18866 still the cheapest?

justajiffy · 18 March 2005 at 6:25PM

I noticed that call18866 are putting up their connection fee to 2p from the 23rd of March does this still make them the cheapest provider? also their mobile phone rate has crept up on the quiet from 2p a minute to 3p a minute ,1p connection fee still through the week,still cheap yes but their customer base is getting larger and maybe they,ll start to raise prices because there can,t be much profit in it for them at the moment ?

Heinz · 18 March 2005 at 6:57PM

How much will a 10 minute call to a Glasgow 0141 number cost on BT at 11am next Wednesday morning?

Answer? 30p.

How much would that same call cost using 18866?

Answer? 2p.

I've never been involved in designing or building rockets but I think I can decide which to use!

George_Bray · 18 March 2005 at 8:10PM

Heinz wrote:

How much will a 10 minute call to a Glasgow 0141 number cost on BT at 11am next Wednesday morning?Answer? 30p.How much would that same call cost using 18866?Answer? 2p. I've never been involved in designing or building rockets but I think I can decide which to use!

I'm no rocket scientist either but I will almost certainly stop using 18866 on 22 March.

Connection charges are like a stealth tax. They mount up, especially when you reach an answer machine or otherwise make a very brief call. I will return to using Tiscali (previously AXS) at 2p per minute but no connection charge. I'm an NTL customer, rather than BT based.

BoltonMinx · 18 March 2005 at 8:13PM

George_Bray wrote:

I'm no rocket scientist either but I will almost certainly stop using 18866 on 22 March.

Connection charges are like a stealth tax. They mount up, especially when you reach an answer machine or otherwise make a very brief call. I will return to using Tiscali (previously AXS) at 2p per minute but no connection charge. I'm an NTL customer, rather than BT based.

Do they charge by the minute or by the second ?

justajiffy · 18 March 2005 at 8:35PM

I am on 18866 e-mail list and that's what they said this afternoon

Calliope · 18 March 2005 at 8:37PM

Al_Mac wrote:

Where did you see that, site still says 1p?

I've just had an email from 18866 saying that the connection charge will increase to 2p from 23rd March. Call charges remain at 0p per minute.

SALOPMAN · 18 March 2005 at 9:48PM

but 2p for an unlimited call is still very very good value i shall stick with 18866

pinkonion · 18 March 2005 at 9:57PM

A 100% increase in my phone bill :eek: I'm writing to Ofcom and my MP!

Ok I'm slightly disappointed but will stick with them till there's a better alternative (Onetel have the pleasure of my calls at weekends :rotfl: )

stevo25 · 18 March 2005 at 10:06PM

hmmm no email too me yet and the website still says 1p connection

Squeakytight · 18 March 2005 at 10:07PM

Ok, so heading up an email "18866 Spring Sale" is an odd way of telling Customers that you're doubling the connection charge but I'm with Heinz et al on the it's still cheaper than BT : chant and that's always gonna make me smile!

pinkonion · 18 March 2005 at 10:36PM

Dear customer,

Just because we already offer ridiculously low prices does not mean we
can't
have a spring sale! Call the following countries for only 1 pence per
minute!

Australia
Canada
France
Germany
Ireland

From the 23rd of March 18866 will apply a connection fee of 2p per call.
Please note that calls to landlines within the U.K. will remain 0.0 p
per minute,
so that still makes 18866 the cheapest telephone company by far! Compare
this to
BT's 5.5p for the same conversations; a 63% saving!!!

For more details and free online registration please visit
https://www.call18866.co.uk.

Kind regards,
The Call18866 Buying Team

18866 still the cheapest?

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