jasonc310771 wrote on Aug 23
rd, 2006 at 6:12pm:
ok, how much is it likely to cost if you call from the top most part of the UK, say Scotland, to a 020 number in south london?
now, how much does it cost to make that same call but using the 0845 number?
'per minute' that is
?
Using a BT residential landline (the vast majority of BT residential customers are on BT Togther Option 1 so, although most people on these forums have far cheaper ways of making such calls, quoting BT's standard prices will be the clearest way of explaining charges. In any case, BT is the cheapest mainstream provider for calls to 0845 numbers).
Calling ANY UK number starting 01 or 02 from ANYWHERE in the UK currently costs:
6am to 6pm Monday to Friday, 3p per minute (subject to a minimum call charge of 5.5p);
At any other time, a flat rate of 5.5p for up to an hour (plus 3p per minute for over an hour).
Calling an 0845 number from ANYWHERE in the UK currently costs:
6am to 6pm Monday to Friday, 3p per minute (subject to a minimum call charge of 5.5p);
At any other time, 1p per minute (subject to a minimum call charge of 5.5p).
BT charges are changing from 1st October 2006 and they will then be:
Calling ANY UK number starting 01 or 02 from ANYWHERE in the UK:
6am to 6pm Monday to Friday, 3p set up fee plus 3p per minute;
At any other time, a flat rate of 5.5p for up to an hour (plus 3p per minute for over an hour).
Calling an 0845 number from ANYWHERE in the UK:
6am to 6pm Monday to Friday, 3p set up fee plus 3p per minute;
Weekday evenings, 3p set up fee plus 1p per minute;
Weekends, 3p set up fee plus ½p per minute
(amended thanks to jrawle's post below)
Bear in mind too that calling an 0845 number is vastly more expensive than calling an 01 or 02 number from a mobile phone or call box.