No, this is hopelessly out of date!

Years ago, pay monthly subscribers could call 0800 numbers for free.

Similarly, the bean counters had their way and Orange Everyphone was scrapped. This allowed pay monthly users to divert their number to another Orange mobile number or a landline number with no charge for any calls that were diverted.

Heinz wrote on Aug 26^th, 2010 at 4:26pm:

Giffgaff pricing:

To giffgaff mobiles, texts, call forwarding and video calls        Free
Calls to other UK mobiles and landlines, call forwarding (per minute)      8p
Texts to other UK mobiles and landlines      4p
Call forwarding to other mobiles and landlines (per minute)      8p
0800 numbers      Free

Special Services        20p
Corporate numbers      20p
0871, 0872, 0873 numbers      20p
0843, 0844, 0845 numbers      20p
Personal numbers      20p
07744, 07755 numbers      8p
056 numbers      8p


Also, calls to EU countries, Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, India, Andorra, Croatia, Faroe Islands, French West Indies, Gibraltar, Kosovo, La Reunion, Montenegro, Serbia, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Guernsey, Monaco, San Marino, Iceland, Norway, Vatican City, Channel Islands are 8ppm to landlines and 16ppm to mobiles in those countries.

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Heinz, that's really interesting! What other providers are there that offer such good rates?

When I asked about other providers offering such good rates, I was referring to calls to UK mobiles (on and off-net) and UK landlines as these are the main types of calls made.

Asda Mobile:
http://www.asdamobile.com/compare_tariffs.html

Landline/03/all mobile/0800   8ppm