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bigjohn Supreme Member Offline Posts: 2,316 Gender:	Re: land lines for ISPs Reply #30 - Jul 22^nd, 2005 at 9:09am Smasher wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2005 at 8:54am: I've heard that some tel. companies will just charge for the ISP geo number instead of allowing it on the free inclusive package... can anyone confirm this? Yes.See thread running in Geo Chat titled( Internet Dial Up).
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James_Middlesbrough Newbie Offline Posts: 9 Middlesbrough Gender:	Re: land lines for ISPs Reply #31 - Nov 19^th, 2005 at 5:00pm I have just read the virgin.net number 01483 881766 and seen that this number recieves no answer. As this is in guilford it WONT. All virgin.net opperations are based in middlesbrough (01642) or Newport In Gwent (01633). ALL Customer care and technical support are based at these areas Sorry to be the barer of bad news
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Reply #32 - Nov 19^th, 2005 at 10:35pm

That's probably because they were SOLD. Before they decided to sell up, they stopped answering the old number given. Of course, after they were sold off, they changed the support and provider locations and numbers, hence we do not have the current details.

Now if you could be ever so helpful to provide the new Geo dial-up number and Tech support Geo number, I would be very pleased to kiss your feet - well at least buy you a pint ! Roll Eyes

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Reply #33 - Jan 23^rd, 2005 at 8:28pm

Is anyone aware of any internet service provider that uses geographic numbers, rather than 0800/0845 ? The reason that I ask is that if there is such an ISP & number, then you can use a mobile/laptop to connect to the internet, using free minutes etc.

I seem to remember a while back that AOL had regional dial-up numbers which would have been suitable, but they you needed to have a £15 per month subscription which somewhat defeats the object.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks

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dave_g Newbie Offline Posts: 4	Re: Geographic Internet Dial-Up Numbers Reply #34 - Jan 23^rd, 2005 at 10:04pm I have successfully registered with BT Internet, pay as you go dial up. Costs 1p/5p off and peak time. Although it is slow, at 9.6k, it is much cheaper than using GPRS to connect to the internet, at £2.35 per Mb downloaded with Vodafone.
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Reply #35 - Jan 29^th, 2005 at 1:16am

You mean BT Internet charges 1p/5p on top of what the mobile net charges, or did I misunderstand?

I don't know if you've heard of Onspeed which is a compression/accelerator proxy; it speeds up emails (mainly text) by a factor of ~10 and graphics roughly 3 times.

If you install it on your laptop, it should help shorten the call length

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Reply #36 - Jan 29^th, 2005 at 9:21am

To be quite honest, I am not sure that BT are billing me at all. I can use my mobile to ring BT's geographic number (free or inclusive minutes) for dial-up internet access.
I have checked my vodafone bill and nothing is being added to any calls that I have made. Even though I gave BT my home phone number, I fail to see how they can bill me for a call made on Vodafone. I will await my next BT bill.

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Heinz Supreme Member Offline Posts: 1,362 Essex	Re: Dial-up ISPs with geographical numbers Reply #37 - Apr 9^th, 2007 at 9:03pm Seeing a new member post seeking a geographical number for Virgin's dial up being directed to this rather ancient thread prompts me to suggest a possible, cheaper, alternative might be: http://www.geoisp.co.uk/
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Reply #38 - Apr 9^th, 2007 at 11:27pm

Dave wrote on Aug 2^nd, 2004 at 12:16am:

I've just found this page on BT's site which confirms that these numbers are excluded from the so called "discount" packages. Lips Sealed

Where has BT's exclusion page gone? Undecided

Just found this. I can see why it's not a list, but where is it now? The above link just forwards to a page pushing BT's tariffs.

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DaveM Global Moderator Offline Du vin, du pain, du Ibuprofen ¡ Posts: 845 Peterborough Gender:	Re: Dial-up ISPs with geographical numbers Reply #39 - Apr 10^th, 2007 at 4:15pm Heinz wrote on Apr 9^th, 2007 at 9:03pm: . . . a possible, cheaper, alternative might be: http://www.geoisp.co.uk/ Thanks Heinz Had a look at that & will follow it up & leave details here of success (or not).
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Heinz Supreme Member Offline Posts: 1,362 Essex	Re: Dial-up ISPs with geographical numbers Reply #40 - Dec 10^th, 2007 at 8:31pm Heinz wrote on Apr 9^th, 2007 at 9:03pm: Seeing a new member post seeking a geographical number for Virgin's dial up being directed to this rather ancient thread prompts me to suggest a possible, cheaper, alternative might be: http://www.geoisp.co.uk/ Good while it lasted - but long gone now it seems.
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Reply #41 - Dec 12^th, 2007 at 11:53am

Thanks to archive.org:
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GeoISP
Internet access via dial-up on a geographic number: 020 8114 9845
Use any username and password to log in
Calls billed at 0p/min by 18185, 1899
Calls usually included in bundles offering free nationwide calls
Calls usually part of inclusive minutes for mobile users - cheaper than GPRS!
No catch, no subscription, no need even to register

Checked just now, the phone number still answers with modem tones - not got a modem hooked up to check it at the moment though, but it looks like it's just the website that is down.

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