Sky Talk and 1899

thespacecowboy

Can I still use 1899 prefix if I am subscribed to Sky Talk? (I have Sky already, so free evening and weekend calls would be great)

Thanks

Heinz

thespacecowboy wrote:

Can I still use 1899 prefix if I am subscribed to Sky Talk? (I have Sky already, so free evening and weekend calls would be great)

Thanks

Yes, as both Sky Talk Freetime and Sky Talk Unlimited are CPS (Carrier PreSelect) packages, you can continue to use the likes of 1899, 18185 etc.

CPS means that, although you have a BT landline and your incoming calls still arrive on BT (so Caller Display, 1471 and 1571 work normally), you will have opted to have the BT exchange programmed so that, by default, (nearly) all your outgoing calls are sent via the CPS provider (and BT don't even 'see' the calls even though they carry the first leg).

The 'default' part of that sentence is the key to CPS. It means that, if you want, you can use a prefix to send an individual call via another provider (i.e. override the CPS programming for a single call). For example, using just a 1280 prefix will send that call out via BT, using just a 18185 prefix (not 128018185) will send that call out via www.18185.co.uk and so on.

In other words, CPS allows you still to pick the best carrier for your calls even though you've opted, normally, to use one provider (in your case, Sky Talk Freetime because of the free evening and weekend UK 01/02 calls).

thespacecowboy

Excellent, thanks for the detailed reply!