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bigjohn Supreme Member Offline Posts: 2,316 Gender:	BBC Still Claiming 0845 is local rate. Mar 7^th, 2012 at 8:08pm "Evening entertainment. Call in on 0845 30 50 007 (local rate)." http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/bbc_three_counties_radio You would have thought they would have learnt by now !!!
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ihate0845 Newbie Offline Posts: 34 UK Gender:	Re: BBC Still Claiming 0845 is local rate. Reply #1 - Apr 10^th, 2012 at 1:57pm good find, ofcom claim noone advertises it as local rate now yet the bbc is a major broadcaster.
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catj Senior Member Offline Posts: 366	Re: BBC Still Claiming 0845 is local rate. Reply #2 - Apr 10^th, 2012 at 8:21pm If you browse the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) website you'll find many judgements against companies they have warned off for falsely advertising 0845 numbers as 'local rate' and 0870 numbers as 'national rate' over the last few years.
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Re: BBC Still Claiming 0845 is local rate.
Reply #3 - Apr 11^th, 2012 at 5:51pm

catj wrote on Apr 10^th, 2012 at 8:21pm:

If you browse the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) website you'll find many judgements against companies they have warned off for falsely advertising 0845 numbers as 'local rate' and 0870 numbers as 'national rate' over the last few years.

Unfortunately it still seems to be almost the norm for companies to do this with 0845 numbers and I really can't be bothered to report them all!

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ihate0845 Newbie Offline Posts: 34 UK Gender:	Re: BBC Still Claiming 0845 is local rate. Reply #4 - Apr 12^th, 2012 at 12:51pm to me this is a failure by ofcom, they seem to always leave loopholes and such allowing abuse and misinformation.
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