O2 charges for 18866 and 1899 connections

suesan48

I have signed up to 18866 and 1899, very pleased with both services, Now I want to phone from my mobile to a land line Number . I am on O2 Pay as you go, talk alot account. My problem is that I cannot work out what O2 is charging for using 18866 and 1899 connection. it ranges from 9p a minute to 18p for 3 minutes, which has me confused. I have looked on the 02 site but cant find any mention of charges. Can anyone help please?

Paul_Varjak

Whay do you want to use 18866/1899 to phone from an O2 mobile to a landline number? Is the landline overseas?

suesan48

I spent alot of the summer in my caravan and so I use the mobile phone, the caravan site phone is very expensive to use. I use the mobile phone everyday to check on elderly father in law. so I am trying to find out the cheapest option.

suesan48

No I am not phoning abroad.

andy88_2

I assume you're using the 0207 London number, which will be the same as other landlines - 25p for 1st 3 minutes a day then 5p. Any apparent variation from day to day in 1899 calls is probably because of the differing amount of calls you've made earlier in the day.

Depending how much you use the phone overall (over £10 a mnth?), O2's Friends tariff (£4.99 a month - free for 1st 3 months?) gives half price to 3 numbers; you could nominate 1899's number and use for nearly all calls including mobiles.

Paul_Varjak

I think you will find that using the 0808 access number from a mobile phone is just as expensive as dialling your father-in-law direct. Then, on top of that, you pay 18866 as well!

If you are using the 0207 access number for 18866/1899 you will lose money for the same reason!

You obviously have internet access where do you have this? Can you use an Internet phone?

You could register the campsite's phone for 1886 but you run the risk of someone using your account! I did register a street payphone for 18866 before I decided to get a landline installed!

Another alternative is to use phonecards on campsite's phone.

allthatmularky

SueSan - the basics are that 02 Talkalot is 25p for 1st three mins then 5p a minute there after - this is for calls to O2 and landlines. The only benefit of using the 18866 override which will charge you an additional 3p per minute - is ringing mobiles xnet for 28p or 8p (25p + 3p etc) depending on whether you have used the first three minutes.

andy88_2

Paul_Varjak wrote:

Another alternative is to use phonecards on campsite's phone.

some selfish providers of phones like this block or charge 0800 numbers