07005 number !!!! Aaarrghh !!!

[Deleted User]

Made the stupid mistake of thinking this was a mobile no so it would come out of my call allowance.

Anyway, had a conversation on my mobile for 30 mins. Not cool when I found out later what I'd done. Not cheap I'm guessing?

Well, not that I can even find the call costs from orange? Anyone put me out of my misery?

Gordon_Hose

070 numbers are the "personal numbering" service, which enables the holder of the number to be contacted whatever their location. Calls can cost up to 50p, or a 51p fixed charge, from a BT landline. Other operators may vary.

I believe there should have been a recorded message informing you that you aren't dialing a mobile number.

Exhortation

Gordon_Hose wrote: »

I believe there should have been a recorded message informing you that you aren't dialing a mobile number.

Not for a long time. BTditched it.

[Deleted User]

Exhortation wrote: »

Not for a long time. BTditched it.

Wish they still had the warning message for dullards like me !!!!

Bit stupid having mobile nos as 07x and personal numbers as 07x too.

benjus

The exact price seems to depend on which Orange tariff you're on. Some quotes from the Orange site:

Calls to 07 call forwarding services and 070 numbers are charged at 20p and 75p per minute.

Calls to 07 call forwarding services and 070 numbers are charged at up to 20p per minutes. Calls to 08 and 09 numbers are charged at up to 55p per minute and £1.66 per minute respectively.

Calls to 07 call forwarding services, 070 and 08 and 09 numbers are not included in bundle and will be charged up to a maximum of 25p/min, 55p/min, 55p/min and £1.70/min respectively or per call for 09 numbers.

Exhortation

[quote=[Deleted User];39379552]
Bit stupid having mobile nos as 07x and personal numbers as 07x too.[/QUOTE]

I agree. What's even more stupid is that the personal numbers already had the 07 prefix before it was decided to use it to free up more mobile numbers. 08 couldn't be used (for obvious reasons) but 09 was available but they decided to use that for premium rate numbers (even though 0891 already existed). It's through the use of these 07 numbers that papers like Free-Ads make their money as you have to use one of them to contact the seller.

[Deleted User]

benjus wrote: »

The exact price seems to depend on which Orange tariff you're on. Some quotes from the Orange site:

Not vert good is it the orange website? Thats more than I could find...

I'm on an orange pay monthly contract. Any of those quotes apply to them?

[Deleted User]

benjus wrote: »

The exact price seems to depend on which Orange tariff you're on. Some quotes from the Orange site:

Have you got the links for these pages?

benjus

This one, for example:

http://shop.orange.co.uk/mobile-phones/plans/planDetails.jsp?bbPlanId=&updateBasket=&notbbPlanId=&pagefrom=&id=sku2820063

Then click on the "out of plan costs" tab.

[Deleted User]

Bummer. Cost me £18.

Wont make that mistake again. :-(

simax

Just to confirm, 070xx personal numbers are 75p/min from an Orange phone, billed per second with a min charge of 75p.