If you use Virgin Media for your family’s mobile phone mainstay and if your circle of friends also use Virgin and constantly stay in touch by means of phone calls and SMS you would be hard pressed to find a better way to make cheap phone calls than to sign a long-term agreement with Virgin Media for home phone service. Two reasons for this are that first Virgin Media has not shortened their time structure for free evening and weekend calls as have BT and Talk Talk. The second reason to choose Virgin Media from all the UK potential phone line providers is that as of June 1st all calls from a Virgin Media home phone to any Virgin Media mobile phone are now made free of charge. With other companies charging anywhere from 10p to 14p per minute for home or business phone line to mobile phone calls, one can easily see the opportunity for savings. As Virgin Media attempts to lower pricing and raise services the nation’s largest telecoms company BT has countered this with discounted non inclusive call rates and free television viewing as part of their home phone and broadband packages. As always the best deal for any communications package will depend upon how much of each service you desire. Achieving scalability in the form of on demand services remains the best way to save money.