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  • Lady_K
    Lady_K Posts: 4,429 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I didnt know that I will think about swapping, I thought they were same company same prices is the reception better on 18185?
    Thanx

    Lady_K
  • Heinz
    Heinz Posts: 11,191 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Car Insurance Carver!
    Lady_K wrote: »
    I didnt know that I will think about swapping, I thought they were same company same prices is the reception better on 18185?
    Yes, they certainly appear to be the same company although they operate separately.

    I have accounts with all 3 - and use whichever is cheapest for a particular call! Can't say call quality had ever been an issue (no, tell a lie, 3 or 4 international calls with really bad echo in the past 3 years or so).
    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.
  • Lady_K
    Lady_K Posts: 4,429 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Im with ntl virgin and the mobiles are still 10p a minute with both of them, the call rates seem about the same
    Thanx

    Lady_K
  • davey210
    davey210 Posts: 915 Forumite
    Hi Has anyone had problems subscribing to 18185? I have registered twice
    but I have not received a confirmation e-mail!! Is this a problem anybody else
    has encountered?:mad:
  • ginger_nuts
    ginger_nuts Posts: 1,972 Forumite
    davey210 wrote: »
    Hi Has anyone had problems subscribing to 18185? I have registered twice
    but I have not received a confirmation e-mail!! Is this a problem anybody else
    has encountered?:mad:
    are you using an email address such as AOL .I think they may block it as spam
  • davey210
    davey210 Posts: 915 Forumite
    are you using an email address such as AOL .I think they may block it as spam

    No Spam filters are not blocking this,also the message says " You should be able to use 18185 around 1 hour from subscibing" I have sent 2 e-mails asking
    why they have not confirmed,but I have had no reply. It seem a shoddy outfit
    that I would not recommend to anyone, having to put bank details into a form
    and not to get a reply twice! I think I would avoid this provider as they are inccompadent or just totally ignorrant. beware:eek:
  • Heinz
    Heinz Posts: 11,191 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Car Insurance Carver!
    davey210 wrote: »
    You should be able to use 18185 around 1 hour from subscibing
    Have you tried?
    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.
  • davey210 wrote: »
    You should be able to use 18185 around 1 hour from subscibing
    You could also try dialling 0808 170 18 18 from the phone line that you have registered, as per http://www.18185.co.uk/customerservice/customerservice_answer.php?id=5&question_type=Algemeen
  • brenda50
    brenda50 Posts: 291 Forumite
    Can anyone help me please? I have been using 1899 for some time. However, lately, there have been 0845 numbers and others on my BT bill. The 0845 numbers on my last bill are internet dial ups, one of them, a prepaid card, and way more than I am sure I dialled so I should not be paying for the calls. I rang BT and they said i shhould take it up with 1899. Has anyone else had these problems?
  • Heinz
    Heinz Posts: 11,191 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Car Insurance Carver!
    Welcome to the MSE forums brenda50.

    Unless you have the time to find the cheapest gateway provider to save money (see the MSE UK Callchecker), always use BT instead of 1899 for calling 0845 numbers:

    Weekdays
    BT
    ------3p 'call set-up fee' + 3p/min
    1899 ---5p 'startup fee'-----+ 3½p//min

    Evenings
    BT
    ------3p 'call set-up fee' + 1p/min
    1899 ---5p 'startup fee'-----+ 3½p/min

    Weekends
    BT
    ------3p 'call set-up fee' + ½p/min
    1899-- -5p 'startup fee' ----+ ½p/min
    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.
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