my way of beating uae's greedy and disgraceful dish-dash's: i call my kin with my handy, let it ring three times, then hang up. that means using etisalats infrastructure without paying them. then my folks call me back with the cheapest voip from our country. they call me on the landline, again we're using etisalat infrastructure without paying nothing.
my phonebill has gone down 280%, because i do not even give the short handy calls home i did before: same procedure, it takes a few seconds more, but it's utterly rewarding and nervesoothing.
if everyone does that, they might even feel it................