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Providers other than BT - charges??

Huggins
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Hi All, I am shorlty moving into a new office and taking on a business line. (Not sure where to post as no business telephone section!)
BT want to charge £10 to activate the line and £41.15 per quarter and an extortiante 8p a min local call and 30p national!
I don't know alot about the other providers - so who are the other providers i can approach,are there any comparison tables? ....and most of all are they reliable?
P.S I will also need to factor in a broadband connection if that makes any difference on getting a good deal!
many thanks for nay help
huggins
huggins
BT want to charge £10 to activate the line and £41.15 per quarter and an extortiante 8p a min local call and 30p national!
I don't know alot about the other providers - so who are the other providers i can approach,are there any comparison tables? ....and most of all are they reliable?
P.S I will also need to factor in a broadband connection if that makes any difference on getting a good deal!
many thanks for nay help
huggins
huggins
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You don't need to put your calls through BT though, you can sign up for https://www.call1899.co.uk and https://www.call18185.co.uk for all your calls.
You really have much more choice for your broadband with a BT lineWhen we had Telewest at the office the choice was a very expensive business bb with Telewest or AOL and so changed one of the lines to BT
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'BT want to charge £10 to activate the line and £41.15 per quarter and an extortiante 8p a min local call and 30p national!'
Eh? £10 for what? It's either £125 or nothing for reconnection.
8p a minute local call is rubbish too. They don't differentiate between local or national.
A UK landline 01/02 call is 3p a minute during the day and 5.5p a call during the evening. There is only a 5.5p connection charge if the total amount of the call comes to less than 5.5p, if not, it's absorbed into the cost of the call.Comping wins this month: 2 x business class flights anywhere we like | Horse vitamins (!) | New kettle | Motorcycling prints | Signed LPs | Thanks to all!0 -
ahrimaniac wrote:Eh? £10 for what? It's either £125 or nothing for reconnection.
8p a minute local call is rubbish too. They don't differentiate between local or national.
A UK landline 01/02 call is 3p a minute during the day and 5.5p a call during the evening. There is only a 5.5p connection charge if the total amount of the call comes to less than 5.5p, if not, it's absorbed into the cost of the call.The views expressed on this website, be they in text, pictures or sound, are my own personal views. Not those of my employer, its staff or colleagues.0 -
clark1982 wrote:wrong, these rates are for residental customers, not buisness!
1899 - UK 01/02 calls, regardless of duration, for 3p connection and 0p/minute.
18185 - UK 077/078/079 calls for 4p connection and 5p/minute weekdays (2p/minute at weekends).
OTOH, there may be cheaper (but not such easy) routes in the MSE UK Callchecker (and the MSE International Callchecker for overseas calls).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.0 -
thanks everyone - can you tell me if i go the call1899/18185 route - am I likely to have problems with a getting a decent broadband connection? i wouldn't be fussed about a BT broadband service any would do - the cheaper the better provided it's reliable.
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Huggins wrote:thanks everyone - can you tell me if i go the call1899/18185 route - am I likely to have problems with a getting a decent broadband connection? i wouldn't be fussed about a BT broadband service any would do - the cheaper the better provided it's reliable.
Regards Huggins
BB is not affected (I have BB, a [residential] BT landline, use a CPS provider, 1899 and 18185).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.0 -
OK thanks heinz0
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rapido wrote:Does anyone know can one put a residential broadband and/or residential CPS service onto a BT business line? Enquiring for a friend.
regards,
-rapido
No you normally cant on the phone side of things.. It would have to be a business cps service.EG
http://www.euphony.co.uk/euBiz.htm
He can however use likes of 18185,1899,and 18866 for cheap calls on business line.0 -
It depends on which boxes you tick when you sign up for broadband0
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