It seems that Orange plans on making some more "improvements" to its plans.

Some discussions on MSE about this:

• New Orange tariffs
• Orange to start charging for Delivery Reports.?
• Orange put the squeeze on Customers.Not so Bright Now.

Some "highlights" are charges for delivery reports and 10p minimum charge on pay as you go tariffs.

See here for pay as you go information.

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10 minimum charge! So all those call that go to an answerphone service (Orange Answerphone, BT1571 etc) will now cost twice as much! 

"Standardised;" is that the Oxford or Cambridge English dictionary definition? What is "the national call rate"? Have we not been here before? 

Why do I keep coming to the conclusion that any changes or "improvements" a UK telecommunications makes are just a ploy to charge more for less?

BT's latest "promotion" is BT Value. There is a radio commercial running which advertises the Friends and Family Autoupdate. It includes 01/02 and 07 numbers. For those who use 0845/0844 dial-up ISPs, can they add that number manually, as it were, and does the Autoupdate remove this? Does it add those numbers that cost the most or the ones with the longest call durations?

jrawle wrote on Mar 8^th, 2006 at 2:58pm:


I thought the ASA told off BT for claiming there Broadband talk was 'free' and 'unlimited' because the bandwith it used wasnt free nor was it unlimited due to the broadband cap.

mc661 wrote on Mar 8^th, 2006 at 4:33pm:


Admittedly, they don't use the word "free". In fact, it's worded very carefully. They say there is "no charge" for evening and weekend calls. However, they do still say it's "unlimited" here:

http://www.btbroadbandvoice.com/bbv/brochureware/why_use_bb_voice.html

I'm surprised at the 1p for each confirmation text received.  This is a first and hope other networks don't follow Orange's demising ways - although the other networks would call it "aligning" their tariffs in line with other operators which in plain english means a price increase.  

I'm on o2's Online tariff with 300texts and 150offpeak xnet mins for topping up by £15 each month and still get the £15 credit to spend as well.  Calls are currently 25p for first 3mins of calls that day then 5p thereafter (2p at weekends).  Minimum call charge is still 5p unlike Orange which are increasing theirs to 10p which I think Voda also charge 10p minimum call charge.

I don't know what the minimum charge will be on Orange pay monthly tariffs, at the moment there are no minimum charges. I'm on OVP Virgin and pay the same as what Virgin Mobile subscribers pay on its pay as you go tariff but with no minimum charge!

On Orange Value Promise (OVP) tariffs, Orange's scheme that matches other providers' post paid (pay monthly) tariffs. That is all other providers so long as it's Vodafone, O2 or T-Mobile and it's not one of the following tariffs:

• EQ T-Mobile Relax 25
• T-Mobile Everyone Off-peak 200
• Vodafone Anytime 30
• EQ O2 25
• EQ Vodafone Business