The 0845/0870 style of ripoff is not confined to the UK. Many other countries have number ranges that consumers take great trouble to avoid calling.
Consumers in those other countries are also being fleeced when they contact companies they rely on for essential services.
I recently discovered the "
No Mas Numeros 900" site in Spain:
http://nomasnumeros900.com/I wonder how many other countries have similar sites to the UK's
sayNOto0870 site?