using the internet. There’s several 08445 and 0774 numbers that can be used with inclusive minutes. I am sure that typing any off the above mentioned into a Google search would help get more info… A word of warning with the inclusive minutes thingy Is get written confirmation from your phone provider that the rates / allowances will be allowed don’t trust the websites or at least call your network provider confirm, I found out the hard way ££.

If I have helped one person stay in touch with a loved one then I haven’t wasted my time posting.

Pilgrim

I am more than happy using either a land line or mobile to call a mobile # in Thailand at 1p per minute via Planet Talk while I am stuck here in the U.K. Simple enough to google for cheap calls

My mum calls me from the UK using Voipcheap.

She does not have to pay a penny to talk to me here in Thailand and the sound quality is very good, better than Skype.

MM

I have to say I find Gizmo to be better than skype in its features (call forwarding, inbound, etc).. Even started to use it in a corporate situation in mainland Europe and it is working ok..