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Low cost calls from UK to Poland - mobiles and landlines

The international calling code of Poland +48. The currency of Poland is: Zloty (PLZ). Poland is in the GMT+01 time zone.

Costs of CallingPoland

Most UK landlines, for example, BT, have access to 0844 numbers. That will connect you to Polish landlines at about $0.04/min, which is really expensive in the year 2010. Large carriers sell this destination at about $0.01/min – but this is wholesale only. Searching for various options online will get you more or less this pricing. Let's take a look.

Skype

$0.024 per minute fixed numbers, $0.28 mobile numbers. Ouch! This is not economical at all – if you call someone's mobile in Poland and talk for an hour, that's $16.8 already. Do that three times a week and you're out $201.6 after one month. That's good for a London-Warsaw round-trip on a discount airline.

Calling cards

Calling cards are a very convenient – and controlled way to make international calls to Poland; however, there are many possible problems, frequently making calling cards inefficient.

- access numbers may be not local to you in UK

- you are sometimes paying for your local call anyways

- hidden terms and small print: calls are charged in 3 and even 6 minute increments

- maintenance fees are deducted from your prepaid balance daily

- quality is often below acceptable

One the oldest and most reputable calling cards providers is IDT, a US-based company. They offer a huge selection of various calling card products on their website. You can filter out the unwanted options like maintenance fee and 3-minute rounding to find the best rate. Still, search reveals a rather rate of $0.21 per minute to Polish mobiles. After one month of calling Poland frequently, you're still spending what it would cost you to fly down there.

Breakout-based provider toPoland– cheapest of all - with granular pricing to Warsaw and mobile networks.

The problem with all 3 calling options is the lack of granular pricing. Granular pricing, or breakouts, refer to specific destination you are calling. Just like the Moon is not made of green cheese, not all Polish mobile numbers are properly called simply "Poland mobile". There are Centernet, Era, P4, Polkomtel and other mobile networks in Poland, and the correct destination is, for example, "Poland mobile, Polkomtel" if you are calling a number like +487278XXXXXX. All these different numbers cost differently for your provider to terminate, and they simply charge you one averaged out rate – not always the best – for everything. You lose by helping the carrier offset their route costs.

Typically, only large international carriers exchange voice traffic based on breakouts, but several providers now exist that give away this previously unheard of rate principle to the regular home user. For example, Finarea, PTL and DID Logic.com simply take their entire wholesale rate sheet and allow you to use it, making the long distance charges extremely economical. You are still making the call through the same national carriers like BT or Deutsche Telecom, but your rate is significantly lower because you are charged based on the network you are really calling. For example, Poland Polkomtel mobiles are $0.07/minute at didlogic.com – because they break Poland down to real, actual mobile networks and charge you accordingly. Here's a quick comparison to illustrate the benefits of the breakout pricing for +487278 in Poland:

Skype, Vonage and such – charge as just "Poland mobile", approx. $0.28

Calling cards – all charge as just "Poland mobile", lowest $0.21

DIDlogic.com – breaks down to different networks, $0.07

The cost-saving option is to get a virtual number in Poland, forward it to UK target number and make international calls at the cost of local call. You can also get a virtual UK number and forward it to Poland.

Are you one of the estimated 61,690 Polish living in the UK and need to make low-cost phone calls to your family? Enjoy calling your friends, family or colleagues in Poland for longer without worrying about the expense, knowing you are getting the cheapest price per minute and carrier direct quality.

You can also use the webcall feature at didlogic.com for calls while traveling. Webcall to UK is $0.0097 and Poland is from $0.01 (fixed) to $0.07 (mobile).

About the Author

DID Logic is your source for SIP DID origination, VoIP termination and wholesale pricing to most destination in the world, including a low-cost webcall option from your SIP/Skype sfotware to many mobile networks at 50% off the lowest possible discount rate you can find on the Internet.