jgxenite wrote on Jun 19
th, 2007 at 12:27pm:
It *could* be true. For example, the 0870 number for TalkTalk Customer Services is free from a TalkTalk landline, but not free otherwise (subject to normal call rates for 0870 on your provider). This may also be true if you are with the Sky landline calling service with respect to some of their numbers.
I would like to clarify what jgxenite is saying here.
Call charges for any number are set by whatever call provider (telephone company/provider) you are with. The company you are calling cannot charge (or not charge) their 0870/0845 number at a different rate or make it free.
However, where the company being called is the telephone provider in the case of Talk Talk, for example, they are able to setup their billing system to make their 0870 number free. It would be possible for Sky to do this for people on Sky Talk, although for Sky to even make this statement would mean that the caller would have to be one Sky's own telephone package. I think it's more likely that the caller is being mislead here.