Free call overseas using 0870 numbers from BT landline

shanc_2

folks !
I just saw my online BT account and one of my 08700 numbers (from my0870 )has been charged. I called 15 min and charged 88p.
Rang BT and the lady at the other end said they cannot check my personal account and they have no idea what calls I am making ( what a rubbish ).

She said she can check my account only in my next bill (April) and any calls made to 0870 numbers will be made free ( and refunded if charged..)

I would request others who are using my0870 numbers to check their bill and post on this forum...


thanks

malc_b

I've made the odd call to an Orange mobile. They haven't shown up on the recent calls when logged into my phone account on the BT website. However, today, my0870 number failed to work. Logged into my0870 and all the orange mobile numbers are now shown as never. They were M-F 8am-6pm. Start of the scheme failing I reckon. It might still be viable for overseas calls but for orange mobiles it is no good any more.

Update: Emailed my0870 support about Orange mobiles not working. They have now fixed this. Orange had changed the price and so dropped off the list.

barni2006

BT have started charging odd 0870 numbers taken via my0870.com.

barni2006

Hi I called BT customer service saying why they have charged 0870 numbers and they refunded it back. great. will keep calling these numbers. I just love my0870.com

barni2006 wrote: »

BT have started charging odd 0870 numbers taken via my0870.com.

shanc_2

There is one condition for making free 0870 calls via my0870. Max-1000 min or 150 calls. Now how the hell do we know when this limit exceeded ? BT is supposedely to charge after that "until further notice.."

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baby_frogmella

shanc wrote: »

There is one condition for making free 0870 calls via my0870. Max-1000 min or 150 calls. Now how the hell do we know when this limit exceeded ? BT is supposedely to charge after that "until further notice.."

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Easy peasy. Assuming you have online access to your BT account, log into you account and click on "recent usage". Under there you will see "national rate" which lists only 0870 calls and it will tell you number of calls made and also total time in your current billing period.

benjus

Just tried to sign up for this and got a message saying that they have run out of numbers to allocate. Anyone know of an alternative?

mary

Baby Frogmella

Are you still using www.my0870.com and not getting charged for your calls with BT. I'm on Anytime Plan with BT and we make daily calls to East Africa. Want to use this number but don't want to get a big bill. Tried the Skint Tariffs which is 0870 for 1 min and it was put on the BT bill. Would seriously save us a lot of money is my0870 worked. A sent a message to David Knell, but so far no reply.

Thanks

Heinz

mary wrote: »

Are you still using www.my0870.com and not getting charged for your calls with BT. I'm on Anytime Plan with BT and we make daily calls to East Africa. Want to use this number but don't want to get a big bill. Would seriously save us a lot of money is my0870 worked.

I have one 0870 number from my0870.com and use it once a week to call Spain.

Fingers crossed, no charges yet (another call this morning so I'll check on Monday).

baby_frogmella

mary wrote: »

Baby Frogmella

Are you still using www.my0870.com and not getting charged for your calls with BT. I'm on Anytime Plan with BT and we make daily calls to East Africa. Want to use this number but don't want to get a big bill. Tried the Skint Tariffs which is 0870 for 1 min and it was put on the BT bill. Would seriously save us a lot of money is my0870 worked. A sent a message to David Knell, but so far no reply.

Thanks

yes still using my0870 to make my daily calls overseas. Made >150 calls since 18th Jan and haven't been charged.....yet! :j