Quote:gdh82 wrote on Mar 9
th, 2006 at 11:42am:
I guess 0844 is better than 0870 (at present) but this is depressing reading.
4p per minute instead of 1.5p per minute at the weekends for 0870 so I'm not sure that it is any better overall.
Not that this is the main issue here (although I knew it'd get picked up) but isn't the charge comparison as follows
peak eve w/e
0870 7.41 3.95 1.5
0844 3.95 3.95 3.95
So, yes, 0844 is more expensive at w/e but at peak times is cheaper.
In any case, I repeat, this isn't the main issue.
Besides, didn't Ofcom during the NTS:The Way Forward consultation argue to leave 0844 untouched to protect the relatively few dial-up ISPs that use this number? If so, Abbey National seem to be jumping straight into that loophole to continue scamming an income off phone calls!! Shameless or what!