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Even assuming that the call charges to Afghanistan above have the decimal point in the wrong place (i.e. the 1 minute call charge is 70.605p and not £7.0605), anybody considering calls to there or the other countries mentioned would do well to store http://niftylist.co.uk/ in their favourites list and find far cheaper alternatives - 25p (not 70.6p or 67p) per minute to Afghanistan, 1p (not 17.55p or 3.3p) per minute to Australia and ½p (not 13.4p or 2.51p) per minute to a USA mobile.

pls pay attention to this, read and it might have something in there for u!

i used to be a blue-ridge sales rep. until just a few weeks ago.
more facts will be revealed to ya, as i tell u all about it

first of all, the calls u get from sales reps about blue-ridge are from the US or,...cairo,egypt!

im an egyptian who works at their call center, cairo, egypt.
they use very cheap IP telephony here and sometimes the lines get really bad.
imagine how ashamed i can get when someone goes on the fone "its a really bad line", i forget about telling them im calling from a telecoms co. !!

all of the sales reps here, when we get our training n the scripts we use on calls, they tell us to stop askin about the call unit thing its complicated for us.
and then tell us we must literally EAT the word "per call unit" on the fone call.

we go something like "ALL OUR RATES ARE FLAT, per-call-unit , 24 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK"
get the picture?
and of course all customers hear it as "per call minute"
so thats really the catch about it
until reps around the co. started debating about the "call unit" issue, and when i came to think about it....
its really just "legal robbery"

i was grateful i never closed a deal b4, and prayed that i never do.

but who really are blue-ridge????
its originally a big co. called NOS communications
they have different co. opening one after another.

the point is, as blue-ridge started to really smell!
they open a new co. but used the same infra-structure, and same dirty ppcu game.

after blueridge sales dropped to the floor,
they opened a new co. called V.O.I.P communications
check it out @ www.voiptelecomuk.co.uk

focusing on 2 facts as their campaign:
1-that use Voice-over-internet-protocol to make better, but cheaper calls, that's why the rates are cheap

2-that they are unlike other fone co.s who get so fat just cozz they never pass the saving along to the customers

so there's really no such thing as , blue-ridge , voip ..now, and previously....quantam-link

its all just NOS communications, and one dirty game

i decided to quit this job coz its so immoral, unethical
and just legal robbery, i dont wanna be a part of this.

but untill i quit, if i ever-by chance- call u in the uk,...
as soon as u hear "voip communications" ,
pls hang up on me, ill be glad u did

although its almost a miracle to get a decent job for good pay checks down here,
im not letting that get in my way of being a part of customers deception.

if u pitty me, hire me as ur integrity-consultant...lol...j/k

anyways. im glad i helped awaken some business ppl out there for the dirty game, i feel much better now.
speard the word!

pls contact me @
complain_about_nos@yahoo.com
for any comments, questions, or just about anything!

thanks for ur time and attention!
   with kind regards,
                              the jobless-NOS-rep.

Now that there is a web site gving their terms and conditions, is it worth complaining to  whoever it is that nowhere on their web site do they define what the call unit is - the best I could find was that the TCU was the total of all call units. Wow.

i hadnt realised how widespread the scam was when i first posted it!
i have today complained to ofcom. lets see what happens. probably nothing!!
if blue ridge were however doin 34mph in a 30mph zone then as sure as eggs are eggs they would be jumped on!!

Good point TonyCR,

It is a situation of dual standards. Motorists get crucified but all these telephone con-men are left alone to continue their scams!

Clearly Ofcom are not going to be very interested, since BT probably carrying the local loop are making out of it as well!

the leopard can change it's spots . . . . .Be aware, be very aware . . . .I've just had a call from a company called Optic Telecommunications, exactly the same setup as Blueridge Telecom, pence per call unit & loads of call units per call = HIGH COSTS.

Do not use them.

Peter O

Be Aware Blue Ridge Telecom are also calling under the name of Optic Communications and thier pricing structure is exactlly the same.