How much money do I need, if I use the public phone in London?

Question

If I want to chat for 3 minutes by using a public phone, how much money do I need?

Does the phone tariff in Heathrow airport is the same as the public phone in the streets?

Answer 1

In any standard BT (British Telecom) public phone, the minimum charge is 40p, which will buy you 20 minutes of talk time to a UK land line. Any additional call time is charged at the rate of 10p = 10 minutes.

These phones may accept UK coins, credit/debit cards, charge cards or a combination of these. Some also accept Euro coins (at the rate of 1 Euro = 60p).

The above only applies to BT phones. Public phones operated by other companies are likely to charge at different rates.

Answer 2

The cost depends on what sort of call you are making - local/national/international and also on exactly what number you are calling - 'special numbers' can be quite expensive.

try looking here :-  

http://www.payphones.bt.com/publicpaypho...  

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Answer 3

public telephones will be the same tariff all over the UK;

They all work with credit cards nowadays, I beleive.