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idiots guide to cheap phone calls please!
:o i find this forum really confusing- sorry! basically, i have both my home phone and broadband with bt, and am still tied in to my 12mth contract. i was thinking about signing up to some of the prefix sites, but am confused about which would be best. please could some kind person put it simply for me :o (forgive me…
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Check your TalkTalk phonebills for what they call "a system fault" !
I signed up to change over from BT to TalkTalk landline in February and whilst I had no problems with the line - they had major problems with making my line broadband enabled as it had previously been with BT (My broadband is from Tiscali) and it took over a month to resolve - during which I had to go back to dialup.…
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want to be BT free.
Hello. Other than using cable operators, is there any way I can have a phone line without BT making any profit from me? Presumably paying my line rental to a phone provider other than BT doesnt really do this, as I assume that they just act as middlemen and BT still get a cut (if not all of it) ? Unfortunately I think i'm…
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Talk Talk,Broadband Package. 200,000 unconnected customers.
[Strong demand for Carphone Warehouse's broadband offer means the retailer's initiative will cost it £20m more than originally expected. The firm has had problems dealing with what it said was "unprecedented" consumer reaction to the new service. It has received 625,000 applications for its integrated phone and broadband…
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I'm sure I can be doing better with this... advice welcome
I have 4 lines for business and 1 for home. Here's my current situation - I'm sure I could be doing far better, particularly from a business point of view, but have never got around to it. Would appreciate any advice. Business line 1 - used for very occasional outgoing calls (does get some incoming, but they are usually…
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BT refunds
Did you know that if your phone is out of order you only get a refund if you phone them and ask for it. Have just phoned up to get Mum a refund, spoke to a lovely lady, got the refund no trouble at all. What a shame though that you have to ask for it !
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alternative to BT
I have been to my sis-in-laws for a couple of days and she is ,like me on a fixed income .I managed to sort her out with a better deal for her gas and electric (she didn't realise that she was still paying a standing charge for her gas with Scottish power )so we got a good deal with duel fuel for both of those utilities…
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NTL or BT?
Hi! We've just moved location from Kent to Loughborough. We were with BT in Kent, with virgin.net unlimited 8meg internet. We had Option 1 with BT which I believe was £11 or there abouts and £24.99 for the broadband. The actual telephone Bill for the three month period was £60... so an average of £20 per month. (The line…
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HELP! NTL line. Want to call UK landlines/abroad! VOIP or something else????
Hi, I want to call UK landlines and abroad (canada and india mainly). Would VOIP or something else be cheaper? If its VOIP, i want to be able to use it without turning the PC on. I have NTL phone line (with 321 pack) and Broadband. Advice needed thanks Ross
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Where can I find a good TV and phone package with Challenge on it?
We're cutting off NTL, so where can I find a cheap TV/Phone package with lots of channels including Challenge? :money: :money: :money: :money: :money: :money: :money: :money: I'm sure lots of you like watching it! :rotfl:
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Onetel Line Rental WARNING!
Read this – it may have implications for all of us, especially if the line to your house is exposed to the weather. I rent my line from Onetel. The line went dead in August and after failing to turn up for two appointments (that’s another story), the BT engineer arrived after a week and traced the fault to lightning damage…
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New Cheapest Way to Call Mobiles 3p/min
UPDATE: This offer has now ended click here for the new cheapest way to call mobiles IMPORTANT UPDATE 9 October As predicted this offer was very shortlived, most likely to grab a share of the market and the price has now shot up to 20p/min. You can call mobiles for 4p/min, use the CallChecker to find the cheapest provider.…
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Free 0845 Number For Home Business
Is there a reliable free 0845 service that does'n't have any charges and pay you for incoming calls . We are a small home business and are looking at a 0845 number for our soon to be launched website.:confused:
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Telecom Plus/Utility Warehouse Misleading Info on site
Their site is now up and running again with new offers. https://www.utilitywarehouse.co.uk/store/mt.taf Despite being slapped on wrist by ASA here http://www.asa.org.uk/asa/adjudicati...ation_id=40701 about claiming that calls are Free on a leaflet, when in fact you have to pay a membership charge, they still persist in…
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ICSTIS to investigate Premium Rate Quiz show calls.
Premium-rate phone lines to televised quiz shows will be investigated by regulators because of concerns that callers could be paying too much. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6036791.stm
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BT to amend residential prices - the ups and downs
BT is to take the axe to its call charges. Details are to be announced on Tuesday. The Times is also reporting cuts to be made to 0870 numbers too. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2006/07/30/cnbt30.xml http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2290873,00.html
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0800 calls free or no?
Hi, I tried calling a number for Orange, 0800 079 2000 from a landline. It gives you options for Broadband or mobile. I know on the mobile Pay Monthly side, it is completely free even when you talk for hours on end to their hopeless customer service. (I MEAN BY USING THIS NUMBER FROM A LANDLINE, NOT 150 FROM A HANDSET) I…
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TalkTalk hypocrisy.
When BT announced their new pricing methods the Carphone warehouse chairman Charles Dunstone called them 'sneaky' for introducing a connection fee and per minute charging- http://www.talktalk.co.uk/talktalk/servlet/gben-server-PageServer?article=MAIN.UK.TALKTALK.STATIC.BLOG.3.015 so what have Talktalk now done? Yes,…
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Business phone line
I am starting up my own accountancy business from home, initially in the evenings and weekends until I have enough clients to do it full time. As I dont want calls to my home number (my wife would be irritated picking up calls while I am at work and the baby is crying!!) I thought I would advertise my mobile number but…
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Cheap Calls to Canada with Telewest?
Hello Everyone, We have just had a telewest line connected in our new flat and have a friend in Canada who we would like to call. I understand that there are various different dialling options (cheapest calls, telesaver etc) but that a lot of people have had problems with being overcharged by telewest when using these.…