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BT has ended pay and call
Hello there, Probably someone else has posted this but I am very surprised and somehwat shocked that BT has ended pay and call for its vulnerable customers. I have a family member who falls into that group and previously under pay and call it was impossible to run up a debt of more than £60 under the pay and call scheme.…
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BT Scam
If you change from BT, please check your call plan very carefully. I changed from BT to Sky for calls and broadband. At the time Sky did not offer line rental. Next quarter, I got a bill for BT for line rental plus one off costs. This turned out to be caller ID and 1571. I did not want these "services" complained and asked…
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Home phone, short contract
Hi all, I'm returning to the UK and want to get my land line reconnected so I can use it for broadband. I might leave again within 6 months so I don't want an annual contract with BT. Which telephone providers offer monthly contracts with no minimum term? I don't know yet whether there will be a reconnection charge. I…
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Any experience of Orchids in tandem
I have connected 2 Orchids in tandem - a V4+ on the incoming side, and a V4 on my side (because I wanted 2 different definitiions of 'daytime'). I have noticed, that when I set the time on the V4, the activity light also comes on the V4+ beyond it, so presumably both Orchids are updated. So obviously I need to disconnect…
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check bt bills
recieved latest bt bill charging unlimited weekend plan £12.87 which includes line rental .ihave only line rental with them calls are with someone else queried it bill has been reduced so watch your your bills
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Is the Post Office any good?
I have been looking for a phone/broadband package. Sky I could go with but I don't want to be tied in to sky TV. Talk talk I could go with, as I have broadband with them at the moment £12 a month But I have been looking at the post office £20 a month free evening calls. Weekend calls include free to 40 countries. And also…
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Beware of rolling contracts
Anyone looking at phone services should look carefully at the terms before committing to anything. It is sadly becoming more and more common for telecoms companies to use an unfair rolling contract where after the initial contract period has completed you are automatically signed up for a new contract for the same length…
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New landline installation - options?
Hi, I'm about to move into my new house this weekend and would be grateful for some advice. Unfortunately mobile reception in my new house is a bit dire, otherwise I'd just use my unlimited calls package and opt for mobile broadband. So...I now need a new landline for broadband, however, I've been on the BT website and…
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TalkTalk - cancelling direct debit?
I have had loads of problems with talktalk which will take up too much space to type out! Main points to do with my enquiry are as follows: 1. they agreed to refund me the first bill which I had already paid (as I did try to cancel in my cooling off period) - totalling £20.88 2. they accidentally refunded me 2 x £20.88 and…
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BT contract now void?
Thanks to learning of it from Money saving Expert, in May last year I took advantage of an offer from BT of free line installation under the terms of which I had to agree to an 18 months contract, to make 10 chargeable calls per month, and I only got free weekend calls and not free evening calls. Dom Littlewood (on BBC's…
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Sky won't let us go
Back in Oct 09 we signed up with sky for phone and broadband. we already had TV, but we lost our free broadband from work and needed a new contract. The phones have never worked properly from day one. We had caller id with BT that no longer works and despite contacting Sky over and over since Nov 09 they have never fixed…
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Orchid V4+ - CLI stopped working
I have a V4+ that is about 16 months old, which has been working fine in general, and I've been using Kevin Lawry's programming tool which has been fantastic. Unfortunately the CLI (caller line ID) has now stopped working. When I unplug the dialler and plug the extension lead straight into the master socket, CLI works…
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Question for Talktalk rep please (Emma)
Rather than enter this on a "bash-em" thread, as a satisfied customer of Talktalk, I need a question answered before it's too late. I am due to have my TT line disconnected 23/24th Feb as we are moving down south. TT tell me it will be 7-14 days before the phone line is active (which I accept) and a further 7-14 days…
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Calls Abroad
Does anyone knows of any service provider who provides cheap rate calls to St.Lucia W.I. ??? Or what is the cheapest rate call to St. Lucia??
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Why can't anyone at BT Help me!!
I am absolutely furious, On Monday I rang up BT customers services and spoke to someone in India, she did not understand what I was trying to ask her and I didn't understand what she was trying to advise me. I have recently had BT Take out £46 from my bank account, not knowing it was coming out I didn't have sufficient…
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Problems with BT's online bills
Just got my latest bill online. Showed usage charges of £3.01. That seemed high (since I use 1899 and 18185 for anything other than 0845/0870). When I drilled down into the details it showed all my calls but they only totalled £1.59. Just got off the phone with BT and it appears that the difference is due to four ringback…
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Talk Talk's new FREE service!
OK, you probably didn't believe the thread title but it's true - it was announced on BBC TV's Breakfast programme this morning that Talk Talk are going to offer an opt-in service to receive weekly calls from an individual (always the same person) from the company 'for a chat'. They allege it's not going to be any type of…
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IDTCalls.com
Dear All, Just wanted to bring to your attention a cheaper calling card system which doesn't seem to be on Martin's International Call checker. My wife uses it to call her folks in China. Calls to China (landline and mobile) are 0.25p per minute, Martin's cheapest option to China is 0.5p per minute. You dial an access…
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Additional handsets for Binatone
Hi, I have a Binatone 2310 phone set, which consists of 1 corded answerphone and a cordless additional handset. Up to 4 handsets can be registered to the base but I can't find any to buy, does anyone know if these are available? Any suggestions very welcome! Thanks
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VM Green box demolished
Hi, We have one of the green cabinets that VM normally goto when the install lines etc. A lorry yesterday afternoon crashed into it and ripped it to bits, so all the wires are currently exposed. I was away at work, so the missus phoned VM who would not listed and insisted it was a fault with our phone line and booked and…