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flashnazia
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Does anyone know if it's legal for mobile phone companies to charge us for so called freephone numbers? Does it cost them money or what?
"fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." (Bertrand Russell)
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you might use the callthrough number 020022207000 -
Hi Redux,
What's "Callthrough" please ??you know when you're getting older - the wife says, "let's go upstairs and make love" and you reply, "I can't do both" !!0 -
You basically ring a number thats included in yourt free mins, then dial the international/freephone number you want to contact. This puts you through to your required number via a number thats inc in your free mins0
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thanks - does that work with all networks ?
Is it a kinda 18185.com thing ?you know when you're getting older - the wife says, "let's go upstairs and make love" and you reply, "I can't do both" !!0 -
yeah but why is it legal for them to do this? surely a freephone number should be what it says on the tin, as in FREE phone?"fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." (Bertrand Russell)0
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flashnazia wrote:yeah but why is it legal for them to do this?
Because it is their network that you have agreed to use and therefore you agree to their terms and conditions. There are usually some numbers that are free:
AA - 0800 887766 *
RAC - 0800 828282 *
Green Flag - 0800 400600 *
Childline - 0800 1111 *
* We make no charge for calls to these numbers:doh: Blue text on this forum usually signifies hyperlinks, so click on them!..:wall:0 -
It wouldn't suprise me if OFTEL in the next year or so will force the operators to allow freephone calls as exactly that 'free'.0
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sgx.saint wrote:It wouldn't suprise me if OFTEL in the next year or so will force the operators to allow freephone calls as exactly that 'free'.
OFTEL you must be joking!
:rolleyes::doh: Blue text on this forum usually signifies hyperlinks, so click on them!..:wall:0 -
No phone call is free.sgx.saint wrote:It wouldn't suprise me if OFTEL in the next year or so will force the operators to allow freephone calls as exactly that 'free'.
Free phone numbers are paid for by the receiver, not the caller.
The mobile networks, and some callbox providers, have found that they don't get paid by all of the recipients, so their approach was that calls here are no longer free.
In other countries, some freephone numbers are free, but your calling card provider will charge you a higher tariff for access, and some don't pay and are barred including by national carriers (so fairly likely to be legal).
What Ofcom enforcement do you propose?0 -
Yes, but that number is just for freephone numberschristopher_h wrote:thanks - does that work with all networks ?
Is it a kinda 18185.com thing ?
On a couple of mobile networks, freephone calls do come from inclusive minutes, but may be dialled differently eg from O2 omit the leading 00
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