A chance of getting TalkTalk's £1,000 guarantee

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Apparantly (though not confirmed yet), TalkTalk charge 5ppm for their 0844 calls*. If this is true then providing you meet their other t&c then BT are actually cheaper than TalkTalk.

I know you're probably thinking these calls are excluded but according to their t&c (paragraph 5):-

5. The challenge is not open to anyone who is not currently a customer of TalkTalk or to customers who have more than one line, and excludes calls to the internet, 0845 or premium rate numbers.

then you'll see they only include calls to the internet, 0845, or premium rate number. No mention at all of 0844 and although sometimes used for internet they are not exclusively for internet use as some doctors surgeries are starting use 0844 numbers now, as well as some calling card companies.

Therefore, if anyone thinks they meet TalkTalk's t&c criteria then I suggest you go for it before TalkTalk realise their mistake and change the t&c accordingly.

You can read TalkTalk's £1,000 guarantee here.

* Obviously, further confirmation that TalkTalk charge 5ppm for 0844 calls is needed by someone who uses TalkTalk (I don't) but according to boblevin in this thread (scroll down to post 128) it would appear so.

monomer

Sorry to disappoint anyone, but I use TalkTalk and the 0844 numbers that I dial (for international dialthrough) are charged at close to the advertised rates for BT.

Additional: Just to add, I'm on their Talk 1 Talk Plan

Here are a selection of charges taken from my last online TalkTalk statement (figures exclude VAT):

22 April 2005 17:59 08448618*** 00:02:28 0.042
22 April 2005 18:01 08448618*** 00:03:05 0.042
12 May 2005 17:24 08448618*** 00:08:40 0.075
12 May 2005 17:33 08447214*** 00:31:32 0.270

The first two calls in the example above were cheaper than the minimum charge and were therefore subject to the 5p minimum charge.