International call cheaper than payphone?

the_syco

Sister's doing the "trip around the world", and she wrote this in her blog:

They have a much better reception than Ireland (which couldn't be hard in fairness). It was also cheaper to ring my dads mobile from Mongolia than it is from a payphone In Ireland (vodafone sort that out will you?).

Makes you wonder, doesn't it? If its beacuse of their *cough* up to date *cough* equipment, any chance of just using the old stuff that works, rather than the new shiney, feck-all-chance-of-working-outside-the-pale equipment?

jesus_thats_gre

You are putting forward a great argument there, especially with all the fact you have, i.e. your sister in Mongolia who obviously doesn't have a clue what she is talking about.

Was she calling from a landline, pay phone, mobile or something else? Not much point in comparing it to Eircom's payphone charges unless she is calling from payphone (you do not specify)....

I assume she mentioned Vodafone because her dad is a Vodafone customer? Yes because that is a valid basis for an argument.

Finally, is this is just an excuse to whinge about something for the sake of it?

the_syco

jesus_thats_gre wrote:

You are putting forward a great argument there, especially with all the fact you have, i.e. your sister in Mongolia who obviously doesn't have a clue what she is talking about.

Was she calling from a landline, pay phone, mobile or something else? Not much point in comparing it to Eircom's payphone charges unless she is calling from payphone (you do not specify)....

I assume she mentioned Vodafone because her dad is a Vodafone customer? Yes because that is a valid basis for an argument.

Finally, is this is just an excuse to whinge about something for the sake of it?

Sorry about not specifying stuff

She was calling from a mobile, to a Vodafone phone. My "whinge" was that I found it amusing that it was cheaper for her to call my father from Mongolia, rather than ringing him from a landline at home, thus why is it dearer at "home" than it is in a country at the other side of the road, for the call charge.

I do take your point about the payphone thing, tho.

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I think I thought I was trying to post this in Afterhours; had both forums open. I'm not a praying man, but if there is a mod out there, please move this thread

Guy:Incognito

Iits cheaper forher to rng her dad from a mobile from mongolia than from a landline in Ireland, surely thats Eirom's fault and not Vodafone, seeing as the call here is originating from an eircom phone not a vodafone phone.

netwhizkid

I don't know if this is related to this or not but i say in a some pare yesterday i can't remember for the life of me, that Eircom are introducing a charge for "free" 1800 calls i guess mainly to non-eircom Phone card users using their phones, i guess that 999 112 Calls will still be free for obvious reasons.

Regrds netwhizkid