Cost of calling 00800 numbers

All_Hope_Is_Gone

Hi. Does anyone know how much it would cost to call an 00800 number from a landline? I'm with Talktalk btw.

Browntoa

this thread says they were free in 2008

http://www.talktalkmembers.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-10340.html

2010

All_Hope_Is_Gone wrote: »

Hi. Does anyone know how much it would cost to call an 00800 number from a landline? I'm with Talktalk btw.

I`m with TT and it`s free any time for 0800, 0500

System

It should be free from any landline

A Universal International Freephone Number (UIFN) is a worldwide toll-free "800 number" issued by the ITU. Like the 800 area code issued for the NANP in the U.S. and Canada, the call is free for the caller, and the receiver pays the charges (except on certain cell phones). UIFN uses ITU country code 800, so that no matter where the caller is, only the international access code (IAC), the UIFN country code (800) and the 8-digit UIFN need to be dialed. For example, from the United Kingdom, a caller can dial the UIFN number 00 800 8353 4726 for the International Telegram service. Currently, about 60 countries participate in the UIFN program.[1]

peterlmchan

I was told by a BT operater that calling from my BT UK landline such an international number can cost as much as £2.70p per minutes!!

wongawonga

peterlmchan wrote: »

I was told by a BT operater that calling from my BT UK landline such an international number can cost as much as £2.70p per minutes!!

Its an Intl Freephone Number. The call should be free for the caller, and the receiver pays the charges.

jkolch

Yes, it is free from a UK landline.

CKhalvashi

I'm with Orange and 00800 has always been free.

If in doubt, ask the company.

CK

ryanr

00800 is free

Heinz

peterlmchan wrote: »

I was told by a BT operater that calling from my BT UK landline such an international number can cost as much as £2.70p per minutes!!

Another under-trained BT agent I'm sorry to say.