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Calling UK from Brazil

Filed under: Ask Us - June 5th, 2006

Your Question:

How much does it cost to call England from Rio. Hotels usually cost a fortune , but what about my mobile phone or a public telephone.

Our Reply:

Unfortunately calling anywhere while in Brazil is quite expensive. I have yet to call to the UK, but I have called to North America and it was approximately $3 reals per minute. Brazil has a very poor telephone system in their country. Even to call within Brazil is very expensive. In order to call within the country, it is easiest to buy phone cards from local vendors. Each phone card will vary in the amount of unidades(units) it contains. When calling within the city of destination it is relatively cheap using phone cards. When calling from city to city, these unidades will be used up quite quick. I found cards of 60 unidades for approximately $7 reals. This number of 60 is not minutes. Depending where you are calling will decide how fast these unidades are used up.

It is possible to use these card to phone to the United Kingdom, but I would advise against it as it is probably a very expensive way. If you are looking to call, what I do recommend that I found as the cheapest way is by using the computer and looking for computers with skype. This is a program that allows you to use a head set of a computer and call to a telephone. If you sign up now, and put a credit on your account, all you will have to do is find a computer with skype, and call.

Other ways would be to go through a company such as VIVA. In Brazil, there are places that offer international calls for about $1 real per minute.

Hope this helps!

If you have any more questions, don’t hesitate to ask:)