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Numbers up for BT |
Bonovox
Joined: Apr 13, 2008
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Phone giant BT set the tone for rivals by scrapping charges for 0870 and 0845 numbers. From next Friday the prefixes used by the NHS banks and energy companies will be free. Thats a saving of £24 million a year for BT's 14 million customers. Consumer groups Which? welcomed the move. Previously charged at 5.8p a minute with some companies charging upto 10p for the numbers BT said it bowed to public pressure. Spokesman John Petter said: We hope we have taken the sting out of the price of these calls. Source The Mirror. Well BT eh coming first thats a surprise. Doubt mobile networks will do it cos they charge for freephone anyway. |
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fluke9
Joined: Oct 31, 2006
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From: Sarf Lundun UK
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About time too.
Mobile companies soon I hope.
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Bonovox
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Cant see the mobile networks doing it. As discussed previously O2 were the only ones for a good while to include them in free mins. All networks charge for free phone i think except Orange contract. Unless thats recently changed. But the charges on BT were not too high anyway. |
fluke9
Joined: Oct 31, 2006
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From: Sarf Lundun UK
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EDIT:
There is a catch as always 
Depends which calling plan you are on.
http://bt.custhelp.com/cgi-bi[....]345,350,361,1083&p_faqid=12732
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Bonovox
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Oh dear always a catch and i was wondering about 0871 and 0844 numbers. Crazy. Nothing is ever simple. And people still use dial up im amazed.
Phone?? What phone?? |
Daedalus85
Joined: Apr 23, 2007
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From: Suffolk, UK
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Well it's better than nothing, and remember, this is cost them money, so their putting their hand in their pocket because of the current financial climate.
My opinions on this forum are that of my own and not of the company I work for. |
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Posted: 2009-01-10 00:33
