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Free Premium Rate phone/text service?

Hello. I am looking for a premium rate telephone or sms message service where calls get diverted to me, at a premium charge to the caller. all of the ones I have found require paying a monthly subscription, but im looking for one where the company providing the service takes a percentage of the profit from the premium number.

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  • billsavings
    billsavings Posts: 2,015 Forumite
    Do you want the Premium Rate number to terminate on your own landline?,are you answering by voice or recorded info?
  • A recorded message would probably be most useful to me, but call diversion to a mobile phone would also be beneficial. Any offers/links welcome :)
  • Heinz
    Heinz Posts: 11,191 Forumite
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    If you're going to use a Premium Rate number, you'll have to comply with the ICSTIS rules.

    You have a great deal of reading to do!

    http://www.icstis.org.uk/service_providers/default.asp

    http://www.icstis.org.uk/pdfs_code/11th_edition.pdf
    Time has moved on (much quicker than it used to - or so it seems at my age) and my previous advice on residential telephony has been or is now gradually being overtaken by changes in the retail market. Hence, I have now deleted links to my previous 'pearls of wisdom'. I sincerely hope they helped save some of you money.
  • Stuart_W
    Stuart_W Posts: 1,770 Forumite
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    I have found Telesave very useful in this respect, they will provide a premium number for free, terminating on a landline or with a pre-set recorded message. Rather than a monthly subscription, they operate on a profit share basis. send an enquiry to support@telesave.co.uk
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