BT Abolish Caller Display Charge

ginger_nuts

Silent_Calls_Victim wrote:

Has nobody spotted the fact the BT simply want to be able to say that you are a paying customer so that they can make marketing calls to you?

BT still call me with there " I see you call usage has gone down " line . I signed up to the TPS via Talk Talk it made no difference .They still called .

Silent_Calls_Victim

Silent_Calls_Victim wrote:

Has nobody spotted the fact the BT simply want to be able to say that you are a paying customer so that they can make marketing calls to you?

ginger_nuts wrote:

BT still call me with there " I see you call usage has gone down " line . I signed up to the TPS via Talk Talk it made no difference .They still called .

Registration with the TPS does not prohibit sales calls from companies who may regard you as a customer.

If you do not wish to be called by these companies you must tell them so explicitly. If they continue to call, they are breaching regulation 21 of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 and should be reported to the Information Commissioner who is responsible for enforcing this regulation.

I believe that the requirement for those registering with Privacy at Home to make some calls through the BT network is intended simply to enable BT to say that they are customers of this service. That is why BT does not worry about enforcing the requirement.

David

solarstone

I have just removed Caller Display and opted for BT Privacy ( :mad: ) I make all calls with 18866 so will see what happens.

I abhor BT with a passion ! They are riddled with old-school institutionalism, and still sit smugly in their position of monolithic monopoly. If you think residential voice circuits are bad, thank your lucky stars you don't have to deal with their business data circuit orders ! (A bizarre anomoly that unlike most companies, BT's ordering process is shambolic and their fault fixing is supreme...
cheers to the engineers :beer: , and a head banged firmly against a brick wall to the rest of them :wall: )


Vent complete !

emma_b_4

right i have gone thru all the options and it said i have been registered, BUT i call thru talktalk so what will happen? will i be charged for it? i registered for both privacy at home and caller ID

Heinz

emma_b wrote:

right i have gone thru all the options and it said i have been registered, BUT i call thru talktalk so what will happen? will i be charged for it? i registered for both privacy at home and caller ID

If you're worried about possibly being charged, make the occasional call via BT (using the 1280 prefix).

I'd suggest an evening or weekend 01 or 02 call of less than an hour - 5½p.

littlereddevil

If I start getting my line rental from someone else do I still get caller display?

Edinburghlass_2

No you won't, just one of the disadvantages of moving your line rental from Bt I'm afraid

mobilegossip

littlereddevil wrote:

If I start getting my line rental from someone else do I still get caller display?

Yes you can still have it, but it want be free like it is with BT it will cost between approx 1.50p and 1.75p a month depending on your new supplier.Which will normally mean your monthly line rental goes up,you will also of course lose the other benefits associated with keeping your line rental with BT.

BexTech

littlereddevil wrote:

If I start getting my line rental from someone else do I still get caller display?

Yes, but not for free.

You also run the risk of that the new line rental provider will block access to other carriers, such as 18866 and 1899, so you would end up paying more in the end, just by trying to save 50p at best.

littlereddevil

Thanks everyone.
It seems I am better keeping my line rental with BT then???