0845 numbers

poundwise_3

Hi.

With my Onetel account I am managing to keep the cost of calls down very significantly, BUT with the increasing prevalence of these 0845 Non-Geographic numbers which fall outside of the free allowance, I find my bill is populated with costs to these companies which I would be able to call for free if I knew their Direct Dial number :-(.

Anybody any thoughts?

poundwise

Heinz

https://www.saynoto0870.com

pricefighter

If you have only got your calls CPS to Onetel and your line rental is still with BT,the cheapest way to call 0845 numbers (If you cant find alternative numbers) is

Peak use the https://www.phonecheap.co.uk access number.
0844 462 00 02. Just 2.2p a minute(Min call charge of 5p applies).Or 2.0p if you go via BT using 1280 override.
(Onetel charge 10% more then BT to call 0844 numbers).

Evenings and Weekends use the BT 1280 override facility and put your calls through BT who are cheapest provider during these periods

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If your line rental is also with Onetel.You can only make savings at peak rate via the 0844 access number mentioned above.

mclaren_2

0845 are local charge rate
0870 and 0871 numbers are national rate.

Edinburghlass_2

mclaren wrote:

0845 are local charge rate
0870 and 0871 numbers are national rate.

Sorry mclaren but that is not quite true as these numbers have their own pricing structure and if people have a package for their local calls for instance 0845 numbers are not included.

Check out the UK Call Checker for the rates for calling 0845/0870 numbers if you don't know the geographical number.

phoneman44

Also, 0871 are not national rate numbers. They cover a spectrum of Internet and ISP service bands costing between 2.5p and 10p per minute across all times of day.

pricefighter

mclaren wrote:

0845 are local charge rate
0870 and 0871 numbers are national rate.

To find out how you are paying through the nose to ring these numbers,also visit: https://www.saynoto0870.com

Heinz

mclaren wrote:

0871 numbers are national rate.

0871 calls cost 10p per minute at all times.

I pay nothing for calls to any UK number with an STD code starting 01 or 02 evenings and weekends - so 10p per minute is certainly not 'national rate'.

poundwise_3

Thanks Heinz and Pricefighter; it looks as though a combination of these two suggestions is the way to go.

pricefighter

Heinz wrote:

0871 calls cost 10p per minute at all times.

H.

Their are different pricing bands for 0871 numbers ,not all are 10p.But nevertheless as you point out they are not national rate type numbers.They are more like mini premium rate numbers!!!

PF.

Heinz

pricefighter wrote:

Their are different pricing bands for 0871 numbers ,not all are 10p.But nevertheless as you point out they are not national rate type numbers.They are more like mini premium rate numbers!!!

PF.

I never knew that.

Typically, the BT price list for so-called 'specialist numbers' is so convoluted that most people (if they even manage to find the list) won't bother wading through it.

I'm one of those and am just going to continue assuming they're all 10p/minute at all times (and not call them).