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Bonovox Posts: > 500

Phone giant BT set the tone for rivals by scrapping charges for 0870 and 0845 numbers. From next Friday the prefixes used by the NHS banks and energy companies will be free. Thats a saving of �24 million a year for BT's 14 million customers. Consumer groups Which? welcomed the move. Previously charged at 5.8p a minute with some companies charging upto 10p for the numbers BT said it bowed to public pressure. Spokesman John Petter said: We hope we have taken the sting out of the price of these calls. Source The Mirror. Well BT eh coming first thats a surprise. Doubt mobile networks will do it cos they charge for freephone anyway.
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Posted: 2009-01-10 00:33:00
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fluke9 Posts: 461

About time too.

Mobile companies soon I hope.
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Posted: 2009-01-10 01:20:18
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Bonovox Posts: > 500

Cant see the mobile networks doing it. As discussed previously O2 were the only ones for a good while to include them in free mins. All networks charge for free phone i think except Orange contract. Unless thats recently changed. But the charges on BT were not too high anyway.
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Posted: 2009-01-10 01:32:00
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fluke9 Posts: 461

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There is a catch as always

Depends which calling plan you are on.

http://bt.custhelp.com/cgi-bi[....]345,350,361,1083&p_faqid=12732
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Posted: 2009-01-10 01:34:15
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Bonovox Posts: > 500

Oh dear always a catch and i was wondering about 0871 and 0844 numbers. Crazy. Nothing is ever simple. And people still use dial up im amazed.
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Posted: 2009-01-10 02:03:00
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Daedalus85 Posts: > 500

Well it's better than nothing, and remember, this is cost them money, so their putting their hand in their pocket because of the current financial climate.
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Posted: 2009-01-10 09:22:20
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