caller display charges on home phones

windermere_2

I have recently bought a B T phone but am told I will have to pay my service provider which is TalkTalk to use caller display. Do all service providers charge for this and /or is it only on B T phones ? Would appreciate any info

ariba10

Virgin also charge £2 per month,

mel-ons

BT doesn't charge for caller display.or the answer services

virgin charge $ 1.70 per item.not sure about any others as i`ve never used them.

iniltous

Do you mean the phone is a branded BT phone ?, in which case its no different to a binatone, or panasonic or whatever, its just the 'make' of the phone, its your service provider that either charges or doesnt charge for caller display ( for the exchange to send the data to the phone to allow it to display the callers ID, )
Talk Talk it would appear charge for caller display, not all service providers charge for caller display,

JustPassingBy

mel-ons wrote: »

BT doesn't charge for caller display.or the answer services

BT doesn't charge for Privacy at Home, otherwise there is a charge for caller display, and BT Answer 1571 has a per quarter charge of 0p.

Jemma-T

Nobody offers caller display for "Free". If anyone says different they're an idiot, a fool or a saleperson.

TalkTalk do charge but if you join their privacy scheme online (talktalk.co.uk, click on My Account, scroll down and click on Land Line/My Services). Under Privacy Features you'll see "Privacy Pack- Caller display - See who is calling before you answer". Tick it and save the changes.

You'll also see "Free" but we all know it's not really free. You have to be a customer and login etc etc etc.

BT do a similar thing http://www2.bt.com/static/i/btretail/consumer/btprivacy/faqs/index.html

HalfPint

Jemma-T is right...I did this yesterday and now have caller id free of charge :j

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Heinz

Jemma-T wrote: »

Nobody offers caller display for "Free". If anyone says different they're an idiot, a fool or a saleperson.

For a while there, Jemma-T, I thought you were going to let this one pass.

Jemma-T

Heinz wrote: »

For a while there, Jemma-T, I thought you were going to let this one pass.

I hope you also note my excellent and accurate advice. I also note much less use of the lie of "free" by regulars here.

I just don't like to see people being scammed.

MarkLS12

Jemma-T wrote: »

Nobody offers caller display for "Free". If anyone says different they're an idiot, a fool or a saleperson.

Sipgate provide caller display for free.

Jemma-T

MarkLS12 wrote: »

Sipgate provide caller display for free.

You missed the bit: ...if you have a PC, a PC with a good quality microphone and headphones, broadband, leave your 300w PC on burning electricty 24hrs a day (how else do you get/make a call?) or buy a special phone, sign up and do all the faffing about that VOIP asks of your PC.

Yes, VOIP is great if that's your bag but I'd hardly say their caller display is "free".

I'm not knocking companies that offer these services but there's a lot of hoops to jump through and therefore it's not "free". I don't pay for my caller display directly as it's part of my BT package. I wouldn't say it's free though as I pay for that service package.