Vodaphone - Stop the Clock & 07744 No's

redux

Maybe whoever set up those Orange numbers for their own use is not getting anything from it, but paying for other unexpected users' phone calls.

Until the numbers are publicly advertised, I don't think we can assume they are intended for public use.

Paying Nobelcom or Finarea under one penny a minute is not hardship.

seaniboy

if its a Orange number ported to Finarea, Orange recieve the incoming call and charge your network (phone operator) for carrying that call, in return as the number is ported I believe Orange have to pay Finarea for accessing thier network to forward the call to you, my understanding of it is porting your number to another network effectively sets up a call divert at corporate level between networks & as such the same as if you divert calls from your handset to another number you pay for it, the networks charge each other for handling the ported numbers calls

hungry_2

goodness that last post was a bit 'heavy' !! :rolleyes:

didn't understand a word...

redux

seaniboy wrote:

if its a Orange number ported to Finarea, Orange recieve the incoming call and charge your network (phone operator) for carrying that call, in return as the number is ported I believe Orange have to pay Finarea for accessing thier network to forward the call to you, my understanding of it is porting your number to another network effectively sets up a call divert at corporate level between networks & as such the same as if you divert calls from your handset to another number you pay for it, the networks charge each other for handling the ported numbers calls

Finarea is not a mobile phone company, as far as I'm aware, or certainly not in the context I meant. It is the parent company of 1899, 18866, 18185 and many other cheap calls providers, delivering these and other calls via VoIP.

The OP is on Vodafone, appears to be making calls not receiving them, and I stick with my original suggestion in post #2.

seaniboy

hungry wrote:

goodness that last post was a bit 'heavy' !! :rolleyes:

didn't understand a word...

lol ok then rephrase

somewhere along the line the companies all make money out each other so this covers the costs at the end

hungry_2

aha.................... ok ! :beer:

ChumChum

Ok so i called up vodafone and was put on hold for ages while they checked their Ts&Cs... he came back and said that it says that this is a number to a router and not a local mobile number and non UK mobile numbers do not get come into xnet mins. SO i complained and said that their Ts & Cs were NOT clear and i was deeply upset. So i asked if i could cancel my contract. He said it would cost £750 to terminate it. The
14day period had just lapsed the day before. This is a joke.

Redux i checked out the Call1899 site and wots to say that vodaphone will again say that it won't come out of my mins. Shall i just try and see how it goes. Also i'm a bit confused... i'll get charged by vodafone to call the 0207 number, then 4p connection charge (is this once ?) and then x amount per min for each call... i call the UAE alot and according to my calculations it works out to be about 17p a min - is that good ?

Sori for being so dumb ! Thanx for all of your comments. You guys really know wots wot ! I'm all for saving moni. I just got charged £400 by my accountant to do my Tax Return for last year... but thats another thread eh

ChumChum

i think i just posted on the wrong threat - sorry !

ChumChum

Oh no i didn't its the rite one - haha !

redux

It's pretty unlikely that Vodafone would act against ordinary London numbers like that, and I haven't seen anything like that mentioned on here.

In fact using the Callchecker - see the link in the red toolbar right near the top, or this link - show that 18185 has the cheapest calls to Emirates at the moment, 10p or 12p for landlines or mobiles. Ignore all the firms listed that use using 0871 and 0911 numbers, as these are mainly for landline use and Vodafone charge quite a bit more for them.