BBC News mentions 0870 numbers

bbb_uk

BBC News mention 0870 numbers during breakfast news today, 17th January 2007.

SayNo forum member, kk, has created a thread here.

There may be a huge demand and as such the site may run slower than usual, etc.

Edinburghlass_2

Took them a while to get the name of saynoto0870 right

bbb_uk

I never saw it unfortunately

Gazman321

Did you also notice the BBC's contact number was an 0870 number !

dc

Their excuse was that they do not profit/collect from using 0870 numbers, even though they cost nearly 3 times more than a national call.:rolleyes2

Well BT must be laughing all the way to the bank.

Edinburghlass_2

Yes, they mentioned several times that the BBC don't get any money back from using 0870 numbers.

DonnyDave

dc wrote:

Their excuse was that they do not profit/collect from using 0870 numbers, even though they cost nearly 3 times more than a national call.:rolleyes2

They do not receive money from their 0870 numbers, and that is what was said. However, they do receive services in kind from Capita and Cable & Wireless who provide these numbers.

dc wrote:

Well BT must be laughing all the way to the bank.

Capita and Cable & Wireless are the providers. BT is only involved if you call from a BT line, and in any case, AFAIK, BT makes little if no profit at all on 0870 numbers that are provided by another telco.