At the risk of sounding stupid - do we know how much it will cost to ring 03 numbers for telcom companies other than BT.
My land line (Talk Talk) does not charge me for any number starting 01 or 02 9&32 other countries).
However they DO charge me ofr a FreePhone call to an 0800 numbers.
My mobile likewise but also get cross network calls so 01, 02 & 07 numbers.

Do we know how companies like these will charge for 03 numbers.

Got a feeling the question hasbeen asked on a separte thread, if so I apologies I can't find it.

Cheers All  -Good site.

Minardi wrote on Dec 29^th, 2007 at 1:01pm:


Using Voipstunt, "the number you dialed is invalid"

03s are charged at no more than 01/02 rate. So in your case they will be inclusive at no extra cost.

parttimepar wrote on Jan 1^st, 2008 at 2:30pm:

If you have (sensibly) left your line rental with BT (BT Together Option 1 @ £10.50/month incl. VAT if you pay by DD and opt for the 50p/month discount for paper-free billing), dialling 1280 to 'hop back onto BT' - the prefix to override the CPS programming for an individual call - will overcome Sky's greed in future.

Better still, get yourself a 18185 account and use that prefix - your 03 calls will then cost you 5p (regardless of duration) at any time.

jgxenite wrote on Jan 2^nd, 2008 at 10:37am:


I had exactly the same thought. They are free through Virgin Media.

As I've just pointed out to someone similarly complaining about Sky charging 03 at apparently NGN rates, doesn't this mean Virgin Media is also in breach of their contract as Ofcom has said 03 should be charged at geographic rates and including in free landline call bundles?

Virgin Media is doing exactly the opposite of what Ofcom wanted with 03 numbers! They point of 03 numbers were that they would be charged at geographic rates (01/02) and included in any free bundles! See here.

Dave wrote on Jan 2^nd, 2008 at 11:39am:

I have been speaking with VM.

I am awaiting formal confirmation, but I believe that VM is complying with the Ofcom regulations, including 03 in packages and charging for them at no more than 01/02. This is the information given on the main web pages.

Giving rates for calls to 03 numbers in a table of "non-geographic" numbers, labelling them as "geographic" does seem a little odd. The charge is however less than for true geographic numbers when not both are not free. On package "M" a daytime call to a 01/02 number is charged at 3.25ppm, an 03 number at 3.00 ppm (a 7p connection charge applies to both).


The current VM tariff came into effect on 1 November 2007.

There are problems with the briefings issued to customer support advisors and with the charges applied to "legacy" packages or bundles, for which there is no published price list.


I have found that there are serious problems with the pdfs accessible from their website, as out of date versions seem to be provided to some when following the current links.

The URL quoted above provides two versions of the document. One, dated 1 November 2007, correctly shows the connection charge as 7p and omits separate weekend rates. Another, dated 6 October 2007, shows the connection charge as 6p and separate weekend rates. **

The calling costs page also provides access to a Residential tariffs document:

http://allyours.virginmedia.com/pdf/residential_tariffs_a.pdf.

This has only been found to exist in the 6 October 2007 (out of date) version, advising a connection charge of 6p and excluding 03 from the definition of "geographic calls".

Google appears to have found the 1 November 2007 version as its html cache shows the connection charge as 7p and includes 03.**

I will post again when I receive confirmation of all the above, and advice of the action that will be taken to put it all right, from VM.

David

** Internet gurus may like to explain how one URL can give two different results during the same time period (Use of Ctrl-f5 shows that it is not the cache on my pc). Members may like to advise which versions they get!