Tesco Internet Phone

As a University student, phoning home is an important aspect life, and money is tight. This is why myself, and my parents opted for one of these phones from Tesco. Setting the phone up was easy, although in retrospect, I'm unsure as to why Tesco provided an 'installation CD' when in fact, this CD just directs you to a website which downloads the software. A more palatable solution would of been to just provide a link to the download within the instructions, taking the CD out of the equation. Granted, some people may be a little technophobic, and I'm guessing this is what Tesco aimed to do ... more

Having just moved to France for a year studying abroad I was worried about how I would communicate with my boyfriend, my family and my friends whilst in France without running up huge bills... then a friend saw the ad for the tesco internet phone and we thought it looked ideal - which it was. Calls to other Tesco phone users are free and to call other landlines both UK and France are only 2p a minute - ideal for me as I will be calling the UK to deal with uni admin and other little necessities. The handset is basic but good and very easy to use. You can create an address book of people you ... more

I have had to update my review of tesco's internet phone, because I have just had a software update and the really annoying echo has gone!!! I can't believe it! ;-) Up until a few days ago I found it really annoying to use my internet phone because everything I said was repeated a second later, it was so bad I couldn't concentrate on a conversation, I found myself listening to myself speaking, and not the other person. Maybe I didn't like the sound of my own voice, but to me it spoilt a conversation to the extent that I didn't like to use it. The voices were clear, no crackle or anything like ... more

Got a Tesco internet phone today, pity they don't mention it's just a VOIP phone in the adverts, maybe more people would get them then. I do have to say so far it's great, simple to set up, easier to use, the quality in the tests I have done has been acceptable, a slight echo, but no more that a satellite connection. I even got a reasonably local to me number too (it changes about 3km down the road) you get voicemail, caller id (call display) voicemail the lot, and can talk to other users of the same service free, anywhere in the world. I currently pay £20 a month for free of charge calls to ... more