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Fixed & Mobile Telephone Scam
A company [that OFCOM are aware of] called Telecom Billing Services are disguising premier rate lines as normal 0207 numbers. The numbers when dialled, look as though they are charged at the normal local rate. The scam occurs because the company [TBS] will then charge a separate minimum 5 minute call at the cost of £2.95…
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BT,s New Network Division.(Openreach)
Have you noticed that Openreach, is an anagram for "No Cheaper". :D
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TalkTalk hard sell
I'm looking for some advice re TalkTalk. A TalkTalk sales rep knocked on my door asking if I wanted to sign up to TalkTalk after receiving their sales pack in the post a couple of weeks ago. I never received any pack to look at prior to his visit. His approach was pretty full on, very much hard sell. Given i'm on the…
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NTL Broadband/digital/phone bundle
NTL are offering ( until the end of today ) a bundle for £34 per month which includes: 1MB Broadband, 50 Digital TV channels and free UK telephone calls at any time of the week. Having just moved house, I desperately need to set up these services. I guess I'm stuck with NTL as I need to keep my email addresses for my home…
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Expensive reverse charges call (BT)
BT have charged me £2.64 for a forty seven second reverse charges call. Now I am not often a soft touch but I accepted the call not knowing that it would take a kings ransom to pay for this call. Can anyone out there tell me if I'm being ripped off by BT?
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Advice quick please, onetel phoning back
Hi onetel from comet have phoned usand offered 2mg unlimited broadband and unlimited landline calls for £29.99 month. Is this a good deal. 10 days notice to end contract with them. Hubby thinks it good for 2meg but we are bit worried cos centrica are selling them. They are phoning us back in 20 mins. They also want our…
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Voipbuster and sipgate
Hi everyone, Sorry for being a fool but I cant find the link that advises on how to configure Voipbuster and Sipgate. i've searched and searched. I must be going blind!!! Does anybody have the link to hand? The link on the sticky at the top of this board doesn't work. Thanks all :cool:
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Call baring
Hi everyone. It’s my first message on the board and English it’s not my first language so forgive my misspelling. I recently change phone provider and start to receive phone calls from sellers in “Wethershields windows”. They want me to buy windows from them and I don’t like this pestering business. I heard something while…
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Onetel Launch Cheap Call Voip Service.
OneTel have have now launched their Voip service under the the Justdial brand. See https://www.justdialvoip.com They have already been hurling brickbats at Dixons(Freetalk) and BT. :eek: See https://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/28/onetel_voip/ Lets hope the Customer Service is better then what they offer on JDS. :D
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Ofcom propose that 0870 calls should be charged at normal Geographical Rate.
Ofcoms latest proposals regarding the charging of calls to ngn numbers can be read in these two Ofcom press releases. http://www.ofcom.org.uk/media/news/2005/09/nr_20050928 and http://www.ofcom.org.uk/media/mofaq/telecoms/nts
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Call 18866 POTENTIAL SECURITY HOLE!
I was issued a new bank card recently and had to update my debit card details on the call18866.co.uk website for payment. I noticed the update page was encrypted using SSL, as you would expect HOWEVER ... my card details (card number, security code, expiry date and name on card) were all transmitted as PLAINTEXT through…
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Unlocking a £20 Linksys PAP2 VoIP adapter
An enterprising spark in the U.S. has found out how to unlock a PAP2 VoIP adapter sold locked to the Vonage VoIP network: http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,14450684 These adapters are available from Comet and BroadbandBuyer for £19.99: http://www.comet.co.uk/comet/html/cache/68_270202.html…
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My dog ate the telephone line, can it be fixed for free?
Hi, My naughty dog ate the telehphone line, at the point where it comes into the house, and i would like it fixed for free please, any ideas? BT said that becuase it was inside the house i had to pay. The call out charge was £63 + £63 per hour thereafter. Becuase they couldn't tell me how much the total job would take i…
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BT start VoIP price war
"From next week, the cost of calls to 30 countries such as the US, Australia, Spain and France will cost just 0.5p a minute. A 60-minute call to a US landline, which would cost 72p with Skype, would cost 30p with BT, said the telco in a statement." http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/27/bt_voip/ OK, it's not going to…
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free british gas phone calls and 18866
Is it possible to sign up for the free evening and weekend calls from british gas, (which is actually ontel) but still use 18866 during the daytime? i spoke to british gas and they said that all calls would be routed through them so I was wondering if this would prevent me using 18866? thanks in advance.
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Working from Home - help needed
Hi, I have been asked if I want to undertake part of my job from home. This will mean making several National calls each day. Can anyone suggest the best and cheapest way to do this and make sure that my employers cover just work call costs as opposed to my personal calls. My initial thoughts are: 1. Get a second line from…
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£6m Premium Rate (Win an Expensive prize) Phone Scam.
At last Icstis are working with the police to do something about these Scams. See this article http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/26/premium_rate/
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Landline to Mobile
Just got the TalkTalk phone bill and the majority of it is the kids phoning people on mobiles, and as you can imagine we're not happy. We've contacted TalkTalk and they say there is nothing that they can do about it. Does anybody know how we can put a stop to this? Phoning mobiles from our landline I mean.
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118866 Rip Off
Hello,Just thought i would let you all know what happend when I dialed 118866 by mistake I meant to dial 18866,I hung up imedeatly but got my phone bill thismorning and a 10second call to that number cost me £1.32.Needless to say I am discusted,does anyone esle think that this is a rip off.
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18866 and 1899 New problems merged
18866 have been experiencing connection problems for nearly a week now, frequent engaged tones. 1899 on the other hand sent this reply email to a new registration application. 'Unfortunately your 1899 internet registration has failed. Due to lack of capacity it is currently not possible to register. Please wait at least 6…
