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BT to amend residential prices - the ups and downs

zx2011 · 2006-07-30 07:26:44

BT is to take the axe to its call charges. Details are to be announced on Tuesday. The Times is also reporting cuts to be made to 0870 numbers too. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2006/07/30/cnbt30.xml http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2290873,00.html

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Heinz Posts: 11,191 Forumite

11 October 2006 at 12:18PM

thegreybeard wrote:

Many thanks.

What I am trying to do is to avoid paying a connection charge and, hopefully, be charged per second, when calling 0844.

Can it be done, ie with Primus Saver2?

Primus are, AFAIAA, still in a state of confusion with their 084/087 rates and appear to charge 0845 rates for all 0844 calls - so, for example, calls to 0844 numbers for which BT would charge you 0.5p/minute, will be quite expensive using Primus.

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.
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