Quote:Calls to VOIP
Calling VOIP numbers will cost 9p per minute. Examples of VOIP calls include some catalogue companies and some credit card companies. Usually they begin with 0844 but please note that not all 0844 numbers are VOIP numbers.
My understanding is that 055 and 056 numbers are exclusively VOIP but how on earth can anyone (even the carrier) know whether an 0844 number is VOIP or not?
For example, I have a VOIP line which has a geographic number (with the same STD code as my home number). However, I also divert my 0844 number to my VOIP number instead of to my standard PSTN number when it suits me to do so - but how would Virgin Media know when I've done so or, for that matter, how would they know my (geographic) VOIP number - for which, on the face of it, they should charge for a call to a standard geographic number - is such?
Virgin Media say they charge 9.79p connection plus 7.82p/minute (reverts to 8p/minute from 1-1-2010) to call my 0844 number so the difference is only 1p anyway - but the questions remain (particularly in relation to my 'geographic VOIP' number).