calling the uk with claro mobile

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michellemottley New member

Member since 01 March 2012

michellemottleyNew member01 March 2012 21:33:23

Hi all

i arrived in Santiago this morning bought a mobile phone and have not been able to call my peeps in the UK - any suggestions???

Harmonie ViP

Member since 13 June 2011

HarmonieViP02 March 2012 05:31:27

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Hello michellemottley and welcome to 禁漫天堂!

Hope that you'll soon be given some tips.

Harmonie.

cdnhitman Member

Member since 20 December 2010

cdnhitmanMember02 March 2012 16:26:05

have you tried a call center? you can find them in the subway stations.

michellemottley New member

Member since 01 March 2012

michellemottleyNew member03 March 2012 16:00:11

I haven't tried the call centres yet but I will do.... What are the call centres anyway???

I'm actually on Entel mobile

I am desperate to start using as not everyone in my family has skype.聽

I have set up my online skype number (to let people call me) and my skype to go numbers (so I can call people) so that I can use my mobile to contact and be contacted and at the moment it is all pretty useless.聽 grrr!!!

ellagarto New member

Member since 07 February 2012

ellagartoNew member09 March 2012 14:04:19

Hi michelle,
International calls in Chile are not very cheap, you are better off buying a plan on skype so you can do unlimited calls to home lines, if you want to call mobiles you can buy skype credit and it will work out to be cheaper. I think plans start for around 5 US$ a month for plans.
Hope this helps
Enjoy chile
Juan

michellemottley New member

Member since 01 March 2012

michellemottleyNew member10 March 2012 00:59:13

Cheers Juan,

I have a skype account and an online number and skype to go numbers (to make and receive calls on my ,obile at skype rates) and I have now solved the problem - yippee!

The problem was because I set up the numbers in the UK using my UK mobile so when I arrived in Chile and tried to call the numbers using a Chile mobile skype didn't recognise the mumber I was calling from .....

Thanks for your advice though.

Kind regards
Michelle
ps is it true that you have to have a national passport to buy a phone with a 1 year contract?????

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