How much will the foreign calls cost?

How much do calls from land line (ireland) to an Australian mobile cost?

• The other day I called my sister in australia from my landline house phone (Ireland). I stayed on for twelve minutes and now my dad is going crazy because I did this. He said it can cost up to 500 euro. I really really need to know how much this call would cost because I don't know how I'm going to pay for it. Please answer this question if you know anything at all about international rates from land line to mobile

• Answer:

  You don't state who the landline provider is (Eircom, Vodafone etc) also it depends on if you have an international call bundle. You will be able to check the prices on the international tariff guide which should be available on your provider's website. I am absolutely certain that a twelve minute mobile call to Australia will not cost 500. Going forward I suggest using Skype or if you have a Vodafone Pay as you go you can top up by 30 euro and get 180 international minutes (landline or mobiles) for free. I think that your Dad is exaggerating the costs to impress upon you the fact that he doesn't want you running up a big phone bill. So I would say look it isn't going to cost that much Dad so you needn't worry but I am sorry and won't do it again.