GEO NUMBER FOR VIRGIN.NET?

derrick

Am hoping someone can supply a geographical number for Virgin .net Have tried the "saynoto0870" site,but to no avail. The numbers I have are 08456501000/08456500000 or the billing one,which is the one I want to contact, 08456500130

Thanks for any help

derrick

Seriously,has anyone got a geographical number for Virgin.net

murphwiz

isn't 0845 local rate anyway?

derrick

There is no such thing now as local rate,these numbers are classed as lo-call? and are charged at different rates depending on you CPS e.g B.T. 3p per min daytime,geographical numbers can be called free depending on your call package,and these numbers are never included in them,or a 1p connection charge then nothing for the call if using 18866
Check the following link

http://saynoto0870.com

dag_2

Does it specifically have to be Virgin.net - or can it be any 56k ISP?

If you just want a 56k geographic connection, it helps to look for the phone numbers first, and then find out who the ISP for it is afterwards.

Start off by getting as many 56k geographic numbers as possible from SayNoTo0870. But SayNoTo0870 doesn't list very many - so use Google and Yahoo to search for other web pages containing phone numbers you have found from SayNo. This will probably give you more lists containing lots of other 56k geographic numbers, that you wouldn't have been able to find just by using SayNoTo0870 alone.

There are various different conventions for spacing in UK phone numbers - so try doing phrase searches for all of them - eg, 02012345678, 020-12345678, 020-1234-5678, 02012-345-678, 02012-345678, 0201-234-5678.

You want to find as many numbers as possible - but chances are, very few of them will actually work.

So you should dial each one manually in turn, to see if you get modem screech noises - those are the ones whose ISP's you should sign up for. There's no point in signing up for an ISP whose geographic number is constantly engaged, unobtainable or which rings out.

Last time I checked, the only number I've managed to get to work was BT Connect. 56k geographic numbers tend not to stay the same for very long.

derrick

Hi dag, it does have to be Virgin.net as I am already with them and there is confusion re my DD set up which they messed up and I do not see why I should pay to phone them, I have emailed them twice but got no response other than an email today saying my DD had been cancelled.

ohit

Have a look at (about half way down page):

http://www.freedom-mobiles.co.uk/data.html

I used to use 01483881766, but it appears not to work anymore.

derrick

Hi ohit
this number is just ringing out,but it is not a number to get on the net with that I want,but a number to connect me with a human being in the billing dept, of which the lo-call? number is 0845 6500130

ohit

ah, ok. Sorry!