I know free roaming has been introduced in to many countries but like us that has just returned from Turkey this does not apply. Basically download the free app and you will be given £1 free credit. Make a WiFi call to a mobile or landlines back home and it will cost you 1p per minute. Perfect call quality and never any issues.
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srp111
20 Aug 17#1
Use watsapp to make calls from wifi costs nothing and can be used anywhere. I chat to my pal in oz all the time .
parsimony to srp111
20 Aug 17#2
Ditto.
Savaholic to srp111
20 Aug 17#3
I do the same BUT still have to use a paid-service to call relatives on landlines abroad unable to (or with no access to) use a smartphone.
IMO this Tesco app-facility is worth some heat :smiley_cat:
joyf4536 to Savaholic
20 Aug 17#5
Then use Whatscall app, calls to landlines are free, you just check in every day to gain points/time. Saved me hundreds.
Muir to joyf4536
20 Aug 17#6
Personally I'd rather pay the 1p per min (or whatever it costs on Skype) rather than use a Cheetah Mobile product. They've done enough dodgy things (such as their 'phone cleaner' apps generating false results to appear more effective, while at the same time collecting as much of your data as possible) to make me not trust any of their apps.
kramvic to srp111
20 Aug 17#4
Yeah we do the same with messenger etc but for the people without smartphones or Internet access like my parents we use this.
prash_2k
20 Aug 17#7
Use Watsapp and Skype. What pay?
ahenners to prash_2k
20 Aug 17#8
buglawton to ahenners
21 Aug 17#14
We'd like to know the details on how you call landlines with WhatsApp, which is the purpose of this Tesco app and of Skype Out. Thanks
migavupe
20 Aug 17#9
If you have an ms office subscription you get free Skype to landline calls. i got free office subscriptions from various new pcs and windows phones and I'm subbed up until the end of 2019. :raised_hand:
dk143 to migavupe
21 Aug 17#12
A quick Google and this only seems to be 60 mins per month and to certain countries? Is that what you're referring to, or is there something better?
migavupe to dk143
21 Aug 17#13
TBH I'm not sure. I get free unlimited minutes with my contract and it's a push if I use 5 of them. I'm not a big caller.
y-oh-y
20 Aug 17#10
How much is the hourly rate with Tesco? ;-)
buglawton
21 Aug 17#11
I used the Tesco app to call landlines till the free credit ran out. Decided not to renew the credit as:
1. Generally dodgy sound quality with some dropouts when compared with perfect SkypeOut on exactly same wifi or mobile data.
2. Sometimes drops calls completely which is a deal breaker when it took you 20 mins to get through to a human at a call centre.
3. 70% of the time, tone dialling is not recognised, another deal breaker as you need it for navigating call centre menus.
There have been no updates to the IOS app I used for a very long time. Tesco should get it's act together if it wants its name on this app.
zaheer2003
4 Oct 17#15
I'd be interested to know what the SIP settings are for my account so I can use it on my laptop. If anyone has any info, please let me know.
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15 comments
I chat to my pal in oz all the time .
IMO this Tesco app-facility is worth some heat :smiley_cat:
i got free office subscriptions from various new pcs and windows phones and I'm subbed up until the end of 2019. :raised_hand:
1. Generally dodgy sound quality with some dropouts when compared with perfect SkypeOut on exactly same wifi or mobile data.
2. Sometimes drops calls completely which is a deal breaker when it took you 20 mins to get through to a human at a call centre.
3. 70% of the time, tone dialling is not recognised, another deal breaker as you need it for navigating call centre menus.
There have been no updates to the IOS app I used for a very long time. Tesco should get it's act together if it wants its name on this app.