
punker89 asked: Ok, I searched online for the charges for an international call to the UK, and everywhere I looked, it was either 9 cents a minute, or 33 cents a minute. I was okay with the rates, and I called my friend in England. I talked for 34 minutes, and when my mom got the bill today, it was for $112! I mean, SERIOUSLY! Now she says the money’s coming out of my pocket, and that I should’ve researched the price before calling! I DID! But she didn’t believe me…..
Now I’m afraid that if we call AT&T, they’ll throw a fit and that’ll make them not do a thing about the price!
I want to talk to my friend again, and I don’t want to be charged this much EVER!
I was thinking of Vonage, since we have DSL, and calls to the UK are free, but I’m not sure. My mom’s not too fond of the idea, because she thinks it’ll be a ripoff!
I need help, guys…please, only serious answers, and not “AT&T *****!” or “Too bad for you!”…..I already know these things…
ok I looked at the rates and it the thing is, I called AFTER 1 PM…..so it should be the OFF Peak rate… if in UK time it was between 7AM and 1PM, then maybe, but it WASN’T! It was between 4:30 and 5 PM that I called, so it’d be 9:30 PM to 10 PM…..both times still not in the “Peak” hours…so at the most it shouldn’t be more than $70….
I seriously want to try Vonage, because enough people here are saying it’s good, but my mom says someone told her “It’s bad!”, so because ONE person said it was bad, and she doesn’t remember who said it, she keeps saying no. A little fishy with the lack of information, huh? It’s as if she’s just makin’ it up! Ugh, my mom is so bull-headed….
Jodie