They get charged there local rate (which is free), and call to speak to us as much as they like.Ĥ. Our friends and family phone our local Vonage number in the UK, and hey presto our phone rings in Michigan. Hence, we set up one of these 'ghost' numbers in our home town in the UK.ģ. For an additional $5.00 a month, and as part of our US account, Vonage allows us to set up a local number in practically any area code in any country that redirects to our main US number should anyone call it. This gives us free unlimited cells to the UK from the US for around $25 PCM plus tax IIRC.Ģ. Okay, here is what we've done which gives our family and friends free phone calls to the US from the UK:ġ. Wondering if there is any inexpensive way for us to make calls to US/UK My son recently moved to that states for higher studies and we were I only learned of this upon returning from my recent trip, but as my current contract doesn't run out until December I'll be using two phones for the first few months of being in the US. Also, I have a 3 mobile contract in the UK and as long as it's attached to AT&T it can be used in the US as if it were still in the UK, so minutes, texts and data used are all included in the UK allowance. It was fairly inexpensive and I'll probably go for the same thing when I move out there. When I've been there previously I bought an AT&T sim card which includes an international call package, so that has also been handy for calling home. When I move to the US in August, I've persuaded my Mum to upgrade to an iPhone from a Blackberry so that we can also use Facetime and iMessages, at the moment I'm reliant on my not very reliable teenage brother who still lives at home to communicate via his iPhone or iPad. I also use these methods to communicate with my family in the UK when I'm in the US. I keep in touch with friends across the pond via Skype, Facetime and iMessages (most have iPhones).

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