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Hi I am leaving Aol broadband and as I got all 01,2 and 3 calls included I am now looking for a new provider. I see BT do plans but to get the evening and weekend call you have to commit to a 12 mth contract which I do not want to do
Any ideas?

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  • Heinz
    Heinz Posts: 11,191 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Car Insurance Carver!
    I assume you have a BT residential landline and merely CPS your voice calls via AOL. AIUI, AOL has changed to WCLI (preventing the use of the 1280 prefix to hop back onto BT for calls for which they are cheaper) so moving to a calls provider which still provides true CPS is a good move IMHO.

    When do you need inclusive calls, weekends, evenings & weekends or at all times?
    Time has moved on (much quicker than it used to - or so it seems at my age) and my previous advice on residential telephony has been or is now gradually being overtaken by changes in the retail market. Hence, I have now deleted links to my previous 'pearls of wisdom'. I sincerely hope they helped save some of you money.
  • hardtimes
    hardtimes Posts: 345 Forumite
    Heinz wrote: »
    I assume you have a BT residential landline and merely CPS your voice calls via AOL. AIUI, AOL has changed to WCLI (preventing the use of the 1280 prefix to hop back onto BT for calls for which they are cheaper) so moving to a calls provider which still provides true CPS is a good move IMHO.

    When do you need inclusive calls, weekends, evenings & weekends or at all times?

    Yes I have a BT residential line and need inclusive call evenings and weekends
  • Heinz
    Heinz Posts: 11,191 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Car Insurance Carver!
    Go for BT's Unlimited Evening & Weekend Plan then - pay for it (just under £3/month) and you aren't tied into a 12 month contract.

    P.S. Until recently, I would have recommended Primus Saver or Primus's Penny Mobile 2 CPS packages but their Indian call centre is now so bad (and appear to make up T&Cs at will) that I can no longer do that.
    Time has moved on (much quicker than it used to - or so it seems at my age) and my previous advice on residential telephony has been or is now gradually being overtaken by changes in the retail market. Hence, I have now deleted links to my previous 'pearls of wisdom'. I sincerely hope they helped save some of you money.
  • hardtimes
    hardtimes Posts: 345 Forumite
    Heinz wrote: »
    Go for BT's Unlimited Evening & Weekend Plan then - pay for it (just under £3/month) and you aren't tied into a 12 month contract.

    P.S. Until recently, I would have recommended Primus Saver or Primus's Penny Mobile 2 CPS packages but their Indian call centre is now so bad (and appear to make up T&Cs at will) that I can no longer do that.


    Thanks for the reply is there any point in looking to pay line rental to another provider and still keep caller display
  • hardtimes
    hardtimes Posts: 345 Forumite
    hardtimes wrote: »
    Thanks for the reply is there any point in looking to pay line rental to another provider and still keep caller display


    Primus are doing line rental for £9.99 with inclusive evening and weekend calls has anyone any experience of this company
  • jhp
    jhp Posts: 2,342 Forumite
    hardtimes wrote: »
    Primus are doing line rental for £9.99 with inclusive evening and weekend calls has anyone any experience of this company

    Did you miss this in post 4 of this very thread.

    "P.S. Until recently, I would have recommended Primus Saver or Primus's Penny Mobile 2 CPS packages but their Indian call centre is now so bad (and appear to make up T&Cs at will) that I can no longer do that."
  • jhp
    jhp Posts: 2,342 Forumite
    hardtimes wrote: »
    Yes I have a BT residential line and need inclusive call evenings and weekends

    Another option if you dont want to sign a rolling contract,or pay a call bundle charge,and still keep BT free caller display is to leave yourself on the standard BT weekend plan with inclusive weekend calls and use www.18185.co.uk for your evening calls at 5p a call.
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