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derrick
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jrawle wrote on Aug 10 th, 2006 at 6:02pm: derrick wrote on Aug 10 th, 2006 at 5:20pm: Dave wrote on Aug 9 th, 2006 at 12:38pm: And when geographical numbers are charged per minute, many daytime calls to 0845 on Option 1 will be cheaper than geographical numbers as 0845 will be billed to the nearest second. But geo numbers can cost as little as 3p per call,(when using 1899), whereas 0845 will always be racking up your phone bill while you wait in the queue, and you know what they cost from mobiles, (not included in most free minutes packages), and payphones. Not like you Dave to fall for that one, or have I missed something? The bit you've missed is highlighted. No-one's saying 0845 numbers are good in general! But it does show it's best not to assume 0845 is always a worse option from all lines. I did not miss that bit, it is always dearer to use 0845 than a geo number, the nearest you get to them being equal is when phoning Mon-Fri daytime from a BT line, (and to my knowledge they are the cheapest for 0845) but if you get held in a queue your phonebill increases with no benefit to you, therefore it is much cheaper to use 1899 or the like for a cost(3p) for the call duration regardless of length, and calls to 0845 from mobiles and payphones cost even more, but I am preaching, in the main, to the converted 
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