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18185 question
I currently am waiting for a new BT line! Mad fool etc etc.. I have a mobile with 3; thay tell me to call 0870 numbers costs 70p per minute. Could I call these numbers using the mobile alternative 02081802828 and use ny free minutes?
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Strange Instructions on 1571
Hi, I've just had a strange encounter with 1571 and wonder if anyone else has come across this. Around 10 minutes ago I lifted received to make a call and got the 'beeps' indicating 1571 message, so I dialled 1571. I was told there was 1 message, but there was sound and no message, so I just assumed someone had hung up…
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BT home phone billing problems
I've been trying to sort out my personal BT mess since September of this year. For one thing, it took well over a month to get my phoneline activated; at one point they simply canceled my original order without informing me and I ended up getting a phone call from Open Reach asking why I'd canceled when they were almost…
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Talk Talk Free Broadband Ads criticised again by ASA
http://www.mobiletoday.co.uk/news.aspx?id=27788 Also see: http://www.asa.org.uk/asa/adjudications/Public/TF_ADJ_43681.htm
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To find out if you can take your number with you when you move?Easy isnt it?
Apparently 2 companies I have asked have both told me i will,in effect have to apply to them for a line first,(but if i cant transfer my number,i may not want to go with them. )Confused.Why cant theyjust give me a straight answer
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Patient Line Cheap Rates please !!!
Does anyone know how to get a cheaper rate phoning Patient Line? The info at the start of a call suggests there may be a way of only paying a flat rate 51p charge per call. Does anyone know anything about this? I have tried a number of the prefix numbers for 070 calls but they say the do not deal with the number that I…
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AOL Talk Charges - explain please?
I'm currently with TalkTalk and pay BT my line rental. Call charges are approx £10/month. I'm looking at moving to AOL on: AOL Talk Evenings & Weekends - make as many calls to local and national UK landlines (starting 01 and 02) as you want from 6pm to 6am weekdays and all weekend for just £3.39 a month. Sounds fair…
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Sky package rip off?
Hi guys, would appreciate some advice please. We signed up for the Sky TV, phone and internet package at £19.99 a month, all well and good and all was well, until we got our first bill. We have been charged £36 and this charge will continue. When we contated Sky we were told that the extra charge is because we live so far…
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New BT line install/contract??
hi, can anyone tell me the terms of having a new line fitted. Im currently paying Orange £15 a month (£9 off offer with my mobile) this is the deal that includes line rental, a 2nd line 0845 number, free anytime landline calls, unlimited 8mb broadband, and also free calls to any orange mobiles which for what i use is an…
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Tesco phone
We currently have home phone line with BT and broadband with "AN other". "AN other" provides us with free evening and weekend calls included in broadband deal. If we swap to Tesco phone (paying line rental to Tesco) could we stay with "AN other" or "XYZ broadband" or would we only be able to use Tesco's broadband (very…
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Help - Leaving the post office and joining Sky
I'm currently with the post office for my phone and with AOL for my internet. I've been looking at the sky £19 per month offer for talk/surf/see and I’ve decided to give it a go. I'm past the 12 month period with both AOL and the Post office however how do I go about changing to Sky? Can I just phone Sky and they will do…
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Cancelling BT line after 12 days?
Hello all, New to this board so apologies if this has been covered before! I have just bought a house and it had a BT line in it. I called them to get switched over to it as the vendors did not take it with them. They said I had to get a new line put in which basically consisted of them going to the exchange to switch it…
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Talk Talk and 18866
Hi, Since signing up to Talk Talk (Talk 2), I can no longer use 18866. Is this because Tak Talk bar it? Can anyone recommend another override provider that I can use? Thanks
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TalkTalk Call Divert Queries
Hello, I have a couple of queries about the TalkTalk Call Divert feature. I'm not sure if this is a generic thing to all companies, but the way the feature works (voice prompts, etc) recently changed. As such: 1. Can a divert be set up to an international number including the 18418 discount prefix? 2. More importantly, can…
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Free 90 minute calls plus broadband
When i move,I am looking for this package cos i speak to my daughter most days (for hours if she wants!).Are there many companies who do this?
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Pipex Phone Charges
Can anyone help? I have my home phone through Pipex with my broadband. I moved house a year ago but renewed my Pipex account and kept the same telephone number. Since then they have not charged me for my phone calls! I have tried several times to sort this anomaly out with Pipex but they have still failed to bill me for…
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BT's sly and deceitful tactics
A week ago we had the copper wire stolen from the box in the street that supplies our phone connections. A few of us in the village had no connection for nearly 2 days. I phoned BT on my mobile ( not free on 0800) and after a long time and many menus I got through to an adviser and reported the fault (that I noticed from…
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Bt query
Been having problems with BT for 2 years now in short everytime we move the cancel our old line instead of carrying over and start a fresh contract last time they didnt even cancel our old line and were charging us for two! Now the bill is business line and the business no longer runs, we have not wanted BT business since…
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how to get your own 0870 number?
Read a thread here recently,but cant find it now explaining it was possible to get an 0870 number that you could give to companies (eg that are also using an 0870 number). I am going to have a phone line put in in a few months and am looking at the possibilities.Would you need to have your home phone line and a seperate…
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Help, Virgin have cheated me
I signed up online to Virgin Media a few weeks ago. They had a special offer that if you take a cable phone line they give you 2Meg broadband for £4.50 for the first 12 months. I went through the online sales picked £11 phone line, plus £3.45 for evening and weekends calls and £4.50 for broadband. Total £18.95 per month -…
