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andy9

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Re: Talk Talk to make local calls free
Reply #15 - May 8^th, 2009 at 10:22pm

SilentCallsVictim wrote on May 4^th, 2009 at 12:07am:

The TalkTalk definition of "local" is found here.

Interesting looking at that list

Has anyone in any of the relevant areas tested whether these count as free calls?

Birmingham 01201
Bristol 01017
Glasgow 01401
Leeds 01013
Leicester 01016
Manchester 01601
Newcastle 019012 & 019014
Nottingham 01015
Reading 01018
Sheffield 01014

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irrelevant Senior Member Offline Posts: 409	Re: TalkTalk Revives The "Local Rate" Call Reply #16 - May 9^th, 2009 at 4:02pm Can't say I've ever heard of Manchester having "01601" as an area code ... Sorry I don't know anybody on talktalk - I did have a relative who signed up for them a few years ago, but ditched them because their bills skyrocketed..
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Heinz

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Re: Talk Talk to make local calls free
Reply #17 - May 9^th, 2009 at 4:44pm

andy9 wrote on May 8^th, 2009 at 10:22pm:

SilentCallsVictim wrote on May 4^th, 2009 at 12:07am:

The TalkTalk definition of "local" is found here.

Interesting looking at that list

Has anyone in any of the relevant areas tested whether these count as free calls?

Birmingham 012

1
Bristol 01

17
Glasgow 014

1
Leeds 01

13
Leicester 01

16
Manchester 016

1
Newcastle 019

12 & 019

14
Nottingham 01

15
Reading 01

18
Sheffield 01

And this list was produced by a telephone company?

Good grief.

After years of ignoring govt. guidelines & RIPPING OFF Council Tax payers using 0845 numbers, Essex County Council changed to 0345 numbers on 2 November 2015

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catj

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Re: TalkTalk Revives The "Local Rate" Call
Reply #18 - Jun 6^th, 2009 at 5:07pm

Just trying to get my head round this:

If you have free calls to all 01/02 numbers nationally across the UK, then you should be getting 03 numbers free as well.

If you don't get 01/02 calls free nationally, but you do get 01/02 local calls free, and you dial a local organisation on an 03 number then it does look like you will be disadvantaged by having to pay for the call.

What percentage of subscribers have 'free local calls' but do NOT have 'free national calls'?

I thought the main benefit of 03 numbers was for people with mobile phones to be able to call them using inclusive minutes, rather than having to pay for the call to 084 or 087 number.

It now looks like this move disadvantages people who are calling from a landline. Maybe the mantra for 03 numbers will be "call it from your mobile". If you have to call from your landline, you'll need a site like 'say no to 03' to look up an equivalent 01/02 number to dial instead of the 03 number.

OK. My head does now hurt.

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catj

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Re: Talk Talk to make local calls free
Reply #19 - Jun 6^th, 2009 at 5:54pm

Quote:

Has anyone in any of the relevant areas tested whether these count as free calls?

Quote:

Birmingham 012

1
Bristol 01

17
Glasgow 014

1
Leeds 01

13
Leicester 01

16
Manchester 016

1
Newcastle 019

12 & 019

14
Nottingham 01

15
Reading 01

18
Sheffield 01

Those codes above are completely wrong. The placement of the

isn't even consistent: sometimes the third, sometimes the fourth, digit.

If you're talking about 'national dialling' numbers, then these are the correct number formats:

Quote:

Birmingham: (0121)

xx xxxx and (0121)

xx xxxx
Bristol: (0117)

xx xxxx and (0117)

xx xxxx
Cardiff: (029)

xxx xxxx and (029)

xxx xxxx
Coventry: (024)

xxx xxxx and (024)

xxx xxxx
Edinburgh: (0131)

xx xxxx and (0131)

xx xxxx
Glasgow: (0141)

xx xxxx and (0141)

xx xxxx
Leeds: (0113)

xx xxxx and (0113)

xx xxxx
Leicester: (0116)

xx xxxx and (0116)

xx xxxx
Liverpool: (0151)

xx xxxx and (0151)

xx xxxx
London: (020)

xxx xxxx and (020)

xxx xxxx
Manchester: (0161)

xx xxxx and (0161)

xx xxxx
Newcastle: (0191)

xx xxxx and (0191)

xx xxxx
Northern Ireland: (028)

xxx xxxx and (028)

xxx xxxx
Nottingham: (0115)

xx xxxx and (0115)

xx xxxx
Portsmouth: (023)

xxx xxxx and (023)

xxx xxxx
Reading: (0118)

xx xxxx and (0118)

xx xxxx
Sheffield: (0114)

xx xxxx and (0114)

xx xxxx
Southampton: (023)

xxx xxxx and (023)

xxx xxxx

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