Re: Calling abroad from BT public payphones

Ivor Jones

"andy" <> wrote in message
news:1168298757.351107.204990@v33g2000cwv.googlegr oups.com

[snip]

> That sounds more like it, as I'd read eslewhere that 0844
> is actually more expensive than 0870.
>
> So callback or calling card is the way to go. Do most
> phoneboxes still accept incoming calls?

Public (BT) ones should, some privately owned ones such as those in pubs
etc. may not.

Ivor

Jono

It happens that Ivor Jones formulated :
> "andy" <> wrote in message
> news:1168298757.351107.204990@v33g2000cwv.googlegr oups.com
>
> [snip]
>
>> That sounds more like it, as I'd read eslewhere that 0844
>> is actually more expensive than 0870.
>>
>> So callback or calling card is the way to go. Do most
>> phoneboxes still accept incoming calls?
>
> Public (BT) ones should, some privately owned ones such as those in pubs etc.
> may not.

They should & do. However, the issue will be that DTMF is disabled, so
callback applications don't work.

andy

Jono wrote:
> It happens that Ivor Jones formulated :
> > "andy" <> wrote in message
> > news:1168298757.351107.204990@v33g2000cwv.googlegr oups.com
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> >> That sounds more like it, as I'd read eslewhere that 0844
> >> is actually more expensive than 0870.
> >>
> >> So callback or calling card is the way to go. Do most
> >> phoneboxes still accept incoming calls?
> >
> > Public (BT) ones should, some privately owned ones such as those in pubs etc.
> > may not.
>
> They should & do. However, the issue will be that DTMF is disabled, so
> callback applications don't work.

callback where you can predefine both numbers won't have that problem

and does anyone know about foreign callboxes - I haven't noticed if an
incoming number is listed, as the last time I used one was about four
years ago, about €1 a minute to UK, before I knew much about callback