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185185 stopped?
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So Primus written guarantee to MSE lasting until at least Dec 2012, needs to be made clearer .0
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It still works ok on my Primus line.
If you dial, for example, an 0844 number, then 18185 cannot connect you to that.0 -
Best to be with BT. Apparently for some regulatory reason, they have to allow over-ride providers.
You only pay BT £10 per month line rental (if you pay for a year upfront), and with 18185 the calls cost peanuts.0 -
Read my email. BT have to allow over-ride providers. Other phone companies can and do bar over-ride providers. Even if they initially allow them, this can change when you are partway through a contract.
With BT it can't happen.
Cheap line rental and 18185 for calls. Sorted!0 -
Read my email. BT have to allow over-ride providers. Other phone companies can and do bar over-ride providers. Even if they initially allow them, this can change when you are partway through a contract.
With BT it can't happen.
Cheap line rental and 18185 for calls. Sorted!
What e-mail are you on about ? BT is not the only way. I can get cheaper line rental ,inclusive evening and weekend calls, no minimum term ,with a supplier that allows 18185 access,and if it stops which is very unlikely, i want have to pay for cancelling contract.0 -
Sorry - typo - I meant (previous) post.
Who are you with then, who has cheaper line rental than £10 per month, allows 18185, and has no minimum term contract (and doesn't insist you take any other package eg broadband, mobile or TV to cross-subsidise it)?0 -
BT,s Line Rental is only £129 a year if you pay it in advance. Many people dont want to/ cant afford to pay it upfront.
So they use cheaper suppliers rather then pay BT monthly, line rental of £14.60 a month.Some suppliers include evening and weekend geographical calls in the line rental price which suits them,unlike BT who now charge for the priviledge.
Horses for Courses comes to mind.:D0
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