Most calls I get from call centres are from witheld numbers, however if I get an "unavailable" number, then usually it's from India.

As most telcos from abroad don't release the CLI, then the calls you get from India are always unavailable.

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But of course in line with the general organised Labour party move to the widespread use of 0870 numbers as a form of "stealth tax".  I trust that you lodged a complaint about this pointing out the COI guidance.

Why exactly would number 10 be calling you though?

mc661, do they call you on your geographical landline or do you give them your NGN number?

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I think it was on my 0871, as thats the only number Labour party has for me on membership record, but it could have been a GN as it would be *evil* to force my electorate which I represent to call a NGN, and the GN is published on councils website, plus the standards board wouldnt like it either, me making money out of phone calls out of the electorate

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Yeah, funny thing is weve actually got a pretty decent train service, on an electrified line (which the local tax payer paid for about 60% of the cost to electricfy)

Hi all. In June 2003 a friend changed from BT to British Gas and this meant that his number was no longer displayed but came up "unavailable". At the time I spoke to a Mr Dan Lidster, Customer Services Manager of BG Communications (0845 0709010) who advised me that not all their sub contract carriers have the technology in place to support CLI. He went on to say that they were encouraging all their carriers to provide this facility but that it is expensive. By having cheaper carriers enables them to offer a cheaper tariff and meet Oftel's requirements. He also said that it is not a requirement of Oftel for service providers to support CLI. I wrote to Oftel and received a letter back dated 16th June 2003 from Christopher Stock, Consumer Representation, who wrote that there is no existing requirement on any operator other than BT or Kingston to provide CLI facilities. He went on to advise that "Condition 19 of the General Conditions of Entitlement (which enter into force on 25 July 2003) will require communications providers to provide CLI facilities, subject to TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY AND ECONOMIC VIABILITY. Oftel and, in the future, Ofcom, will still consider the circumstances in which it would be reasonable for an operator not to provide CLI facilities on feasibility and viability grounds."
Perhaps some of the more seasoned contributers could advise whether this two year old policy is still in place? My friend has since moved and is back with BT. Bill