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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.…
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URGENT! Conference call 2 UK sites, 1 US - no charge for US
Can anyone help? We're trying to set up an interview with a famous person in the USA. It's short notice and we want us here in Manchester and another person 'down south' to be on the line with the famous person in the US. But we need to be able to call the person in the US. i.e. they won't expect to pay to talk to us. This…
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Nuisance automated calls from BT offering me free calls.
Two nights running I've had answerphone messages left by an automated BT service, telling me to press 1 for free calls. Is there any way I can stop these? Is there a relevant number to call BT on?
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VOIP Quality
I've been using VOIPdiscount (one of the Finerea family) for a few months now. The quality is very variable. Particularly at the other end. Sometimes it is fine but often they get an echo. So is the quality better with other suppliers? Or do other people use Finerea (voipdiscount, etc) and find the quality fine all/nearly…
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Please Help Lost Customers - Virtual Office Assistant ?
We are a small home based business and most customers respond to adverts by phone. However, when phones are unmanned our answering machine kicks in for messages to be left for contact. We are worried that a lot of customers are put off leaving a message on a machine. Would a answering service be the best way to deal with…
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Anyone using 'Equitalk'?
Anyone got any experience of Equitalk? They have an international call plan that says it's all international calls free for £19.99 per month. I call the US ALOT!! At least an hour each day as my partner is American and this could save me £100 a month....but it looks too good to be true..... Very interested to hear if…
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Cheap phone calls Rep of Ireland
'm soon to be moving to the Rep of Ireland and wondered does anyone know if you can get a similar service their to our 18185, 1886 etc. Appreciate any info Jo
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0844 numbers used by Doctor,s Practices.
More and more Doctors practices are using 0844 numbers . But you cant call them from Overseas!!! If you were ill or injured and the overseas medical people wanted to contact your GP for important info they would not get through. Its an absolute disgrace that the NHS have allowed GP,s to replace normal numbers with these…
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Cheapest Way To Phone UK From Cyprus?
Hi everyone, I'm going to Cyprus for a week and was just wondering what's the cheapest and best way to phone home? Any suggestions gratefully received. Thanks. Regards Michelle
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New cheapest way to call mobiles?
CheapestchatUk seem to be offering calls to mobiles for 3p/min but I haven't been able to get the number to work - anyone else had any luck? http://www.cheapchatuk.co.uk/index.asp
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Internet phone options
After finally giving up with NTL Ive bought a tesco internet phone but at 2p a min its not very cheap. Now that i have the phone handset could I switch to another provider by just downloading their software or would i have to buy another handset ?? Who is the best (cheapest) for UK calls - does anybody know ? Many thanks
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0870 the numbers up.
Great bit of publicity in todays Times for the https://www.saynoto0870.com site http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2389087,00.html
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An unusal problem
About 4 months ago I started receiving several call from different mobile users claiming that my telephone number is displayed on their mobile as 'missed call'. Not having made any calls to mobile I reported this matter to Toucan. They checked my line and reported no fault. The calls continued and a BT engineer was sent to…
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ADSL extension advice Please........
Hi, just wondering if any by engineers or any other technical minded person can just clarify something about adsl extensions. I have a bt line and I replaced my master socket for a modified btnte5 master adsl one. This enables all extensions to receive a filtered signal and does away with individual broadband filters. Its…
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0845
I am asking for peoples opinions on 0845 numbers. My business is moving premises and we can't take our current regional number with us. as the majority of our work isn't local(our regional number only covers roughly 20 sq miles) the telecoms people have sugested an 0845 no. The main reason for their suggestion is that we…
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Say No to 0870.com - Serious Problems!!
Anybody know what's happened to Say No to 0870.com today? I've been trying to access it all day without any joy. Some idea of what's going on would be good! :confused: