MSE News: Three makes calling 0800 numbers free – if you get a new contract

Former_MSE_Helen

"Mobile provider Three is making calls to 0800, 0808 and 0500 numbers free"

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Three makes calling 0800 numbers free – if you get a new contract



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kingrulzuk

Not for me......

SoWhatIsNext

This has a major catch.

All new phone contracts and those who choose to switch to this will have tethering limited to 2GB per month if you're on The One Plan.

redux

To be frank, it will be much more interesting to find out soon which extra countries they will be adding to Feel At Home

rogerblack

If you have some internet allowance left over, and your contract permits use of VOIP, there can be alternatives.
http://www.sipgate.co.uk/ is one provider that will let you setup a SIP line that you can use to make calls with a free app to 0800 numbers without charge.
They are also considerably cheaper for 0845 at 3p/min than many providers.

I ended up swapping most of my 'landline' usage over to them when I realised that I was carrying my mobile around most of the time as a music player, even though it had no mobile service wifi worked just fine around the house and garden, meaning I diddn't need to replace the broken cordless phone with a horrible interface.

oldharryrocks

Already a long informative thread here: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4924060

dealer_wins

So existing customers, many of which will have taken out a 24 month contract paying shedloads of money get a bum deal.

Thats not really cricket is it!!

OldGreyFox

dealer_wins wrote: »

So existing customers, many of which will have taken out a 24 month contract paying shedloads of money get a bum deal.

Thats not really cricket is it!!

Not if you have unlimited tethering see other thread.

Frozen_up_north

dealer_wins wrote: »

So existing customers, many of which will have taken out a 24 month contract paying shedloads of money get a bum deal.

Thats not really cricket is it!!

There is no change to contracts taken out prior to 17th March, so whatever you signed up to hasn't changed. Three contracts continue on a 30 day basis once their minimum period has expired.

See the dozens of questions and answers (all asking the same question) at: http://blog.three.co.uk/

The main impact will be to those shortsighted customers who take out new contracts when their old phone is perceived to need "upgrading".

jon81uk

I would rather they just made the inclusive call allowance include all calls including all 08 numbers, not just 01/02/03 that you get currently. That would be far more useful than free 0800 calls.

MillicentBystander

With brilliant free apps like weq4u in existence the 08x PR is largely irrelevant anyway.