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NGMsGhost

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Re: ANSWERPHONES
Reply #30 - Jan 22^nd, 2009 at 12:49am

Heinz wrote on Oct 25^th, 2005 at 6:25pm:

Best available (from a landline) is to make the call via 1899 or 18866. Either would reduce the cost to 3p or a fraction more.

You seem to be out of date Heinz.

Finarea charges a 5p flat fee per call for calls to 01/02/03 numbers on 18866, 1899 and 18185. 3p per call was a long time ago.

But coming back to the OPs post sadly he will find that on the BT Weekend Calls Plan outside the weekend the minimum charge per call to 01/02/03 is now 12p (8p connection and 4p for the first minute as minutes are rounded up by BT these days).

The bottom line is that these fees are not paid be people with inclusive call plans who instead perceive they are getting extra value for money every time they hit an Answerphone. It is all part of the telco game of forcing everyone to take a call plan to guarantee their anticipated monthly revenue stream. All of it is very bad news for anyone who does not make many calls on their landline. And iOfcom and the OFT ought to be looking in to it but of course they are not. Angry

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Re: ANSWERPHONES
Reply #31 - Jan 22^nd, 2009 at 2:41am

NGMsGhost wrote on Jan 22^nd, 2009 at 12:49am:

Heinz wrote on Oct 25^th, 2005 at 6:25pm:

Best available (from a landline) is to make the call via 1899 or 18866. Either would reduce the cost to 3p or a fraction more.

You seem to be out of date Heinz.

Finarea charges a 5p flat fee per call for calls to 01/02/03 numbers on 18866, 1899 and 18185. 3p per call was a long time ago.

October 25th 2005 perhaps!

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Re: ANSWERPHONES
Reply #32 - Jan 22^nd, 2009 at 6:32am

SilentCallsVictim wrote on Jan 22^nd, 2009 at 2:41am:

October 25th 2005 perhaps!

I thought you were on record as saying you do not use these cheapskate indirect access services with their potentially suspect call routing issues etc yourself SCV?

That being so where exactly did you obtain the date of October 25th 2005 from? A forum search perhaps?

I remember the days when 18866 only charged 1p per call. Those were the days.............

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SilentCallsVictim Supreme Member Offline aka NHS.Patient, DH_fairtelecoms Posts: 2,494	Re: ANSWERPHONES Reply #33 - Jan 22^nd, 2009 at 8:53am NGMsGhost wrote on Jan 22^nd, 2009 at 6:32am: where exactly did you obtain the date of October 25th 2005 from? A forum search perhaps? I found it on this posting http://www.saynoto0870.com/cgi-bin/forum/YaBB.cgi?num=1130265254/30#30.
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NGMsGhost Supreme Member Offline The Forum Ghost of NonGeographicalMan<b r /> Posts: 2,720 Surrey, United Kingdom Gender:	Re: ANSWERPHONES Reply #34 - Jan 22^nd, 2009 at 9:42am SilentCallsVictim wrote on Jan 22^nd, 2009 at 8:53am: I found it on this posting http://www.saynoto0870.com/cgi-bin/forum/YaBB.cgi?num=1130265254/30#30. No such date provided there.
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sherbert Supreme Member Offline Posts: 2,011 Gender:	Re: ANSWERPHONES Reply #35 - Jan 22^nd, 2009 at 9:45am Look at reply #30 and you will see that you are quoting from a post dated from 2005. I think that what SCV means.
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NGMsGhost Supreme Member Offline The Forum Ghost of NonGeographicalMan<b r /> Posts: 2,720 Surrey, United Kingdom Gender:	Re: ANSWERPHONES Reply #36 - Jan 22^nd, 2009 at 9:51am I missed the fact that cavaliersteve had reactivated his old thread.
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Re: ANSWERPHONES
Reply #37 - Nov 23^rd, 2016 at 11:10am

After all these years,

7, since the last post from NGMsGhost,

I just wanted to say that as most companies now offer the choice of paying a fee for "unlimited free calls" the answerphone charge is basically abolished.

That said the issue of people "dragging up" old posts, I do believe can be fixed by any of the moderators.

On one website that I moderate, I am able to lock the topic, thereby stopping people "bumping" the post or adding further comments when they are no longer needed or necessary, just like this thread now.

I therefore wish all users of this / these forums a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Probably a little early but the sentiment is in the message.

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CJT-80 Global Moderator Offline Posts: 1,714 Manchester Gender:	Re: ANSWERPHONES Reply #38 - Nov 23^rd, 2016 at 6:13pm Dear cavaliersteve It is indeed possible to "lock" a post but it's something I rarely feel the need to do. However it may be that I need to start looking at threads (some of which are now 7 plus years old) and start locking them. A Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you too.
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