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0870 Numbers - Important Information
Many of you will be aware from the press that 0870 numbers will incur charges to the call recipient from 1st January next year. It is not clear what this will be, but suggestions are that it will be around 3p per minute which would be a considerable cost to individuals receiving calls.
We have investigated a range of alternative 'front' numbers, however none of these seem to meet our and your needs and there is a likelihood that the rules on these will be subject to change within the next couple of years.
The purpose of introducing the numbers was to provide a service that would 'hide' from publication telephone numbers of volunteers, and to provide a consistent published number for clubs and volunteer posts that would not require change when responsibilities were passed on to another individual.
We still believe this is important and we are currently looking at providing an internet based system that would provide free calls within the ARA and rowing 'family'. However this would be much more flexible and would be an optional service. Details will be circulated as soon as we have something to offer.
In the meantime we anticipate that most of you will not want to incur the proposed charges, and we have therefore decided to discontinue the 0870 number system from 1st January 2008.
We very much regret any inconvenience this may cause to those of you who use the numbers, but there does not seem to be any viable alternative.
We will be sending out the usual details sheet in November so that you can specify which telephone number(s) you would like to be published in the Almanack, and we do of course hold all the numbers on database that you have previously provided.
From the 1st January 2008 the ARA National Office will be reverting to its 0208-237-6700 number.
August 2007
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