O2 Landline

Ypaymore

fjsfjs wrote: »

0844 calls are _not_ very expensive. The process for determining call costs is convoluted, involving 2 documents, but

0844 833 3333 - Asda Home Shopping - is 9.5 p/min with BT

and 9.5 p/min with O2.

Sorry 0844/0871 calls on O2 homephone are very expensive they are nearly double what BT charge.

EG: BT only charge 2p a minute to call 0844 833 3333 (G9 Charge Band) plus a connection charge. Where as O2 charge 3.9p a minute plus connection.

Source of charge band http://www.telecom-tariffs.co.uk/codelook.htm

Probaly the most commonly used 0844 (G6 Charge Band ) number, would cost 5p a minute to call on BT and 9.5p a minute on o2.

Good to see indirect access is available.

fjsfjs

You are correct about the O2 price, when I check it against O2 price lists.

I was mistaken.

I have had so much hassle from BT that I am much happier with O2.

I shall have to make shorter calls to Asda, if I use them again, when they drop my order on a main road.

Ypaymore

fjsfjs wrote: »

I shall have to make shorter calls to Asda, if I use them again, when they drop my order on a main road.

Have you tried to find an alternative number here
http://www.saynoto0870.com/companysearch.php

fjsfjs

Thank you for the helpful link.

I solved the immediate problem by moving to Tesco for internet shopping deliveries...

Deals_2

for the 1st 3 months and then £17 after. not sure how their braodband compares to my current pipex of £14.99. anyone have any idea

moonrakerz

Deals wrote: »

for the 1st 3 months and then £17 after. not sure how their braodband compares to my current pipex of £14.99. anyone have any idea

O2 LLU: yes ! superb.

O2 Access: no ! read the comments all over this (and other) sites.

Deals_2

remind me what LLU means. and you are saying lots of places do not yet offer it . is this what you are saying? ok will read comments shortly as you say.

moonrakerz wrote: »

O2 LLU: yes ! superb.

O2 Access: no ! read the comments all over this (and other) sites.

moonrakerz

Deals wrote: »

remind me what LLU means. and you are saying lots of places do not yet offer it . is this what you are saying? ok will read comments shortly as you say.

Basically it means that the ISP has his own hardware in your exchange rather then just "renting" in from BT. Often his equipment can provide higher download speeds than BT's.

Have a good read of this site:-

http://www.samknows.com/broadband/

mk-donald

moonrakerz wrote: »

Basically it means that the ISP has his own hardware in your exchange rather then just "renting" in from BT. Often his equipment can provide higher download speeds than BT's.

Have a good read of this site:-

http://www.samknows.com/broadband/

Following on from moonrakerz point, the simplest test is to put your home phone number into the o2 home BB website and IF it offers Std/Prem/Pro then you got lucky and are on (a) an o2 LLU exchange, one of around 1250 (b) that has spare capacity for an extra home broadband; IF it offers Access then it is NOT LLU, but just a resold BTwholesale ADSLmax product which many people would NOT recommend.

Tip: IF you have visited the o2 website to do that check and later return via a CASHBACK site to blag the (current £50-£70-£90) £back then do make sure you first clear cookies to maximise chance of your £back tracking properly.

MKD

mk-donald

fjsfjs wrote: »

0844 calls are _not_ very expensive. The process for determining call costs is convoluted, involving 2 documents, but

0844 833 3333 - Asda Home Shopping - is 9.5 p/min with BT

and 9.5 p/min with O2.

Are you sure about those computations ?
Not my reading of your example number at all

o2 Home Phone Number ranges (page 26) says:
http://broadband.o2.co.uk/downloads/O2_Home_Phone_Price_List.pdf
0844 833 g9
O[FONT=Frutiger CE,Frutiger CE][FONT=Frutiger CE,Frutiger CE]2 Home Phone Price List: Calls to premium numbers (page 30)[/FONT]
http://broadband.o2.co.uk/downloads/O2_Home_Phone_Price_List.pdf
band g9 Calls not including Internet Services 3.9p/minute at all times
plus of course 9p/call setup fee.

Whereas BT Special number price lists from
http://www.productsandservices.bt.com/consumer/consumerProducts/pdf/SpecialisedNos.pdf
Same g9 band (page 13), but 2p/minute at all time (page 37)
plus 9.9p/call setup fee

So I reckon that makes o2 95% more expensive per minute ???
though 0.9p advantage per call (ie lost during that first minute)

I checked because in my comparison it was clear, as another poster had raised, that some/many o2 special rates varied noticably from the "BT standard".

OOOPS - sorry seen that price comparison has already been debunked.

Anyway there are the key document links for people to do their own comparisons.

MKD
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