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Call 0800 numbers from home without a Landline for free.
I don’t have a landline and I some times need to call 0800 numbers, This would involve me going to a pay phone box or using a friend’s home phone. What I have found is that with a free subscription to Skype and never having added credit, Skype will allow you to call 0800 numbers for free (as it should be). To do this you…
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Brand new flat-need phone line-confused!
Hi I'm moving into a brand new flat on the weekend. I foolishly assumend I just ring BT and they move my number to the new flat free of charge for being a great customer for 8 years. Yes very wrong. They want $120ish to activate the new line. My question is - and I've been searching around but am confused- is it just BT…
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Is going back to BT worth it?
Looking for better phone deals sometimes requires having a BT line. I currently pay a phone company with the line included. By returning to BT, I will get the line back. BT say that they will not charge for reconnection (£125?). I will have to pay the new phone prices for a 12 month contract, then I will be free to look…
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BT Retail free takeover of an LLU line
Just to let everyone know BT retail can now take over a current LLU line (Talk Talk /Tiscali / Bulldog etc line) FREE connection so no more £125 charge. It does not matter if you are the customer of the LLU or a new customer to BT.Other companies can also do this if they choose to do so but this is good news to home movers…
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BT price hikes discussion
This thread is for discussing the MoneySaving News item on BT price hikes Click reply to discuss
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Does BT 1280 work with Supanet?
Hi, We are with Supanet for our calls. I know some providers do not allow to transfer calls to BT using 1280, does anyone know if I can do this with Supanet? The reason I ask is so I can make calls to BT to avoid the caller display charges. I tried using the *411 # to track the cost of the call but my exchange doesn't…
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having a sky land line installed
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charges for unmade phone calls
For the last 2 years or so I have been charged for phone calls that I have not made. On average it is £5 per month so over the 2 years it has cost me over £120. Most of the calls are listed as 08 traffic (BT charge band national) or 08 traffic (BT charge band g15) or another g number. Some of these calls are listed as…
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Primus are charging us line rental - is this bad?
We followed Martin's home phones article to the letter, and as we already have very cheap broadband through O2, we wanted to keep BT for our line rental. We then signed up to Primus2, as recommended by Martin, and I am sure that I was careful to avoid signing up to them for line rental. We also signed up for 18185, so that…
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Switch to Sky Line Rental - 3 months free!
I am an existing Sky customer using their Sky Talk package but still using BT for my line rental. I have just asked Sky to take over my line rental from BT because it is £1.75 per month cheaper and I get free Caller Display, which is useful. I was very pleased to find out they have an offer on at present and by making this…
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BT and house being black listed
Ok sorry I dont know where this should go so putting it here. Wanting to get BT BB, just came off the phone to them after being told the house is black listed thanks to previous people so I was told that I would have to give BT £150 paid back to me in 6 months. This debt is nothing to do with me, the only option I was told…
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Primus Savers want to tie you with a contract
Hi I emailed Primus to ask if I took the saver package (CPS) would I be tie to a contract and was told no just 30 days notice. I phoned to join but they said 18 months contract, then went to 12 months then to 6 months. But kept on saying I Have to be tied to 6 months. I told them about the email but they wouldn't have it.…
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0800 Weather
Just found this on web : Totally Free Decent weather available from 0800 WEATHER (0800 932 8437) Only free from Landlines.
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Changed to BT Basic / BT have charged me £135!
Hiya, Just a quicky, otherwise I'll be stressing about this until until the early hours, and won't sleep... I would really appreciate some help as to what to do next regarding the below - Last June ('08), I moved into my flat, where i am now, needing to switch on the phone line that was already in the flat. BT told me that…
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Advice needed
i live in a newly built house and want to get the phone line in mainly for broadband i had seen the deal that talk talk is doing until march and would like to get it but as my phone line has never been connected bt is looking £122 and then a 12 month contract does anyone know how i could get the phone line connected to go…
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BT 0800 charges?
Can anyone tell me how much BT charges for 0800 numbers? I think I'm on the package that pays for line rental at 10.27 per month (nothing fancy etc.). Thanks.
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Phone Line question
Does anybody have any advice on transferring phone lines? We have two phone lines, One with BT the other with Virgin Media. Due to circumstances we now want to remove 1 line. We want to retain the BT number and move the VM line to that number. Any suggestions, pitfalls or obstacles we may encounter before phoning VM and…
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Problem getting credit owed by BT
In May 2007 we decided to take up a phone and broadband package with Tiscali. We paid BT quarterly by direct debit and recieved our bills via the internet. We recieved a final statement from BT which said that we had credit of £19.30. Since May 2007, every quarter we have recieved a letter from BT saying that they could…
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BT CallerDisplay & 1571 charges
My system - BT line rental, Primus Telecom for weekend & evening calls together with 18185. Last quarter I was charged by BT for CallerDisplay/1571 for not making the required number of calls via BT. This quarter I don't want to make the same error. Last weekend I rang 1280 020 7043 1320 (geographical speaking clock). This…
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BT bills vat free for disabled
hi i read some where you can get vat free bills from bt, if your disabled , i tried to look on the customs and exercise site . but it is error state. nothing there. does any one know anything about this please ? :D
