Tesco Internet Phone for use abroad

[3GScottishUser]

Had a look at the Tesco Internet phone deals the other day and the small HP handset is just £14.95 now in their stores.

What is useful is the fact that you can use it whilst on any Wi-Fi network abroad to call landlines and mobiles in the UK... for 2p a minute. That beats any roaming or local SIM hands down if you are staying somewhere that has Wi-Fi when you are on holiday.

The £14.95 handset can remain attached to your PC and accepts incoming calls too, no roaming charges or nasty bills for the caller either as its a straightforward 01 UK series landline number.

Will have to have a wee think about the deal before I head off to Turkey for a month in July.

[Hands0n]

Hey! Have you got any URLs to go with that rather interesting information??

[Ben]

I suppose for most mobile users with WiFi it'd probably be just as easy to use something like Skype when abroad with Skypeout or whatever it's called.

[solo12002]

Does this help?

http://www.tescointernetphone.com/

[3GScottishUser]

Not sure but I have used Skype out and it was more expensive than the Tesco proposition. Reading the website it appears you can use any phone with SIP enabled but I think you have to buy one of their handsets to register and get the incoming number etc. Still looks like a good deal if you want to make lots of calls home whilst abroad.

[Hands0n]

Thats an interesting idea - so you could set yourself up with the £14.99 HP handset - which is tethered to a PC - and then use something like a Nokia N95 with its own SIP client to make the calls.

NB: If you've a Vodafone N95 with a crippled SIP client you can "debrand" fairly simply using the NSS tool to change the product code and Nokia Software Updater to load up a version of the firmware with SIP enabled (i.e. non-Vodafone).

[3GScottishUser]

Tesco also have a Wi-Fi phone service that you can use with suitable mobiles. The N95 is one of the models listed so you could use it via your home router to make and receive calls whilst in range.

http://www.tescointernetphone.com/talkwifi/