How much does it cost to call a UK landline?

About $0.0514 per minute through StartACall, billed per minute with a small $0.004 connection fee and no monthly plan.

Which UK numbers count as landlines?

Geographic numbers starting 01 or 02, such as 020 for London or 0161 for Manchester. These are cheaper to call than 07 mobiles.

Do I need an app to call a UK landline?

No. StartACall runs in your browser on Chrome, Safari, Edge or Firefox, on desktop or mobile, with no app and no SIM.

Does the credit expire?

No. Credit never expires, so you can add a small amount and use it across many calls whenever you like.

Can I try it for free first?

Yes. Your first call is free with no card required, so you can check the quality on a real UK landline before adding credit.

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What a UK landline call really costs

A UK landline is any geographic number starting 01 or 02, such as 020 for London or 0161 for Manchester. Through StartACall these cost about $0.0514 per minute, which is roughly half the cost of reaching a UK mobile, because the call does not end on a mobile network.

Billing is per minute with no monthly plan and no contract. There is a small connection fee of $0.004 per call, and the credit you add never expires, so a small top up can last a long time across many short calls. You only ever pay for the minutes you actually use.

Why browser calling keeps it cheap

International landline calls on a normal phone often carry steep operator rates or roaming charges. StartACall avoids both by connecting your browser tab directly to the UK landline over the internet, so the distance between you and the UK makes no difference to the price.

You do not buy a number to make calls and you do not install an app. Open Chrome, Safari, Edge or Firefox on a laptop or phone, allow the microphone, type +44 and the number without its leading zero, then press call. The whole process works the same on desktop and mobile, and the person on the UK landline simply answers as they always would, with no app or account needed on their side.

Landline versus mobile rates

It pays to know whether the number you are dialling is a landline or a mobile. A UK landline costs about $0.0514 per minute, while a UK mobile costs about $0.0955 per minute. The difference comes from the cost of ending a call on a mobile network.

You can tell them apart from the prefix. Numbers starting 01 or 02 are landlines, while numbers starting 07 are mobiles. Choosing the landline number when one is available is an easy way to keep a long call cheaper. Many UK businesses publish both a landline and a mobile, and for a longer conversation the landline is almost always the better value of the two.

Try it before you pay

Your first call is free and no card is needed to try it. That lets you confirm the voice quality on a real UK landline before you decide to add any credit, with no commitment of any kind.

After the free call you simply pay per minute. Because the rate is clear and the credit never expires, there are no surprise bills and nothing to cancel later. You can add a small amount, make a few calls and top up again only when you choose to. This suits regular callers and occasional callers alike, since you are never tied into a plan and never lose unused credit. If you also want people in the UK to be able to ring you back, you can add a US or Canada digital number for roughly $2.14 to $5 a month, but that is entirely optional and never needed just to make calls to a UK landline.

Call UK landlines cheaply

What you get

How it works

Open StartACall

Type +44 and the number

Press call

Why people use StartACall

Instant setup

Pay as you go

No app, no SIM

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