Ed wrote in message
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> As a long time 18866 user I phoned the USA tonight expecting to be
> told it was 1p a minute. Instead I got the message that it was 2p a
> minute, and the same when I called a mobile in the States.
>
> Checked the website and it said 2p for landlines in the States and the
> box was blank for mobiles.
>
> Is this the beginning of the end for unbelievably cheap phonecalls on
> 18866? I know that you can get 1/2p a minute to US landlines with
> 1899 but I think the companies are related so is that going to come to
> an end too? 1/2p a minute must be well below cost.
I think the prices will go up and down often, as they buy in bulk the
capicity, now if the available capicity to buy in is lower, then the cost will
be higher.