mikeinnc wrote on Nov 5^th, 2006 at 10:09pm:


I don't think the "fools in Parliament" have too much to be blamed for (or rather only the ministerial fools who transferred the normal Offfice of Trading Powers to Ofcom for Broadcasting and Telecoms).  The Parliamentary Select Committee have tried to give Ofcom a hard time over several of their more spectacular failures to protect the uk consumer including eg especially Patientline.

It is the poachers turned gamekeepers at Ofcom who totally refuse to do anything that might prevent them landing another well paid job at twice the salary back with the very people who they are supposed to regulate on behalf of the UK citizen consumer.

TimInJersey wrote on Nov 7^th, 2006 at 8:07pm:
Congratulations.

What number were you ringing then as that is the standard number for non BT users (ie cable, etc)?

As mentioned a few times, Call18185 would be better as they are cheaper for 084x/087x and mobile calls than Call1899.  Both Call1899 and Call18185 now charge the same for calls to geographical 01/02 numbers so there is no detriment from your point of view.

More on Call18185 rates for non-BT users here but be aware that calls to mobiles during the daytime are 10p/min not 6p/min as advertised.  It appears that Call18185 updated the wrong price list (BT customer price list) instead of non-BT price list.

NGMsGhost wrote on Nov 7^th, 2006 at 8:27pm:


They have two sets of tariffs one for 18185 access

www.18185.co.uk

and another for nonbt/cable/mobile access via 020 or 0808 numbers.

http://www.18185.co.uk/mobilerates.php

A lot of the prices differ between each,but not all of them.

NGMsGhost wrote on Nov 7^th, 2006 at 8:27pm:
As mentioned by Acezing they do sometimes I assume its to do with the extra costs (ie the 0808 number) that is incurred.  Remember that Call18185, etc will end up having to pay so much per minute when people ring their 0808 number and this is probably passed on to their mobile customers.  Even due to this, they are still cheaper than the teleco's themselves except for the dial-through operators using 0844 numbers, etc.

There was some confusion over Call18185 recently as they've stated that calls to mobile from a BT landline (ie by using the 18185 prefix) are charged at 10p/min but yet no one appears to be charged this and the announcements all indicate its still 6p/min.  We therefore think they've updated the wrong section of their website and its those accessing Call18185 via their freephone 0808 number that get charged 10p/min.