Ricardo. I stand corrected.The confusion arose because i went into there site and went to Landline at the top of page,then call rates,then non geographical 0870 which gave me the 8p.I now see that is for there Intl Call Plan.

Is there a minimum term for having Onetel's line rental on your line?  E.g. 12 months contract? 

Or can you just switch away to a different line rental provider when you like? ???

I think you're right there - their call centre is rubbish.  But 51p per month over 12 months amounts to £6.12, and over an average lifetime (75 years for the sake of argument) amounts to £459.00, and Martin MSE wouldn't be too happy to hear you say you weren't bothered about saving that amount of cash   You could buy 459 McFlurrys for that!!

This may be a stupid question, but what did you mean by "IMHO"?

Thanks Bill, the acronym finder is very useful and I've bookmarked the page for future reference.

Going back to the earlier point, does anyone know how long you're tied to Onetel Line Rental for?? ???  I can't find their terms and conditions - perhaps I'm being retarded again...

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That was a few months ago - before OneTel were able to 'supply' line rental.  The offer was their LeisureUKTalk package free for a year (well, £3.99 debit from and credit to your account for 12 months which amounted to the same thing) and gave you free UK 01/02 calls evenings and weekends.

Us in the sticks (where overhead lines mean faults occur more frequently) don't have the cable option - hence my continued reluctance to switch my line supplier from BT.

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A friend of mine recently moved their line rental over to OneTel and was told it had a minimum term of 3months.  I don't remember reading that on their t&c!

In my opinion though, for the sake of saving .51p per month and having all the hassle of dealing with OneTel with regards to customer services and any faults, etc and not to mention that OneTel's t&c (3.4) state that they can bar or charge a higher fee for use of any indirect access codes, I don't think its worth it at all.

I realise that you could use the 0808 access numbers of Call18866/1899 but remember that they can still charge for these calls as well although not likely and they would get loads of complaints if they did.

Remember that only BT have to allow access to all other indirect access codes and can't stop the use of freephone access codes either, and most of BT prices are either set by OfCOM or are subject to OfCOM approval if they increase them.  The likes of non-BT landlines are not subject to the same constraints as BT and they can block or charge access to any numbers they choose (whether freephone or not).  Hence the reason why the mobile networks charge for freephone number and/or any individual number they choose.  I believe orange have a habit of blocking/charging extra for calling other providers via access numbers whether they are classed as mobile numbers or not and therefore should be included within inclusive minutes.

I believe OfCOM set the rates for calls to 0845/0870 and BT can't charge higher whereas most other telephone providers charge even higher than BT.  One example, TalkTalk, comes to mind as they charge 4.5ppm daytime to call an 0845 compared to BT's which I think is something like 3.5ppm.

Below is OneTel's t&c that put me of:
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You can read OneTel's t&c here.

No there are a number of others Post Office,Telecom Plus.Homecall to name a few.(Talk Talk are still thinking about it.)

There was one company doing really dirt cheap line rental but having looked into it - there was a catch - it turned out that if there was a fault you may have to pay for it to be repaired, etc and you could only report faults during office hours and there was no guarantee about how long it would take to repair, etc.

Personally, I don't think its worth switching yet as the line rental costs are basically the same.  At least with BT, I know i'm not going to wake up one morning and find out they've blocked access to other cheaper call providers like Call18866/1899, etc.

This was discussed in a little more detail over at this thread from moneysavingexpert.com forum.