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As far as I can tell, the cheapest company during the day is 18866.

0870 are 7p/min and 0845 are 3p/min

Daniel

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Information taken from Residential Telco comparison list, thanks to for the link to Magenta Systems site. After studying the list, BT Off peak & Weekend 0845 rates & the Weekend 0870 are cheaper. The 0870 Day & Off peak rates seem to be the cheapest. & anytime rates (above)+connection charge makes them expensive.

BT 0845	Normal	F&F 10%	BF 20%	BT 0870	Normal	F&F 10%	BF 20%
Weekend	1p	.9p	.8p	Weekend	1.5p	n/a	n/a
Off Peak	1p	.9p	.8p	Off Peak	3.8p	n/a	n/a
Standard	3p	2.7p	2.4p	Standard	7.5p	n/a	n/a

Xfone 0845	Normal	Xfone 0870	Normal
Weekend	1.3p	Weekend	3.4p
Off Peak	1.3p	Off Peak	3.4p
Standard	3p	Standard	6p

Many like Telecom Plus and Tiscali dont show any rates because they just pass it through the same as BT, but without the discounts. (although Tiscali does give 3% call discount).

I found a few Telcos cheaper but they either had restrictions or additional charges.

Rates reflect 1st July BT changes. F&F discounts are not applicable to 0870 numbers, contrary to info given to me, but try finding it on the BT site - it's not easy    Thanks to below for pointing out the error.

If you are on Sky, and subscribe to their SkyTalk Service then they also represent good costs.

I'm on the 40 package, as I use the phone a lot.

They've just reduced it to £13.99 per month.

Min 5P connection, Free up to an hour at all times and all of the UK.

08 numbers are about to be reduced as well.  Not sure what to just yet.

Their calls to mobiles are less than anyone else and you get extra of the top two numbers.

Just thought you might be interested.

http://www1.sky.com/products/skytalk/tariff%20guide.pdf

Eleven years later, we now have the required clarity to be able to simply and easily compare providers.

This is achieved by looking at the Access Charge declared by each landline and mobile provider.

Previously, comparing prices was not so easy. There were also factors behind the scenes that skewed the pricing. The NTS Retail Condition, imposed by Ofcom solely on BT, ensured that almost all of what the caller paid BT for the call was passed on and paid to the benefit of the called party and their telecoms provider. The rule ensured that BT made zero margin on call origination to 084, 087, 09 and 118 numbers, and BT therefore usually had the lowest price. Now that the rule has been scrapped, BT's Access Charge is 9.58p per minute, similar to other landline providers.

This is, however, all academic as the vast majority of retailers, traders, passenger transport companies, banks, insurance companies, government departments and other public services including local authorities and most of the NHS no longer uses 084 or 087 numbers. Many have swapped to 03 numbers.