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Gullible, naive and signed up for home phone in the street
I'm not talking about me but my flatmate and need to know what to do next if someone has any idea? Flatmate was approached by some guy on behalf of talk talk in the high street and signed up to a home phone service, but isn't sure if she has or not :o He took her bank card details and wrote out all the info himself and…
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Advantage Telecom offer - good or not??
Had a call to move our 2 business lines and 1 domestic from BT to Advantage Telecom as the carrier. Haven't recieved the T&C's yet so need to have a look at the small print in details but topline details are: Line rental £22.30/quarter Call charges £0.9p/min landlines, 9-12p/min mobile and free AT line to line BT line…
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Possible Issue with BT and 18866?
I've been using 18866 for several years without issue until recently. I’ve been frequently traveling to Russia on business so to keep the phone costs down I bought a Russia SIM card and my wife called me using the 18866 service (5p/min). Our home phone is pre-programmed to auto dial 18866 and on each occasion my wife…
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18185 Direct Debits
I have been with 18185 only a few months and my first DD is indicated as £1.54 and will be taken 'on or immediately after' that date. This is the 4th working day after and it doesn't yet appear on my statement. Is this normal for 18185? Will it take a long time or not happen? The DD got set up under Connect Telecoms and…
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Moving into rented house, no existing landline, cheap solutions?
Hey, I'm in the process of moving into rented accommodation, I've just been told by the agents that while there is a landline connected to the property, it's not 'connected' in a technical sense so I'll have to arrange BT to do it for me. I've spoken to them on the phone and they're saying that as the property has been…
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can i get out of bt contract..??
i joined BT phone broadband and tv on contract, i was told that i would be better of with broadband speed but am not even getting a speed of 5 when i was getting up to 20 before with virgin. Is there anyway that i can get out of the contract with bt..??
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Sky package
Hiya I pay £33 to sky, and Bt broadband and phone comes to £130 evry few months sky we just have basic package but im thinking of doing tv, broadband and phone with sky would this work out any cheaper? Im all confused by it all Thanks
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Wanna leave BT but huge Cancellation Fee!
Hi guys I'm new to the forum but swear by the info on the main MSE site. I use it for all my bills and finances etc and recommend it to anyone that'll listen!! Anyway, I signed up for a good deal with BT back in April 2009, as it was on Martin's list of good deals for home phones. I knew I would be tied in for a year but…
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Primus
The tips this week suggest cheap rates from Primus. It may be cheaper, but be aware that they have the worst customer relations in the world.
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Problems with Primus....
Hi please help. Sorry in advance for the long rambling post. I recently moved house and as a consequence everything went haywire ( I am the most disorganised person I know!), and we were without landline/internet for two weeks, during this period the direct debit to Primus failed. Last Fiday I found that I was unable to…
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Post Office Home Phone
Moved house 20th Aug,this house has a telephone line through the Post Office...despite TEN,yes TEN requests from the previous owner they still have not disconnected the line...Im tied into BT so cant get the line sorted for 11 working days because of this PO line.....The previous owner has said that the customer service of…
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huge bt termination charges!
even will my free calls with bt im paying £48 per month! and cant afford to do so any longer ( i was suppose to be with sky calls but i moved house and they never connection me and wanted me to start a whole new account and i said no thank you!) so ive signed up for southern electric and no they want me to pay £67 in…
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calls to nepal mobile
Can anyone advise what is the best way to call mobiles in nepal from a virgin landline. we currently use the talk anywhere 800 minutes for £29.00 on virgin - I believe this s better value that most calling cards or over ride providers such as phonecheap. We don't have a BT landline VOIP is not an option unfortunately.…
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moving home in 6 months on 1 year contract
Currently we are half way through a 12 month internet contract with the Post Office. We have also got their phone line rental which does not have a minimum contract. We use 18185 as an override through the day, and find that it all goes together very well. However, we are moving house in about a month, and I have…
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Virgin Media - moved home but no phone line now available at exchange
I recently moved home and stayed with Virgin (cable) for my phone and broadband however when I moved the engineer suddenly told me there weren't any phone lines available at the exchange so I now don't have a line and there is no certainty of when this will be available (I do have the broadband). Has anyone else had this…
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I think I am being scammed (0800152078)
Hi I hope someone can answer this. I bought a telephone recorder 2 weeks ago from curries. I plugged it in and left in running. I looked at the log this morning - normal stuff, me, my mum, my dad, etc BUT There are many (sometimes 10 to 15 per day) phone calls going out to this number 0800152078. The call always last…
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033 phone numbers
Hi, Has anyone used Skycom Ltd t/a Just03 to buy an 033x number? or any recommendations on where to buy? Cheers Ade
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NEW CallCheckers: Could you spare 5 mins to help test them
Hi all, We're working on a new and improved version of the CallCheckers. Could you spend 5 mins helping us test them? Please ignore the editorial on and around them as that's not finished but let us know for the UK and International CallCheckers (they're separate): Is it easy to use? What do you like/don't you like? Any…
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Worrying about BT engineer's call out fee
I've recently moved into my own place, which, when we signed up were told by the letting agents there was both a BT and a Virgin cable connections. I ordered a phone line with BT which was meant to go live on 2nd September, but it did not. I have plugged 2 known working phones into the socket (its only a small flat so…
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A Simple guide to VOIP for Cable Broadband Users
This guide is intended for cable broadband users who still use BT analogue line to make both UK and international calls via indirect access numbers, forum memebers please add any other options that will help VOIP users. (Bt line user who high volume of international calls can still save a lot using voip). I migrated to…
