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Reply #90 - Jul 2^nd, 2015 at 3:21pm

sergeant121 wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2015 at 2:49pm:

All providers appear to be jumping onto what they obviously see as a cash cow and are not even attempting to match their new PER MINUTE access charges to what they used to charge as PER CALL connection charges.

There were still per minute charges on top of the connection charge (which will now not apply), which were split between the telco and the recipient in an opaque way. Now it is transparent. Some calls will cost more, some less.

sergeant121 wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2015 at 2:49pm:

Some of these PER MINUTE access charges are so ridiculous, I'm re-programming my Orchid tonight barring all 084/087/09 and 118 calls.

I sincerely hope you were already barring 118 calls, the biggest telecoms rip-off of all time. The new charging method has hardly made matters any worse.

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Reply #91 - Jul 2^nd, 2015 at 5:18pm

derrick wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2015 at 9:29am:

Re the above link, the first panel needs rectifying re Post Office landline access charge, (unless it has none), as at the moment it reads: Post Office "p/min"

Thanks derrick - That must have been deleted by mistake during one of the amendments, but is now back showing what it should do.

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nicholas43 Junior Member Offline Posts: 92	Re: The "Access Charge" Thread... Reply #92 - Jul 2^nd, 2015 at 9:31pm Ian01 wrote on Jul 1^st, 2015 at 6:08pm: Lebara cannot set variable rates for different ranges. Hmm. Apparently, they can and have set them! The question is, How many months/years will it take before Ofcom tells Lebara to comply with General Condition 17?
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Reply #93 - Jul 3^rd, 2015 at 3:25am

Ian01 wrote on Jul 1^st, 2015 at 10:33am:

O2 didn't pre-announce their Access Charge. It is listed in their price list as 25p per minute.
http://www.o2.co.uk/help/everything-else/service-numbers

The Access Charge will rise to 45p per minute on 15 August 2015.

O2 appear to have removed the reference to 45p a minute from 15/8/15.

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Ian01 Supreme Member Offline Posts: 767	Re: The "Access Charge" Thread... Reply #94 - Jul 3^rd, 2015 at 11:32am Vodafone Home Phone didn't pre-announce their Access Charge. It is listed in their price list as 9.5p per minute. http://www.vodafone.co.uk/broadband/deals/ See the "Price Plans" PDF linked from the above page. Calls to 0870 numbers are no longer inclusive.
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Ian01 Supreme Member Offline Posts: 767	Re: The "Access Charge" Thread... Reply #95 - Jul 5^th, 2015 at 11:03pm Sure (Isle of Man) has set their Access Charge at 36p per minute for 084 and 087 numbers and 72p per minute for calls to 09 numbers. 118 numbers have various charges and no common Access Charge. https://web.sure.com/isleofman/home-phone/call-charges-2/ As an offshore company, they are outside of Ofcom control.
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Ian01 Supreme Member Offline Posts: 767	Re: The "Access Charge" Thread... Reply #96 - Jul 6^th, 2015 at 10:22am Sainsbury Mobile are still charging for 080 calls and have not set an Access Charge for 084, 087, 09 and 118 calls: http://www.phoneshopbysainsburys.co.uk/pay-monthly-out-of-allowance-charges http://www.phoneshopbysainsburys.co.uk/basic
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Ian01 Supreme Member Offline Posts: 767	Re: The "Access Charge" Thread... Reply #97 - Jul 6^th, 2015 at 10:52am bigjohn wrote on Jul 3^rd, 2015 at 3:25am: O2 appear to have removed the reference to 45p a minute from 15/8/15. It's back and now says the price change will be on 17 August 2015: http://www.o2.co.uk/help/everything-else/service-numbers
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Ian01 Supreme Member Offline Posts: 767	Re: The "Access Charge" Thread... Reply #98 - Jul 6^th, 2015 at 10:59am Gradwell (Business) has announced their Access Charge as 7p per minute: http://www.gradwell.com/phoneservices/call-charges/
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Ian01 Supreme Member Offline Posts: 767	Re: The "Access Charge" Thread... Reply #99 - Jul 6^th, 2015 at 11:22am Andrews and Arnold has announced their Access Charge as 2p per minute. http://aaisp.net/telecoms-callprices.html
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Ian01 Supreme Member Offline Posts: 767	Re: The "Access Charge" Thread... Reply #100 - Jul 8^th, 2015 at 11:41pm Family Mobile has finally announced their Access Charge as 44p per minute, and will close down 31 August 2015. http://www.yourfamilymobile.co.uk/
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Ian01 Supreme Member Offline Posts: 767	Re: The "Access Charge" Thread... Reply #101 - Jul 9^th, 2015 at 12:51am Vonage has announced their Access Charge as 9.5p per minute. http://www.vonage.co.uk/call-plans/rates/
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Reply #102 - Jul 9^th, 2015 at 6:05am

More confusion on Plusnet's policy for 0845/0870 numbers. Until July 1st these were included in my "anytime" package. After that it was rather unclear from their website as to whether they would still be included.

Today I received an email:

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Anytime Calls† - £6.00 a month
   Free calls to UK landlines, 0845/0870 numbers any time of the day or night
•    Anytime International - £7.50 a month
   300 inclusive minutes to our top 35 international destinations~. Anytime calls to UK landlines, 0845 and 0870 numbers.

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Reply #103 - Jul 9^th, 2015 at 6:15pm

allegro wrote on Jul 9^th, 2015 at 6:05am:

More confusion on Plusnet's policy for 0845/0870 numbers. Until July 1st these were included in my "anytime" package. After that it was rather unclear from their website as to whether they would still be included.

Today I received an email:

Quote:

Anytime Calls† - £6.00 a month
   Free calls to UK landlines, 0845/0870 numbers any time of the day or night
•    Anytime International - £7.50 a month
   300 inclusive minutes to our top 35 international destinations~. Anytime calls to UK landlines, 0845 and 0870 numbers.

They cover it here: www.plus.net/home-broadband/faqs/broadband-and-phone/#included-calls

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Reply #104 - Jul 10^th, 2015 at 4:29am

Qx call have declared their Access Charge as 3p a minute.

"We are please to announce that QX Call will now allow our customer to call 0843/0844,0845 and 0870/1/23 numbers (up to 7p Service charge) for an access charge of 3p/min + the service charge compares to the very high access charge charged by the likes of EE. So, calling a 0845 number with a declared service charge of 2p will cost 5p/min (3p access + 2p service charge) via QX Call vs 27p - 46p/min levied by the main mobile operators.."

http://www.qxcall.co.uk/

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