Bt and Orange Home Starter

JustPassingBy

aurora19 wrote: »

Makes sense to me.

My understanding of what the BT company representative said is the same as yours but, if anything, the standard weekend rate is 0p per minute for the first hour and 4.5p per minute afterwards.

There is no stated price mechanism at

http://www.serviceview.bt.com/list/public/current/Cust_Opts_Res_boo/3185_d0e228.htm#3185-d0e228

for resetting the first hour to 4.5p per minute.

BT_company_representative

Just to confirm what Donna has stated above, a chargable call needs to be made to get free calls at the weekend. If no chargable calls are made then the first call at the weekend will be charged at 4.5p per minute. Any calls made after this are free.

JustPassingBy

BT_company_representative wrote: »

If no chargable calls are made then the first call at the weekend will be charged at 4.5p per minute. Any calls made after this are free.

I know it's obvious, but you too have neglected to give a source for this.

It is most unusual for the T&C or the Price list to be so unenlightening on a issue which requires handing over money to BT. Contrast this with the equivalent situation for the present line rental offer and one wonders why it is silent on the removal of the 0p per minute rate (which is the only stated rate for the first hour of a weekend call) for the first call at the weekend. Omitting any mention of such a charge is not something one would associate with documents which have legal standing.

Moving on, I've another query.

Is a weekend call on the Unlimited Weekend Plan a chargeable call?

molerat

BT_company_representative wrote: »

Just to confirm what Donna has stated above, a chargable call needs to be made to get free calls at the weekend. If no chargable calls are made then the first call at the weekend will be charged at 4.5p per minute. Any calls made after this are free.

I am using Primus for calls and use 1280 at weekends only (blue mercury button on the phone, remember them, and Mrs molerat is programmed to use it) and I do not pay for any BT calls or caller id charges

I came across this thread researching Orange Starter. Is it correct that you cannot use 1280 whilst with them ? It would save me £8 per month on my broadband which would more than compensate for the increased weekday call charges against Primus, but if I have to pay for caller id and weekend 0845 etc it probably isn't worth the change.

JustPassingBy

molerat wrote: »

I came across this thread researching Orange Starter. Is it correct that you cannot use 1280 whilst with them ?

The first two posts in this thread strongly indicate you will get no joy with 1280 from an Orange phone. Also, during the sign up procedure for Home Starter you will get

please note:

I am the account holder for my home phone line and happy for Orange to take over my home phone calls from my current provider (such as BT). I understand that bills for my home phone calls will come from Orange and my line rental is still payable to my current provider (such as BT).

Have you considered Sky's broadband only product?

molerat

JustPassingBy wrote: »

Have you considered Sky's broadband only product?

The cheap ones are not available to me :rolleyes: