SilentCallsVictim wrote on Jan 12
th, 2013 at 11:12am:
If this takes off, one has to fear for the price that BT will have to charge for its Call Plans.
I agree but will it really make much difference to price increases as BT make it a habit of increasing call charges/line rental on a regular basis anyhow now.
BT already charge nearly £16 just for linerental on it's own now (not to mention really expensive out-of-tariff call charges), and all this is
before this takes off.
So ultimately this may mean higher charges but if this takes off (and I believe it will), charges are already extortionate now and continue rising regularly now.
This presumably uses VoIP and presumably is routed to/over BTs network to enable them to charge the same price as if called from a BT landline.
This means it could potentially mean inclusive calls to 0800, 0845 & 0870 from a mobile and abroad if these calls are made via this app during the time the same call from a BT landline would be free.
sherbert wrote on Jan 12
th, 2013 at 7:19pm:
It appears to me that this app is only available for i phones and android and not windows phones,
unless I have. missed it.
Iphone and Android are the most common smartphone OS's in use. If enough people contacted BT about the possibility of supporting Windows and Blackberry smartphone users as well then they would probably write the app for these phones as well.