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#1 Post by **Kwackerz** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 10:27 am

Cheaper calls to the big firms:

SAY NO TO 0870

I posted this on one of the old versions of RS but needed to use it today to phone Orange from my landline!

Thought i'd repost it here for people to use!

I'll move this to links after a while

Gio · #2 Post by **Gio** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 11:27 am

I use that as my sig on another forum (its the only one that lets me have a sig, after my rather tasty pic of Scarlet Johansson)

Viking · #3 Post by **Viking** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 11:12 pm

What's '0870', Kwackerz??

#4 Post by **Kwackerz** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 11:17 pm

0800 are the free calls, 0870 and the like are the ones where they charge, or can charge extra to phone them.. 10p a min rather than say a standard 4p a min rate. It's explained better on that website. (click the red 'say no..' writing)
By searching for their normal landline number (like 01223 for cambridge) you find the normal rate lines.

I think Orange is 8p a min on their 0870 number, on the 'normal' regional number you just pay the standard rate for a BT call

Unfortunately that site only applies to UK at the moment.

#5 Post by **Kwackerz** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 11:24 pm

So for instance British Gas..

British Gas

Pay thru the nose line: 0870 1601040

Cheaper normal geographical number: 0113 3381022

Viking · #6 Post by **Viking** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 11:28 pm

Thieving buggers.

Gio · #7 Post by **Gio** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:15 am

Viking wrote:Thieving buggers.

They had a good teacher

Gordon Brown.