How to save on telephone bills and Internet access & calls

Equitalk offers a high quality, low cost phone service to people in the UK. Customers can join on-line from its secure web site (certified by VeriSign) in minutes, and within 4 hours can start making phone calls simply by dialling 1664 from their BT phone.
Every day a fully itemized list of all calls is updated on Equitalk website , and once a month a statement is emailed out and payment collected from a credit or debit card.
UK calls are half the price of BT, and savings on international calls are even higher. Examples of Equitalk call prices per minute (inc VAT) are:

• To Australia & New Zealand 6 pence - a saving of 87% on BT's 49p
• To USA 4p - 83% saving on BT's price of 23.62p
• To Italy 5p - 85% saving on BT's 35.54p
• To Spain 6p - 83% saving on BT's 35.54p
• To France, Germany & Holland 6p - 78% saving on BT's 28.43p
• To Ireland 6p - 73% saving on BT's 22.89p

With Alpha Telecom you can talk to the world from only 2p. There is no need to change your phone, line or number.
Alpha offers savings on calls to mobiles and on UK national calls, and incredibly massive savings on international phone calls. You can also access the Internet for only 1p per minute.
Alpha gives a flexible telephone account that can be used from any telephone in the UK and from over 50 other countries. There are no connection fees, line rental or service charges, and Alpha’s special low rates apply all day, every day.
You can simply and securely open your Alpha Direct account online, using any major credit or debit card, and use the website to manage your account: make secure payments, view call records and financial history, update personal details and more. You'll get £5 of free phone calls when you sign up online.

Examples of Alpha Telecom call prices per minute are:

• To Holland 2 pence
• To Australia & New Zealand 4 pence
• To USA 3p
• To Germany & Belgium 3p
• To Italy 4p
• To Spain 4p
• To France 4p
• To Ireland 4p
• To India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan 20p

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Telewest provides a flexible, great value telephone service, Internet access and a huge selection of Digital TV channels. You can have any of these services separately, or together in a Bundle.
It gives you 30 great Digital TV channels free for 1 year, if you take some of its telehone services.
Telewest is one of the leading broadband communications and media groups in the UK, servicing 1.7 million homes, approximately 4.0 million consumers.
Its broadband service provides Internet access nearly 10 times faster than modems. Prices start from £25 per month, depending on the connection speed.
Telewest also provides a dial-up unmetered internet access for £13 per month, called Surf Unlimited, only for people who use its telephone line.
There's a £ 10 discount when you buy any of its services online.

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iConnectHere offers Calling Cards, a service that works exactly like a traditional pre-paid phone card.
Make Calling Cards calls from any regular phone to any location, and you'll save more than 70% on all your long-distance and international calls.
It works in 14 countries including the USA & the UK.

Visit its website clicking here: iConnectHere

In the UK, a system to save money consists in keeping one's telephone line, for example with BT which is the most common, and using the services of airtime resellers, companies which buy the network's surplus capacity and resell it to customers. To register costs nothing, and phone calls are much cheaper. Once you've registered, all you have to do is dial a 4-digit number before any phone call, for the reduced rate to apply. Among the best deals are those offered by Equitalk.

You can register with Equitalk via the Internet as well:
Equitalk - low cost phone service

Internet telephone calls also provide an excellent way to save money. PC-to-Phone service allows you to make phone calls to any telephone in the world from your computer, at rates that are considerably lower than your standard telephone company's. You can save up to 85% off your phone bill, especially on long distance calls.

iConnectHere is another premier provider of this high-quality PC-to-Phone service.
With iConnectHere, all you need is a computer with a microphone and speaker to make and receive worldwide PC-to-Phone calls at very low rates.
If you like, you can enhance and optimize your Internet telephony conversations with a headset, handset or broadband accessory.
Another advantage of this technology is that it allows you to make phone calls while you are online, which is great if you only have one phone line. Using PC-to-Phone, you can surf the Internet and make phone calls at the same time, and you can also check your voice mail messages.

To find out more click here: PC-to-Phone calls

V Two One has the following Internet access packages:

• Pay as you go at the local telephone rate.
• Unmetered Connect. Fixed cost internet free of telephone charges for a set monthly fee. The Standard Package is good value at £13.99 a month, if you're happy with its over 200 hours (224 hours) a month of access available. The minimum is £ 3.99 per month, for the Insomniac Package, giving access between 1am and 8am every day (7 hours a day). More choices of packages are available.
• Broadband at the low cost of £19.99 per month. It works at 512 Kbps download, about 10 times faster than a modem. The Business services are even faster. The monthly contract allows you more flexibility than many other providers. It's one of the UK's cheapest, although there is an activation charge and you have to buy an ADSL modem.

BT Openworld is the mass market Internet access division of British Telecommunications (BT).
BT Openworld provides fast, reliable and cost effective services, and has been previously voted the readers' number 1 at ISP Review, a specialist site on UK Internet Service Providers.

It has a range of Internet packages to suit different needs:

• Broadband gives you high speed access to the internet from 10 to 40 times faster than your regular dial-up connection. Super-fast, no dial-up, no internet call charges. BT & Yahoo! have come together to create a better Internet experience. BT Yahoo! Broadband for £29.99 per month is a complete package with all you need in one place.
  If you order online there are absolutely no set-up costs: you get free modem and free line activation.
  BT Yahoo! Broadband provides more online protection than most ISPs: comprehensive parental controls, pop-up blocker and protection to help prevent viruses, spam and junk mail.
  Broadband is really the next step in internet access. It doesn't tie up your phone line, and you're always connected to the internet. You can, for instance, read the news on the Net and talk on the phone at the same time, e-mail music and video files, play interactive games.
• BT Openworld Anytime for a fixed monthly fee of £ 15.99 provides 150 hours a month of Internet access. Surf whenever you like with no internet call charges, so you don't have to worry about the phone bill. BT Anytime also gives you 10 email addresses, Anti-Spam & Anti-Virus protection on your email service at no extra cost, online help guide, no annual contract and no commitment beyond one month. Plus free internet connection management software, that checks and fixes the most frequent connection problems making it easier to get online.
• BT Surf packages for £6.99 per month gives you internet access between 6pm and 8am weekdays and all weekend for up to 120 hours every month. No internet call charges. You need to order a BT SurfTime Package, and you must have a BT line.
• BT Pay-as-you-go with no monthly fee. No subscription, pay for the time you're online. Calls are charged at BT standard local call rate.

Telewest Broadband provides Internet access nearly 10 times faster than modems. Prices start from £25 per month, depending on the connection speed.
Broadband Internet means you can download a typical web page in 1.6 seconds rather than 14 seconds. It's always on, so there’s no more dialling up, logging on or being disconnected. It doesn’t tie up your phone line, because you're connected through a separate broadband cable connection.
Broadband is cutting edge technology for Internet access, revolutionising consumers experience of the internet because they can do more with their time online.
Telewest offers free install for broadband and free upgrade from dial-up.
Telewest also provides a dial-up unmetered internet access for £13 per month, called Surf Unlimited, only for people who use its telephone line.
Telewest Communications provides not only Internet access, but also a flexible, great value telephone service and a huge selection of Digital TV channels. You can have any of these services separately, or together in a Bundle.
It gives you 30 great Digital TV channels free for 1 year, if you take some of its telehone services.
Telewest is one of the leading broadband communications and media groups in the UK, servicing 1.7 million homes, approximately 4.0 million consumers.
There's a £ 10 discount when you buy any of its services online.

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Virgin Net offers particularly good terms for 24seven, anytime unmetered Internet access: £ 13.49 per month, over 10% less than most ISPs. You'll never pay more than £13.49 a month for your Internet access, however long you spend online. Unlike some other providers, it doesn't make you sign a 12 month contract, and there are no restrictions on the number of hours you can use the service each month. It sounds good.
Virgin Net also has pay as you go packages, internet access from 1p per minute, with no subscription.
And it offers very good terms for unlimited broadband Internet access for £24.99 a month, again over 10% less than other broadband providers. It won't make you sign a 12 month contract, and you can benefit from free activation, saving £58.
Virgin Net has been voted Best Dial Up ISP 2002 and 2003 by "PC Pro".

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Virgin Net Internet packages

Boltblue Broadband is super-fast and available from only £20.99 a month with a 12 month contract and £22.99 a month with no ties.
ADSL USB Modem and Ethernet/Router broadband starter kits have to be bought, and are also available from Boltblue starting at only £52.99.
With Boltblue Broadband you are always connected, so there are no time usage limits and you never need to dial up. You can still use your telephone line for voice, fax or other dial up services. You are charged a monthly flat rate for unlimited Internet usage.
Its dial-up unmetered Internet access is not so good, though, because it gives you a limit of 150 hours.
Boltblue also offers many mobile services, such as Polyphonic ringtones, the next generation of sounds for your mobile phone; the latest Games to download to your mobile and enjoy, with brilliant colour and animation; text; picture messaging; and others.

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Boltblue

Talk America is a phone service that makes you save money on your local and long distance phone bills.
It's for both the residential and small business customers. Talk America has saving programs for local, regional and international phone calls. You can choose all or just one.
It's state-of-the-art, with real-time online billing.
Members can enjoy unlimited free member-to-member long distance phone calls, plus one flat rate for basic local phone service.
Cheap conference calling, personal 800 number, internet service, e-mail accounts, free personal web space, online directory services are also some of its many other services offered.

Visit its site:
Save up to 30% on your local phone bill with Talk America - Click Here!

Internet telephone calls also provide an excellent way to save money. PC-to-Phone service allows you to make phone calls to any telephone in the world from your computer, at rates that are considerably lower than your standard telephone company's. You can save up to 85% off your phone bill, especially on long distance calls.
iConnectHere is a premier provider of this high-quality PC-to-Phone service.
With iConnectHere, all you need is a computer with a microphone and speaker to make and receive worldwide PC-to-Phone calls at very low rates.
If you like, you can enhance and optimize your Internet telephony conversations with a headset, handset or broadband accessory.
Another advantage of this technology is that it allows you to make phone calls while you are online, which is great if you only have one phone line. Using PC-to-Phone, you can surf the Internet and make phone calls at the same time, and you can also check your voice mail messages.

To find out more click here: PC-to-Phone calls

iConnectHere also offers Calling Cards, a service that works exactly like a traditional pre-paid phone card.
Make Calling Cards calls from any regular phone to any location, and you'll save more than 70% on all your long-distance and international calls.
It works in 14 countries including the USA & the UK.

Visit its website clicking here: iConnectHere

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