07781 number - disablility txt

w06

agreed, one day email response from the council - unless it's to a named person's work email address and they're in the office - is almost unheard of here, and our council seems relatively responsive to email correspondence

sheramber

Are you with T Mobile- they charge for text to Guersney. Some of Somerset council pages do state normal text rats except T Mobile.

50Twuncle

sheramber wrote: »

Are you with T Mobile- they charge for text to Guersney. Some of Somerset council pages do state normal text rats except T Mobile.

No - I'm on THREE !!
They all charge for 07781 numbers - the council is wrong !

NeilCr

50Twuncle wrote: »

No - I'm on THREE !!
They all charge for 07781 numbers - the council is wrong !

Okay.

Have a google of council and 07781. You'll find a number of councils using 07781 numbers - including some for bidding for homes.

Genuine question. Do you not think that if they were charging extortionate rates there might have been an outcry by now?

A_Nice_Englishman

50Twuncle wrote: »

No - I'm on THREE !!
They all charge for 07781 numbers - the council is wrong !

Have you checked what you actually get charged for sending a TEXT to the SPECIFIC number in question? I think all we know so far is that CALLS to 07781 numbers are charged at 48p a minute by Three. Is the number advertised as a voice number or just for text messages?

Contact Three customer services and ask (or send a text and check your account online).

D_M_E

If you go on online chat with Three and ask them for the access code for 07781 numbers - or say you want to call or text Guernsey - they will give you a code which you add to the front of the 07781 number.

You will then be charged at your normal rates when you se that code.

50Twuncle

D_M_E wrote: »

If you go on online chat with Three and ask them for the access code for 07781 numbers - or say you want to call or text Guernsey - they will give you a code which you add to the front of the 07781 number.

You will then be charged at your normal rates when you se that code.

I tried - but the operative wouldn't give me an access code
Three's price guide confirms that 07781 is a BAND O international number
and is NOT included in an allowance
So - why should Three lose money ?
I am not blaming Three - I am blaming these stupid councils !
I wonder whether they get a cut of the call profits ?

A_Nice_Englishman

50Twuncle wrote: »

I tried - but the operative wouldn't give me an access code
Three's price guide confirms that 07781 is a BAND O international number
and is NOT included in an allowance
So - why should Three lose money ?
I am not blaming Three - I am blaming these stupid councils !
I wonder whether they get a cut of the call profits ?

As you said in your opening post and I reiterated a couple of days ago, it's a number to *text* the council so the *call* charges are irrelevant. Have you found out how much it costs to send a text message to the specific number?

50Twuncle

A_Nice_Englishman wrote: »

As youm said in your opening post and I reiterated a couple of days ago, it's a number to *text* the council so the *call* charges are irrelevant. Have you found out how much it costs to send a text message to the specific number?

40p per txt
And it is the same in Vodafone and Three and others as well - why would they do this- unless they receive a cut from the provider ?

NeilCr

What have the council said?