Will NTL match the free BT Caller ID?

Lally

The question says it all really. My parents have NTL but they are charging £1.75 per month for the service. Has anyone managed to get them to waive the payment, or are there plans to have it free accross the board any time soon?

bbb_uk

You could try but you would have to threaten to leave and the reason is that you can get free CLI instead of paying £1.75.

As far as I'm aware though no other teleco as yet does free caller display.

dobbiesloan

hope not as i would have to buy a new fone so i could see it.

fayraz

Ring up and tell them you want to cancel because BT do caller display for free, they should give it to you for free.

star1_2

I'm also waiting to see what Telewest do....

It seams that 3-4 years ago Telewest and NTL were leading competition in the phone market by being the first to offer "inclusive calling packages" now sadly - they seam to have been overtaken by BT - with free caller ID (with privacy), and all the (lower) priced inclusive calling packages that you can also get with a range of providers accross a BT line. I'm seriously thinking of dropping the phone with Telewest and moving to BT.

I find it very disapointing that both Telewest and NTL don't seam to be making their phone packages competitive .... lets hope the merger/takeover makes them re-evaluate their position and packages they offer.

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mobilegossip

Star1. If you are not already doing so you can register with https://www.call1899.com and by using their 0808 cable access number, get the benefit of cheap 01/02 and mobile calls.,even if you are with NTL.

star1_2

I NOW HAVE FREE Caller Display with Telewest !!

I just called them (after looking at my bill) .... and explained very nicely to the polite lady on the phone what my prediciment was ! .... she looked into my account and said as I had been a customer for such a long time she would add it for 12 months....

Wow .... I'll stick with Telewest for (at least the next 12 months) !!

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mobilegossip

Star1. Well done but are you still putting your calls over Telewest or are you using 1899. After all if you are not, you could probaly save a lot more then the monthly amount you have just saved.

star1_2

Yes - I'm using 1899 for weekdays - 01/02 calls and at all times for mobiles.

Also just starting to use my Broadband with my Linksys PAP2 for Voipbuster - so therefore should be able to avoid the 1899 3p connection charge for calls to landline numbers! And to top that - I use Sipgate for various incomming numbers for my business based at home.

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(Thanks for the hint of 1899)

iceburn

Star1 have you look at http://www.sipdiscount.com/