URGENT Orange Ending Free 0800 calls

mobilegossip wrote:

Yes they do at the moment,but Onetel have just decided to abandon their Freephone overide service and replace it with 0207 access due to the fact that calls would cost 10p a minute more,not realising that some people would still have freephone bundles..

Hmmmmmmm but surely the freephone numbers arn't just for people with mobile phones. With 1899/18866 non BT customers/NTL etc landlines are given the freephone number to use as ringing the 0207 number would still be chargable from landline and therefore defeat the objective.

People on BT can use CPS (carrier pre select) which made the need to have a 'phonepal' box on your wall as onetel refered to it which dials the override service automatically before you make a call defunct. CPS routes calls at your local switch using the override provider you go with, removing the need for override dialler boxes.

Since NTL and other non BT providers don't have the facility to support CPS thats why the freephone override numbers were provided, so those customers could still benefit from cheaper calls.

I think it was people from orange latching on to the freephone number prefix after it was introduced for landlines and not the other way round. So I can't see why 1899/18866 would get rid of the freephone prefix,. Plus I can't see Onetel removing it just because orange has stopped free freephone calls as what about all the non BT landline customers?

1899 states the following>>

" specially for all NTL, Telewest, other non-BT landline and mobile customers! Due to great demand you can now also benefit from cheap 1899-rates via our dedicated freephone number 0808 1 708 708 *! Mobile users can also use our local rate access number 02081 804 804 *"

They seem to suggest mobile users to ring the 0208 number. The 0808 number for landlines. Even in my introduction number they suggested mobiles ring the 0208 number. As I was with orange the 0808 number got used

Anyone deciding who to choose for mobile overide between 1899, 18866 and 18185 who are all the same company. There deals change regulary. Pick who offers you the best deal for your calling pattern At the moment>>

1899 charges 3p connection and
UK fixed lines 0.5
UK mobiles (sat/sun) 3
UK mobiles (weekdays) 10
UK (070 Personal) 15
UK (0845 Local) 4
UK (0870 National) 7

18866 charges 3p connection and
UK fixed lines 1
UK mobiles (sat/sun) 4
UK mobiles (weekdays) 14
UK (070 Personal) 20
UK (0845 Local) 4
UK (0870 National) 9

18185 charges 4p connection and
UK Fixed 1
UK mobiles (sat/sun) 2
UK mobiles (weekdays) 10
0845 Local (sat/sun) 1
0845 Local (weekdays) 3
0870 National (sat/sun) 2
0870 National (weekdays) 4
070 Personal 25

Im subscribed to all 3, and go with whoever gives me the cheapest rate for who im calling. As I generally ring landlines to save my free minutes for mobiles I use 1899 at the moment, only 3p connection and 0.5p per minute (it was 3p connection and FREE landline calls last month! but they increased the prices :mad: still their the cheapest i can find)

Hope this helps?!

Paul :beer:

I never actually compared callrates between onetel and 1899 family mobilegossip, was it cheaper?

Reading through Martins site he seemed to suggest 1899 family were the cheapest. So when I started using override trick around 6 months ago just went straight with them.

How much cheaper were onetel? Or was it more of an international call saving?

I have ovp-virgin Line 1 and Ed50 on line 2

Just got a phone call from Orange executive office and have Freephone Non-calling card addedded to ed50 line 2 for a YEAR :-)

I sent an e-mail to :
sanjiv.ahuja@orange.co.uk; executive.office@orange.co.uk

at 22:08 last night and had a call 4 mins ago :-)

Dominique

I had a long discussion with customer service a couple of weeks ago ending with someone ringing me back and telling me that I couldn't cancel my contract because according to the official info from their legal department "I don't have to make 0800 calls on my mobile" I was slightly taken aback as surely I don't HAVE to make any calls on my mobile but I choose to because that is why I have a mobile.

I then called back a week later and this time just asked the lady if I could have the freephone bundle added to my account as people I knew had had it added and I felt they were in breach of contract. I was quite shocked when she just said yes and added it there and then!

I think it depends a little on who you speak to. But keep trying. I'm on Everyday 50 and they let me have it in the end!

simax wrote:

Gloat mode on though - We get 0845 and 0870 for 2p/min peak, 1p/min off peak

But you can now access 0845/0870 using the Simply fone Access Numbers
07744 97 4116, 4333, 4404 etc etc out of your inclusive Orange x-net minutes. :rotfl: