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BT Abolish Caller Display Charge

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  • Mercedes
    Mercedes Posts: 3 Newbie
    Much has been said about free caller display from BT. I subscribed to it free last summer when I installed a BT In Touch (analogue) alarm phone. Today I have only just realised from my bill that I have been charged £4.46 per month for the last 3 months. My sin is that I don't use BT for my calls. I am a pensioner and get a better service from Saga. Apparently the changes were in some link on one of my online bills when the policy was changed.

    EARLY WARNING! the operator informed me that from March? the 1571 service will be chargeable to customers who do not use BT for making calls.
    Needless to say, I have cancelled both services
  • BexTech
    BexTech Posts: 4,772 Forumite
    Mercedes wrote:
    EARLY WARNING! the operator informed me that from March? the 1571 service will be chargeable to customers who do not use BT for making calls.
    Needless to say, I have cancelled both services

    Yes, been mentioned several times on here and elsewhere over the last few months.
    It's PAC not PAC Code, it's MAC not MAC Code, it's PIN not PIN Number, it's ATM not ATM Machine, it's LCD not LCD Display, it's DVD not DVD disc... It's no one not noone, It's a lot not alot, It's got not gotten... Panini is the plural of panino - there is no S!!
    (OK my English isn't great, the sciences, maths & IT are my strong points!)
  • April2
    April2 Posts: 508 Forumite
    Mercedes wrote:
    EARLY WARNING! the operator informed me that from March? the 1571 service will be chargeable to customers who do not use BT for making calls.
    Needless to say, I have cancelled both services
    As Heinz said, it's easy to get round the '6 calls per quarter' requirement.
    Their - possessive pronoun (owned by them e.g. "They locked their car").
    They're - colloquial/abbreviated version of 'They are'
    There - noun (location other than here e.g. "You can buy groceries there") OR adverb (in or at that place e.g. "They have lived there for years") OR adverb (to or towards that place e.g. "Go there at noon") OR adverb (in that matter e.g. " I agree with you there").
  • Heinz
    Heinz Posts: 11,191 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Car Insurance Carver!
    April2 wrote:
    As Heinz said, it's easy to get round the '6 calls per quarter' requirement.
    Indeed I did.

    Nevertheless, I approve of everyone dumping 1571!
    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.
  • d3xt0r
    d3xt0r Posts: 29 Forumite
    Number no longer works, new number 08001218000
  • April2
    April2 Posts: 508 Forumite
    d3xt0r wrote: »
    Number no longer works, new number 08001218000
    Thanks - post #1 amended accordingly.
    Their - possessive pronoun (owned by them e.g. "They locked their car").
    They're - colloquial/abbreviated version of 'They are'
    There - noun (location other than here e.g. "You can buy groceries there") OR adverb (in or at that place e.g. "They have lived there for years") OR adverb (to or towards that place e.g. "Go there at noon") OR adverb (in that matter e.g. " I agree with you there").
  • LifesaBeach_2
    LifesaBeach_2 Posts: 1 Newbie
    CrazyChemist wrote: »
    Hmmmmm, looks too good to be true...

    Does this involve ditching the CPS provider (TalkTalk in my case) and going to BT?? :mad: I notice they state
    Dodgy. Just as BT should be :p Can anyone help on this ambiguity?? :D
    BT have told me that you have to make five (5) local calls through BT to qualify for Free Caller display. If you are with Talk Talk, You can do this by dialing 1280 before dialing the local phone number. It works for me.
  • Heinz
    Heinz Posts: 11,191 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Car Insurance Carver!
    It's 6 chargeable calls per quarter (or 2 per month) actually.

    See http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=5022907&postcount=2
    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.
  • pinkcloud
    pinkcloud Posts: 231 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Can somebody tell me please the date that FREE caller display actually started and was it then called BT Privacy at Home or something else?
  • jhp
    jhp Posts: 2,342 Forumite
    pinkcloud wrote: »
    Can somebody tell me please the date that FREE caller display actually started and was it then called BT Privacy at Home or something else?

    If you look at the original post in this old thread your see it started on the 1/7/2005.

    Its always been part of BT Privacy at Home Package.

    http://www.productsandservices.bt.com/consumerProducts/displayProduct.do?productId=CON-3399&s_cid=con_FURL_personal/privacyathome&bvurl=/personal/privacyathome
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