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"it’s free to call numbers in the U.S. and Canada" It's great that expensive international calls are a thing of the past by now but is this really the right wa
by mcintyre1994 12y ago
"it’s free to call numbers in the U.S. and Canada"
It's great that expensive international calls are a thing of the past by now but is this really the right way to go? I'm in the UK - do I have to pay international rates to call UK numbers or will I just not be able to call from the UK 'yet'?
- MichaelStubbs 12y agoI'm from the UK and have tested this out. From what I see, you have to pay international rates to call UK numbers. I'm keeping it on my phone as a "just in case", but I definitely won't be using it on any regular basis.
- scrollaway 12y agoYou'll pay international rates, sadly. It's annoying they're not rolling out to more countries but then again, I can't really complain - I still get to call any number in the US for free and I use my regular operator for local calls.
- wcoenen 12y agoHave you checked the actual Hangout rates? The "international rate" I'll pay for Belgian numbers is lower than what I'm paying locally.
- Pxtl 12y agoHell, we can't even get proper google voice here in Canada. I can't actually get a Google Voice phone number here.
- crb 12y agoI suspect that this is because calls to numbers in the US and Canada are paid for by the receiver, and calls in most other countries are paid for by the caller.