Do we get ripped off in the UK on mobile phone charges?

Question

The Country-Specific Sim Card For Cyprus Includes:

Free incoming calls
About 50 minutes of local calls
Calls back to the USA as low as 19¢ a minute
A local Cyprus telephone number
No monthly bills or fixed term contracts. You determine the usage.
All incoming calls are free
All outgoing calls are 11¢ per minute to a fixed-line phone and 13¢ per minute to a mobile phone
All outgoing SMS Messages are 2.2¢ per message
Calls to the USA/Canada 19¢ per minute (Direct Dial)
On holiday in cyprus I always get one, My own network charges are outrageous. If it can be done there at these prices
Why not here.
http://www.valuesphere.com/intouchsmartc…

Additional Details

The card cost me £15.00 which includes £3.00 air time.

On holiday my own network charge 49 pence to send a text. In the USA you are lucky. I am in the UK

38 pence per min. to make a call
19 pence to recieve one

Answer 1

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Why don't you try going through this company. They saved me a lot of money. www.tiffanyvague.acnrep.com I couldn't get you a price quote because I had no information on you. So sorry about that. But their contact is on the front page. You can email them or give them a call (I'd email them based on your billing problems) It's a world wide company, I'm pretty sure they can help you out and save some money.
Good Luck to you!

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Asker's Comment:

Thankyou I shall try that

Answer 2

Sounds pricy to me. I just have a very basic plan with minimal minutes here in the US. I pay about $23/month (That's $23 US dollars or about 11.28 GBP). The service includes free long distance (in the US), unlimited nights and weekends, and 300 "anytime" minutes. There is no fee for outgoing calls within my minutes plan. I just make sure I use the nights and weekends to catch up with poeple and keep weekday conversations short and sweet (which works well for me because I'm at work anyway!)

Answer 3

I don't think we get ripped off
How many people care about abroad charges and that, and 9/10 people text more than talk, i think they are reasonable at the moment but due for a increase which will be costly, as they were cheap to cheap once