Call18866 now free calls too

sonia1963

Me neither. Used my debit card with no problems.

Edinburghlass_2

Great, must be a newish thing as when I first signed up you could only use a credit card.

echo

rang a landline this afto and was charged 1p-this was with this site.my son wanted to ring Next and it said 4p a min.other site was 3p a min so went with them.line was awful and it's only just dawned on me that it's 1p a min with Ntl so i feel a prat.where do the 3/4p a min charges come from? haven't logged into my account yet either.

gt94sss2

It costs that (1899 - 3p/min, 18866 - 4p/min) when calling an 0845 number.

For 0845/0870 numbers 18866/1899 are not that competitive.

The "free" calls (apart from connection fee) are to UK landlines - numbers beginning 01xxx or 02xxx

Regards
Sunil

sergeant121

rang a landline this afto and was charged 1p-this was with this site.my son wanted to ring Next and it said 4p a min.other site was 3p a min so went with them.line was awful and it's only just dawned on me that it's 1p a min with Ntl so i feel a prat.where do the 3/4p a min charges come from? haven't logged into my account yet either.

According to http://www.saynoto0870.com/company_search.php 0800 389 0458 is an alternative for Next's 0870 and 0845 numbers.

echo

cheers.the alternative Next number didn't enter my head until sumtime after i made the call!!!

2am

a UK landline call on 18866 is no longer a "free call" (apart from the 1p connection charge) .. the voice Tariff now says "half a penny per minute" and my online Invoice confirms this price increase on today's calls. >:(

gt94sss2

a UK landline call on 18866 is no longer a "free call" (apart from the 1p connection charge) .. the voice Tariff now says "half a penny per minute" and my online Invoice confirms this price increase on today's calls.  >:(

The 0.5p/min charge is only for customers accessing 18866 via the 0800 number (i.e. cable customers)

Its still free for BT customers.

Regards
Sunil

Pembs

I didn't know there was a surcharge for using the 0808 access number..

Is it a new thing?

Thanks

sergeant121

I didn't know there was a surcharge for using the 0808 access number..

Is it a new thing?

Thanks

Yes. It appears to be 18866's way of funding the 0808 number.

See http://forum.moneysavingexpert.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=Telephone;action=display;num=1095238466