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Who offers free calls to the Channel Islands?
Dear Simon, my daughter and her family live in Jersey, and although their telephone number is 01534, BT do not include the Channel Islands within its free evening and weekend calls package.
As these are the numbers I call most of the time, I would be grateful for any information on home phone suppliers which include Channel Islands in their free or cheap calls.
Thank you for your help,
Liz McCafferty, Felixstowe, via email, Updated: Thursday 6 January, 2011
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Our expert says...
Hello Liz, because you make the majority of your evening and weekend calls to these numbers, switching to a phone package that offers free calls will really help you cut the cost of your home phone bills.
Using our home phone price comparison service, I have reviewed some of the options available to you. Read more information below…
Packages that include calls to the Channel Islands
Some home phone providers, such as BT (www.bt.com) and TalkTalk (www.talktalk.co.uk) do not include calls to the Channel Islands within their inclusive calls packages, while others do.
The best buy table below shows some of the providers that do include calls to numbers in Jersey and Guernsey in their evening and weekend calls packages, as well as information on monthly line rental costs and the price per minute for a call to the Channel Islands during the day:
As well as offering free evening and weekend calls to numbers in the Channel Islands, the home phone package from the Post Office (www.postoffice.co.uk) also gives customers free weekend calls to UK mobiles and free weekend calls to 40 international destinations.
And as you are in the area to receive a cable phone line, choosing a package from Virgin Media (www.virginmedia.com) is also an option. Its evening and weekend package, Size L, costs £3.50 a month plus £13.90 a month line rental and includes Virgin’s Size M digital TV package for free.
TalkTalk calls to the Channel Islands
Home phone and broadband provider TalkTalk (www.talktalk.co.uk) doesn’t include calls to the Channel Islands in its free evening and weekend calls package, however it charges less than BT:
| Provider | Provider details | Channel Islands day rate | Channel Islands evening rate | Channel Islands weekend rate |
| BT | www.bt.com | 7p | 2p | 1p |
| TalkTalk | www.talktalk.co.uk | 2.76p | 1.84p | 1.38p |
Hope this information is of some help Liz. Making the choice to switch from BT will certainly help you save money on your monthly phone bill.
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Comments
We are thinking of moving to Vhannel ISlands in December. We have UK COntract iphone 4 G with O2 ( 6 Months left on contract) and 30 Days Vodaone Notice SIM in UK.
We are wondering what we need to do to have a cheaper Jersey Mobile / or port our numbers as we will be in Jersey initially only for 6/12?
We are really confused as donot want to buy a Jersey contract for 12 Months.
CAn we have a UK SIM which we can use in jersey for Data and making receving calls with inclusive minutes included?
Please advise us. I am sure itt will be a common problems but googling it doesnot make us any wiser?
- Nov 20 2011 1:52AM
Thanks
Howard - Nov 14 2011 9:56AM
Thanks - Aug 4 2011 9:30PM
I was most interested to read this article, as my daughter is going to live in Jersey. Are the BT rates you quote still valid ? And the other cheaper alternatives ?
Thanks
- Aug 4 2011 9:28PM
Thanks - Apr 21 2011 1:28PM
Our families are Jersey based and 90% of our calls are to jersey and are all free within that package
Regards
Bernard - Nov 11 2009 9:48AM
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