Fairness when sharing same landline

potentialdelboy

I really hope someone can help me. I have trawled the internet and have not got very far.

We want to install a landline in a shared house. Sharing the line rental is the easy part. However, we don't want to end up paying for each others' phone calls.

Does anyone know if we can create a system where the user can be identitied so they pay for their particular calls? I was thinking of a security number for each of us or something similar.

billsavings

The Phone Coop have the sort of product you are talking about.


See: http://www.phone.coop/residential/telephone/shared.html

potentialdelboy

Thanks billsavings. I knew someone could help. Happy Easter!

peter999

potentialdelboy wrote: »

I really hope someone can help me. I have trawled the internet and have not got very far.

We want to install a landline in a shared house. Sharing the line rental is the easy part. However, we don't want to end up paying for each others' phone calls.

Does anyone know if we can create a system where the user can be identitied so they pay for their particular calls? I was thinking of a security number for each of us or something similar.

In a shared house I saw a BT Call Meter.

The users noted their name, call meter value at beginning & end of call in a notebook.

This was a good few years ago (mid 1990's) when there were only standard call rates, so I don't know if they do anymore & whether it works with complexity of call rates you get nowadays.

peter999

Ps: found this on internet, which is what I saw:

Ashdown Subscriber's Meter
http://www.telephonesuk.co.uk/images/meter_47A.jpg

http://www.telephonesuk.co.uk/miscellaneous.htm

billsavings

With respect, if it did still work ? where would the op get/subscribe to a call meter .

MarkyMarkD

With itemised bills, a call meter is a waste of time anyway. You could just write down who made the call and what number it was to, and the bill would give you the cost.

peter999

billsavings wrote: »

With respect, if it did still work ? where would the op get/subscribe to a call meter .

You do some leg work, make some phone calls.
Phoning BT/Virgin Media etc. sounds a good 1st step, what do you think !!??

peter999

peter999

MarkyMarkD wrote: »

With itemised bills, a call meter is a waste of time anyway. You could just write down who made the call and what number it was to, and the bill would give you the cost.

True, but you could talking about 100's of phonecalls.
Also, others may not want you knowing numbers they are ringing.

peter999

billsavings

peter999 wrote: »

what do you think !!??

I think your be wasting your time, as it is/was a analogue service.

sicker

Why don't you sign up to BT.COM When you log in you can go to recent calls and there check the numbers you have called. Should be easy enough to work out who's calls are who's !!!! or is it??

billsavings

If theirs only three sharers one could sign up for 1899.the next for 18866,and the next for 18185.That way they would get seperate invoices for calls.:D