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Nuisance caller with 2 different numbers
Really enjoying adding these callers to my 'barred calls list' on telephone. Problem with this one though. Caller display says 04851000103, but 1471 gives last number as 01618703447. Wouldn't have realised this, but googled the 0485 number and found it is solar energy seller with different 1471 number. Now - which of the…
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MSE News: TalkTalk fined £750,000 for silent and abandoned sales calls
"TalkTalk has today been fined £750,000 by regulator Ofcom for making an excessive number of abandoned and silent calls..." Read the full story: TalkTalk fined £750,000 for silent and abandoned sales calls Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply. If you aren’t sure how it all works,…
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Cancellation and notice fee
I have just switched from Orange home phone and broadband to talk talk. Orange have told be there will be a £30 cancellation fee and I will have to pay 14 days notice which can only be actioned once switched therefore paying for 2 contracts over 14 days. Has anyone else come across this and is this correct?
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BT refusing refund for free service
I checked my parents' phone bill recently and found they'd been paying around £4.80 a month under a service called 'Basic Value Plan'. This was for the calling feature 'caller display'. Searching a bit online I found that when they took out the contract this feature was chargeable, but became free in 2009. The Basic value…
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FTTC installs - BTOR noshows - and Talktalk denying compensation
I'm sure one of the TT reps will chip in, unless they have something to hide... There is an increasing problem with BT Openreach techs failing to show 'up at appointments (My own record is 3 failed apointments before I gave up and cancelled). It's received some media coverage…
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bt basic..warning
it appears i fulfil all the criteria for bt basic,BUT as i have a deal for bt b/band i would lose that and be worse off under basic just a warning for anyone who didnt realise that
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MSE News: Phone charge shake-up will cut bills, Ofcom says
"The price consumers pay to call 08, 09 and 118 numbers is set to be made clearer under new Ofcom rules..." Read the full story: Phone charge shake-up will cut bills, Ofcom says Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply. If you aren’t sure how it all works, read our New to Forum? Intro…
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Living abroad - cheapest hassle-free way for parents to call me?
Hi all, I live in Denmark and my parents often call me from the UK on my mobile, from their landline. They're not particularly tech savy so I was toying with the idea of getting an ip phone and leasing a (UK based) Skype number so my parents would effectively be calling a local number, to get hold of my. Would this work?…
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MSE News: Primus blunder sees customers not told about price hike
"Primus has delayed increasing line rental charges for some customers, after it emerged they hadn't been told about it..." Read the full story: Primus blunder sees customers not told about price hike Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply. If you aren’t sure how it all works, read our…
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Telephone Preference Service - good in name only?
Is there any point in this service existing? Has anyone ever had any benefit from it? We're registered with the TPS and get calls daily from companies who just don't care. They apologise for calling, say they will immediately update their records and remove our details....then call us again the very next day! The worst…
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Sky are driving me insane - is it too late to cancel?
I signed up for SKY on the 18th March for a new property I was moving into on the 21st. TV fitted on 24th no problems. Asked engineer about telephone line and broadband and he said I should have had a letter about it and it would normally be within 7/10 days of the tv going in. No letters or communication from sky - rang…
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TalkTalk Retention Offer, Unlimited 12meg BB/UK & 0870 Calls, International Calls?
As above, I'm signing up yet again to a 12 month contract (think it used to be called TalkTalk Plus). No TV, but it's unlimited UK national calls/0870, 12meg-ish unlimited Broadband and the International calls package. Could any of you lovely people tell me if this deal is any good? I have to pay £114 upfront for line…
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Cheapest new connection and broadband?
Hi - just trying to sort out the best way to get the cheapest landline and broadband for a house that needs a new landline connection.The house has a BT connection box but its not live and have been advised that it needs a £130 connection fee if I go with a 12 month contract with BT.The contract needs to be 12 months or…
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Apple iMessage has suffered from attack spam short messages leaded to collapes of mob
The news from technology site appleinsider said, recently some apple developer’s iMessage application has got the the attack, the attacker sent a lot of spam message via "Denial of Service Attack (DoS)", to lead the victim's iOS devices full filled or collapse instantly. The attack is relative to a Twitter account of only…
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Old NTL cable from pole to house.
Can anyone tell me who is responsible for old NTL (company now defunct) cable from pole to house? Ours has come away at the house end, so would like it removed. Grateful for any info.
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Hope for those of us plagued by nuisance calls...
A man in the Nottingham Post today and on their website won £1,000 after taking the people plaguing him with nuisance calls to court!!
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How to transfer video files from PC to iPad
As the title of how to transfer files from PC to iPad especially transfer videos, there’s two way to realize, the one is from the iTune, and the other is from the especial software of PC to iPad transfer. Ok, let’s talk about the ways of file transfer ipad in the following words. Regarding to how to send files to ipad, you…
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how can I leave timetalk?
Like many I got dupped into thinking I was talking to talktalk but later realised it was timetalk. Have had nothing but trouble - the most being lack of communication and bills much higher than first agreed.anyone else got a view as to how to leave them mid contract please?
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Talk Talk Essentials. 0800 chargeable ??
I have TalkTalk Unlimited Broadband and Phone line contract. At the moment I paid £3.25 a month (will revert to £6.50 (?) in a few months) for unlimited Broadband plus line rental The summary of my contract https://sales.talktalk.co.uk/product/broadband/essentials/ I wanted to know if I call the number during the day time…
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Telephone Restriction Service
Hi I am interested to find out if anybody has had a call from this company. An elderly family member was bombarded with telesales calls and then as if by magic this company called. Unfortunately not being in the best of health he gave them his debit card details and have removed 200.00 from his account the first 64.00 was…
