In the Netherlands we have these cheap telephone lines also. And yes, sometimes the quality is not very well.
It depends on what time and how much traffic is on the lines.
These lines start with 1 Eurocent/min. With the KPN (who owns the net) it is 1 Euro for landline and for mobile 1.40 Euro.
For a difference like that you can try a few times more.
I think it will be in the UK the same.

Hi dirk 3. I agree with you that it's worth trying a few times to try and get a better quality connection with the cheap providers. I just wanted to suggest a more consistent alternative.

hmmm well It really depends on how often you phone cause if you go through phonecards quick the surcharge isnt do bad, if its a landline or mobile, if you make long phone calls its not so bad using cards with connection charges...I weigh these things up and just find the best ones on newsagents windows.....I find some of the best are...go mad for bananas and go mad for minuteshttp://www.thailandqa.com/forum/imag...lies/smile.png but maybe that suits my criteria and i get good quality line, hope that helps

I have been using a company called Easy Dial at least twice a week for more than the last year now (41 hours of call time!) and can thoroughly recommend them.

To call my Fiancee on her mobile costs me 6.9p a minute via an 0800 number and at the weekend when I get free calls it costs me 4.9p a minute via an 0208 number.

I can count on one hand the amount of times I've been unable to get a line through and if there has ever a bad line it is always due to Ubonwan's location or that it is raining. http://www.thailandqa.com/forum/imag...lies/smile.png

Hope this is of use to someone.

David

Another site for UK to Thailand here:
http://niftylist.co.uk/country_211.html
http://niftylist.co.uk/country_211_mobile.html

Cheap phonecalls uk to thailand
 

Find your cheapest telephonecall from UK to Thailand,
for mobile:
http://www.telecompare.co.uk/?a=sear....=mobile
for landline:
http://www.telecompare.co.uk/?a=sear....andline

I have tried a couple of these providers and yes, they are very cheap, but I have found the quality of the connection has most times been terrible from the UK. So, for anyone in the UK, I suggest you buy a 'mobile world' sim card from carphone warehouse and use your mobile phone to call Thailand at 15 pence a minute. It's also worth taking a look at www.moneysavingexpert.com run by Martin Lewis. There are some great suggestions about using mobile phones to phone abroad, and if you are on a monthly plan, I believe that it's also possible to phone 'for free' using your inclusive minutes with some networks.