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Phone Line with BT / Sky?
Buying a new build soon, so having a look at Line rentals and installation etc. Ive seen BT have a £0 a month with free evening and weekend or £5 free all time with an installation for £125. Ive read somewhere on the site that you can get this installation for free, is that right? However im interested in getting a package…
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Anyone used Planet Numbers??
My parents live in Spain and it is pretty expensive to call them, esp as I have just gone onto Virgin Media. i found 'planet numbers' which gives you a number to phone, you then dial the spanish number and it apparentl only cost you 1p per minute at all times. phone clicky I just wondered if anyone had used it or if it was…
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Virgin Media -rip off call prices 0845 & international
I checked some call prices on Virgin Media. http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/phone/callingcosts.html Saw they now charge the same rate for 0845 numbers as 0870 numbers !! Both are now charged at 9.79p connection plus 9.79p/min. 0845 were always sold as a "local rate" type call in the past. 0845 used to be charged at…
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Reconnection fee
Hi just a query to find out if this is right, My parents have BT in contact plus.They got an automated call saying you have not paid your bill etc(on the 30th). Mum had it in her bag ready to pay so i checked the date expecting it to be a few weeks given the call. It was only due on the 28th but the post date was the 21st…
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cheap number to call usa from a vrgin home phone
we r going to florida on monday and staying in a villa. im looking a number my mum can ring to get cheap calls to us from her virgin home phone. anyone any ideas?
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talktalk and BT-some homephone questions please-am I being ripped off
I rent my line from BT and I am with Talk talk for the calls - "EveryCall choice 2. Why do talk talk charge me 3.99 as a regular charge when my line is rented from BT, who also charge me line rental? This has been going on since 2004. Is talktalks regular charge also line rental, and if so, should I ask for a refund?…
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18185 bill payment problem
18185 tried to get money from my account for last month's bill. The payment failed because I didn't have enough in the account. When I had the money, I transferred it to their account, but made the transaction as a transfer not a bill payment, so I didn't put my account reference number. Mynext bill is due on November 2nd…
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How Much Does Copper Fetch These Days?
Just wondered what this would have been worth to the culprits? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/8333774.stm
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The End of the Silent Phone Call?
OFCOM initiated their own investigation into silent phone calls, under the Electronic Communications Act (2003), back in June 2006. Today, there has been a surprise announcement that, with immediate effect, outgoing silent phone calls from Call Centres are effectively banned! Call Centres must now put a message on the line…
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Virgin Media Fiasco Help Please!
Well first of all I'm new here so a big hello to everyone! Now I have a huge problem with Virgin Media charges, and I would really appreciate any advice on this. I've been with them over a year now, I have the TV-Phone-Broadband package that costs £47.50 a month. Now when I first signed up, I specifically asked if there…
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Mobile phone contracts with free gifts
Anyone know where i could get a mobile phone deal where you get an xbox 360 or a ps3, or what sites do these deals
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Can Talk Talk extend my contract if my partner approves it?
About a year ago I came home from work and my partner, who had just moved in, said Talk Talk, my provider at the time, rang to offer a deal on my contract extension. He gave them the green light so i was tied into another 18 months. We have had a mulititude of problems since. They cut us off, spent a month telling us this…
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Service charge problem - what do I do?
Hi there Could someone please help me? I am at my wits end and do not know where to turn. I have my phone package with Talk Talk and my broadband service with Pipex. In August I had a problem with my broadband connection, when calling Pipex they asked if I had any 'crackles' on the line, which I did (very faint ones but I…
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BT don't have time to talk to me???
I just had a call from BT on 08009889546 it said " this is BT we can't talk to you right now but may call back", then it said " you may remove yourself from our calling list by ringing xxxxxxxxx" I didn't catch the number. Whats that all about? anyone?
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BT equipment fault, not line fault
I've just connected to O2 broadband but was having problems with the speed. They told me to remove the cover from the BT master socket & plug the broadband filter into the test socket. Did that & hey presto, broadband speed jumps up. They tell me it's a fault with the equipment. It's not a line fault or fault of O2. Do I…
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Bt evening and weekend calls plan
My daughter had a new phone line when she moved into her new build last October. She agreed to the 12 month contract to get free calls at the weekend and evenings. She pays monthly by whole bill DD. This month's bill looked wrong to her (too high) so I've looked at it. They have started charging her £2.95 for the…
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should I go with BT?
I am moving in to a new property and BT have confirmed that there is an existing line that I can take over, so there will be no connection charge. However, I will have to sign up to a 12 month contract @ £11.25 per month. Comparing this to other landlines on offer @ around £9.50 per month, I wanted to understand what could…
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BT land line - but calls with another provider beware.
I thought this better have it's own thread, but I have also added to another one too. BT caller ID is free if you make 6 BT phone calls. Howver, if your calls are provided with another supplier, and you don't make 6 calls with BT, then you will be charged 7.50 for caller ID. Caller ID was a free service provided by BT so…
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Phone and broadband
Hi, I'm moving to a new house in a few weeks and want to cut down my expenditure on utilities. I currently pay the standard BT phone line rental - around £12 pm and Tiscali broadband £14.90 pm. I had hoped to get Virgin Broadband with no line rental at my new property but it's not in the fibre optic area. I therefore need…
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BT Monthly Bill Too Expensive.
I primarily use my phone line for Broadband and I have opted for option 1 with BT, however I feel my monthly phone bill is too expensive, is there anything more I can do to reduce it? Below is this months bill broken down: Cost of Calls £13.73 Your benefits -£1.09 Rental charges £23.61 VAT £5.44 Total now due £41.69
