Primus Line Rental Deal and Use of Override Providers

Bigun28

With the new low Primus line rental offer of £7.99 a month, does anyone know about how Primus will deal with the use of override providers (eg 18185 etc)?

I’ve seen on the MSE site today that Primus have given MSE written confirmation in Dec 10 that they will allow the use of override providers until the end of the year (I’m presuming that means until end of 2010, or 2011?).

Signing up for a year long contract if the guarantee is only until end of 2010 could mean 11 months of trouble if the overrides can’t be used.

Heinz

Martin's 24 November email stated:

Daytime calls for 5p no matter how long you speak

Once line rental's sorted, it's time to slash call costs. Grab an account with a specialist override provider like 18185, where you dial a prefix number to access it. It charges a flat 5p to call landlines during daytimes, compared to BT's 6.4p/min and Primus 3p/min (so save £3.80 an hour). Calls to mobiles can be half the cost too.

Some providers block overrides, but BT can't due to competition rules and we've Primus's written promise it won't until at least 2012 (MY BOLD).

I think that means you'd be OK until at least 31 December 2011.

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/tips/24-11-2010/