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A Guide to Using Home Phones
Welcome to Home Phones and I hope you will find all the information on this board to enable you to drastically cut your phone bills. In Home Phones you will be able to find the most update offers and it will help you if you read Martin's article here before looking for further information on this board. For overseas calls…
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Help 18866's sister company 10787.ch
18866's sister company www.10787.ch which is for telephone users in Switzerland quotes their prices in "Rappen" per minute. Anyone know what a Rappen is? If it had been in Swiss Francs or even Euros, but a Rappen :confused:
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0800 Numbers
I have a OneTel account (served by a BT telephone line) for which I pay a flat monthly fee for unlimited calls to UK geographical numbers. I do not mind paying for any non-geographical calls that I make, but consider that 0800 (freephone) numbers should not be included. Is there any number that I can pre-dial, that will…
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0870 numbers to Dr`s surgeries to be banned?
Heard this on a news programme today, maybe this is the begining of the end for these numbers Also THIS ARTICLE
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1899 & 18866 getting crap?
is anyone starting to have probs with these? you always have to wait but just recently I've been getting engaged calls with em all the time... can't they buy a few more machines or sthg... ?
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Talk Talk Concern
I signed up with Talk Talk in December, (so I got in on the Talk Plan which is equivilent to BT Together 2 for free for a year). What worries me is I have just read their breakdown of times. Daytime calls are made between 8am to 6pm weekdays Evening calls are made between 6pm and 8am weekdays Weekend calls are made between…
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call18866/1899 and ntl phones query please.
I have been looking into registering to use one of these providers using my ntl phoneline and the 0808 freephone number, after looking at both websites i have noticed that to other uk landlines: 18866 charge a 1p connection charge and 0.5p per minute and 1899 charge a 3p connection charge and 0.0p per minute Have I…
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Say No to 090!
You've seen the No to 0870 campaign, well here is my own campaign against 090 numbers! Let's get started with those Astrology Charts: Just Dial 020 7054 followed by: 0006: Aries 0007: Taurus 0008: Gemini 0009: Cancer 0010: Leo 0011: Virgo 0012: Libra 0013: Scorpio 0014: Sagittarius 0015: Capricorn 0016: Aquarius…
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BT drops blocking of UK rogue dialler numbers
...because they're being sued. See http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/22/bt_court_case/ and http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/18/bt_rogue_diallers/ Although obviously ICSTIS can still request a number be blocked.
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18866 & Caller ID Display
This may just be a coincidence, but after I signed up to 18866, my phone is no longer displaying the Caller's number when I get a phone call. Has anyone else experienced this problem? Thanks.
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Wanting to cut mt Telephone Bill! HELP!
Folks, I have only recently discovered these forums on this site and how good they are. Anyway, I noticed this topic area and thought i would have a look but there are so many different threads it could take weeks, so i think it might be better if i just tell all you knowledgeable folks my situation and hopefully reap the…
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AOL blocking sign-up to 18866
I have just tried to register with 18866 but when I entered my e-mail address I was told that AOL block e-mails to them. Can anyone enlighten me?
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2,000 clubcard points - tesco home phone
Sign up to Tesco Home Phone and get 2,000 clubcard points Visit https://www.tesco.com or call 08000680818 quoting CC25 to get the 2,000 points. (I've looked on the website and can't see where to enter the code so maybe best to phone!) From the tesco website: 'Can I still use One.tel or another provider for my international…
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Call 18866
Hello....currently I am on NTL, but I make quite a few calls to mobiles....after reading the article on hear I have noticed I am paying an average 24p a minute when calling mobiles....now the call18866 service is available I believe. However I am unsure whether they are a good option? Are there any catches with this…
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Unable to see padlock when accessing 18866
I downloaded firefox to access the secure site of 18866. Just now, I was checking my bill online using firefox and there was no https or padlock showing. I am just wondering whether anybody else is experiencing this. I do not seem to be on the secure site, I recently downloaded IE 6 service pk 1 as I was having problems…
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Call 1899 V Ratebusters or the like
Moneysavers, is there any advantage in using call1899 as opposed to a company like ratebusters, or one of the other low price international calling companies...? The way I see it, as an example, it costs 1p a minute to call Spain on call1899, but you have a 3p connection charge. So is there any advantage, or is it a case…
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Free Calls to Mobiles with One-Tel
Just seen a service offered by One-Tel customers that gives free calls between One-tel landlines and mobile phones registered to the same account: http://www.onetel.co.uk/index.php/freecaller The description of the service is a little ambiguous, so I am not sure if it applies on calls to all registered mobiles or only…
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renting handset from BT - how do we ditch it?
Hi. We are trying to sort out FIL's money problems and one of the things he is still doing is renting a handset from BT (not sure how long this has gone on!). Therefore I am trying to ditch it for him - but don't have any paperwork from him and can't find any mention on BT website. Apart from writing a letter to them…
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Talk Talk Line Rental
I have just got of the phone from Talk Talk Customer Care, they advised me as of next month they will be offering line rental at £3 off BT prices, I said that I use 18866 so I wouldn’t be able to change, but he said you can still used other companies. Sounds to good to be true?? Has anyone else heard of this deal? Nutter
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dial up scam
just got ntl bill- phone mainly used for faxes, £4 for faxes & £8 for rogue premium dial up. also next bill already includes £3 for same thing inlast 3 days. obviously kids told to avoid sites if know rogue lurking there (though hardly fair!) but they cant always tell, and even if try to disconnect we still get a charge We…