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New phone line need to be installed BT or Post office
I want to get a phone line installed into my flat so I can get sky and broadband. I've seen that BT or Post Office are probably the easiest to go through to get a line installed plus the line rental as it seems whoever install the line tie you in to line rental as well. My landlady has said she will pay for the…
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landline to landline/mobile in Australia - help!
Hi, I am with Virgin Media and have just arranged to go on their £1.50/month international package which will allow me to call Australia for 3p/min if its a landline I am calling. I've been reading all your posts about cheaper ways to do this i.e. Rebtel but when I called Virgin Media to ask if they would charge for these…
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over ride providers
I recently signed up to tiscali's home phone and internet package with line rental, only to discover they block the 18185 over ride, does anyone know of another over ride I could use? Also I cancelled my talk talk bundle due to their inability to get me online, they wrote to me demanding a £70 cancellation fee aswell…
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Primus - How long to get me up and running
Called and signed up for Primus calls 10/12 days ago no info pack as suggested yet. Is this usual? What normally is thier turn around time? Thanks
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Talktalk Line Rental and Broadband VAT Refund claim
When I got my bill from TalkTalk yesterday, I noticed that the broadband cost of £10 "included 15% VAT" of £1.30. However, I have always paid £10, which in the past has included 17.5% VAT so they have therefore increased my monthly charge by about 2.5%. I rang customer services and after a long conversation they rang me…
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Moving house and talk talk - is this right
We have an 18mth broadband contract with talktalk (started June 08) and are mvoing house at the end of this month. I have just been informed that when we move into the new property will be starting again with a new 18 month contact!! and it will cost us £30 to move service and we cant keep our old number. If I do not keep…
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no 1280 access ? BT to start charging for the prior FREE 1571 service
On top of the charge for BT Privacy, you'll now be charged almost £1 a month for 1571 " BT Answer 1571 makes sure you don't miss a call – whether you're away from home or on another call. You'll know there's a message waiting for you because you'll hear an interrupted dial tone when you next pick up the phone. To check…
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Talk Talk Upsides/Downsides
I am tempted to move from BT To Talk Talk My Talk £16.99 per month. If after my 18 month contract I decide I would like to move back to BT, what would the cost be? Also, would I be able to keep my Yahoo email address for sending mail? Anything else I should consider before I decide? I know there are many mixed feelings…
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No 1280 access for FREE BT Privacy ? BT Chargecard calls qualify - CONFIRMATION
Excellent news - more so for those stuck on BT new Wholesale product ( Sky etc.. ) its a blessing ! order your BT Chargecard people ! https://www1.btwebworld.com/btstreetlifeandpayphones/callingcards/applynow/index.htm
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Calling UK From Abroad
Hi everyone I am new to this and like everyone am suffering from the recession. Anyway I am living in Spain and wondering if anyone knows the cheapest option for calling the UK? Thanks, John
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Porting / transferring my number to BT
Hi all, Recently ordered a reconnection to BT under the £30 deal. I specifically stated to the Sales Advisor that I wanted to retain my number from Virgin (which was orginally a BT number anyway). Gave her the correct number and she said it would be a fairly seamless move. I recieve the welcome pack and it does ave another…
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1899 dilemma - advice appreciated
ok, i signed up to this a few months back and used my virgin pay-as-you-go mastercard as the payment method. they started randomly billing me seemingly as and when they wanted to, so since my income is what it is, i had to let the first attempts go then deposit the money on to the mastercard and contact them again to take…
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Dialwise - do BT still charge a call connection fee?
Hiya I've been wondering why my BT bills are higher than I thought they should be so I have gone through my itemised bill and looked at the dialwise number I use a lot to phone my parents in Spain. The call cost is 0.5p a minute but do BT still charge a connection fee? The calls are all a minimum of 8p. If I switch to…
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How on earth do I contact 18866?
I've just got my invoice from 18866 and it states I owe £1.30 + £0.20 VAT. All seems well for a years usage but I log on to check my itemised bill and it states they only amount to £0.40. There are no other call charges or charges of any other kind on the bill. I want to ask 18866 why there is a difference but cannot find…
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Advice on BT
We've been in our house for two and a half years now. After six months or so of being here, BT gave us a special rate on option 2 if we agreed to an 18 month contract. This came to an end in the last couple of months, and our bills are noticeably higher now. I just wondered if anyone had been in the same situation and had…
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Virgin Media Talk. Price Increases From 2/2/2009
Just heard their putting up 1. Their Connection Charge for Chargeable 01/02/03 calls from 6.85p to 7.82p 2. Plus their increasing the cost of Chargeable calls to 01/02/03 numbers to 4.41p a minute at all times. ( Previously 3.91p peak and 3.18p evenings and weekends). Will post a link as soon as i get one.
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BT Call Barring
I am currently trying out using BT Call Barring to allow local calls only. With BT Call Barring, is it possible to use the PIN to make a call to a barred number? If so, what is the dialling sequence i need to use? From looking at the docs, it seems that i need to - permanantly disable the bar #34x*yyyy# - make a call -…
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contacting 18185 - how can you?
I want to email 18185 as they have not debited by account for my invoice yet and i think they should've done by now according to emailed monthly invoice. When i try and use their website however, all i get is a load of FAQs which obviuosly don't address this specific issue. Athough there are links saying "contact us" on…
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New Year New Plan
Hello everyone Right just like everyone elses my new year plan is - save money etc Justed look through the phone articles, My wife and i get Mobiles through Orange (550 minutes for £35 each) and are tied in at the moment, but it does give us our broadband for a £5 a month. However, we have never really sorted the orange…
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Home phone to mobile calls
Can you help, please! I tried Martins advice for the call checker and decided to try 1p call , but when I dialled the number it said I`d dialled an invalid international code. When I looked again at Martins advice in one place it says you need 00 44 and further down it says just 44. I tried both but got same answer. Do I…
