Telephone fun

The day after we arrived we signed up to have our phone activated. Unlike Canada you are charged for every call you make. During the day you are charged 3 pence per minute and 5.9 pence per call in the evening. The old phone that was in the house was really bad; it sounded like we were in the remotest part of Siberia because the static was so loud. We made a trip to Argos—for those who remember Consumer’s Distributors, it is that kind of shop—and bought a digital phone that works well. Our friends told us about Tele-Discount, who only charge 1 pence per minute. We just checked our BT bill and found that in the last month I have phoned Canada and talked for 8.9 hours! We also have signed up for wireless broadband and are enjoying using Skype to talk to family free of charge.