The council have responded to complaints about the use of 0845.

See statement here:

http://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/news/11666552.Cotswold_District_Council_responds_to_complaints_about_emergency_phone_line/

Your see the council apparently have conveniently overlooked the cost of the  connection charge /call set up fee.

And dont appear to have taken any notice of the hint the Govt gave when they gave instructions  to their departments to switch from 08 numbers.

bigjohn wrote on Dec 23^rd, 2014 at 6:11am:

The council have responded to complaints about the use of 0845. See statement here: http://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/news/11666552.Cotswold_District_Council_responds_to_complaints_about_emergency_phone_line/ Your see the council apparently have conveniently overlooked the cost of the  connection charge /call set up fee. And dont appear to have taken any notice of the hint the Govt gave when they gave instructions  to their departments to switch from 08 numbers.

Not condoning the use, but  from paragraph 5 re your link: - "plus a call set-up fee".

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derrick wrote on Dec 24^th, 2014 at 10:15am:

bigjohn wrote on Dec 23rd, 2014 at 6:11am: The council have responded to complaints about the use of 0845. See statement here: http://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/news/11666552.Cotswold_District_Council_responds_to_complaints_about_emergency_phone_line/ Your see the council apparently have conveniently overlooked the cost of the  connection charge /call set up fee. And dont appear to have taken any notice of the hint the Govt gave when they gave instructions  to their departments to switch from 08 numbers. Not condoning the use, but  from paragraph 5 re your link: - "plus a call set-up fee". .

Thanks for mentioning that  :) what i really  meant to say was whilst they gave examples of call cost,whilst mentioning a call set up fee they never gave an example of a typical cost eg. 15p.