has virgin got mole in billing

[mertle]

very angry tonight that talk talk rang me trying to sell there garbage.

Rang back me within minute pestering us not taking no for an answer revealed they ringing ALL VIRGIN CUSTOMERS.

How that so. How can talktalk have every virgin customer.

[Peter_]

Originally Posted by mertle

very angry tonight that talk talk rang me trying to sell there garbage.

Rang back me within minute pestering us not taking no for an answer revealed they ringing ALL VIRGIN CUSTOMERS.

How that so. How can talktalk have every virgin customer.

Ask them where they got your number from and they will soon hang up and register yourself with the Telephone Preference Service to prevent any future calls. http://www.mpsonline.org.uk/tps/

[Rob]

I suspect that the telecoms companies may have meand of telling which phone numbers are allocated to specific telecoms providers?

[Kymmy]

Probably as VM numbers tend to be in a certain sequence.. Here where I live in this section of the 01582 code area most local numbers starting with 5 are VM numbers where as the local BT numbers start with 8

[mertle]

thanks lads so its possible to work out virgin numbers by the way theyre issued.

Masque I already done this because npower kept ringing up when we left them for another service.


Who owns talktalk as it was foreign call centre then again all the companies use india as telephone exchange today.

[DocDutch]

its carphonewarehouse that owns it and yeah india is the general area of annoying calls for the last couple of years

[Peter_]

Originally Posted by mertle

thanks lads so its possible to work out virgin numbers by the way theyre issued.

Masque I already done this because npower kept ringing up when we left them for another service.


Who owns talktalk as it was foreign call centre then again all the companies use india as telephone exchange today.

Just inform them that you are registered with the TPS and can you speak to a supervisor/manager and they will hang up instantly.

[mertle]

Originally Posted by Masque

Just inform them that you are registered with the TPS and can you speak to a supervisor/manager and they will hang up instantly.

thanks I found its eased it 90% we used to get 4 calls a night one would ring up put the phone down namely npower.

DocDutch thank you.

[nodrogd]

Allocated number ranges for each phone exchange are readily available on the Ofcom website for anyone that wants them. Of course it's not completely accurate due to the amount of porting that goes on.

[vanman]

Originally Posted by Kymmy

Probably as VM numbers tend to be in a certain sequence.. Here where I live in this section of the 01582 code area most local numbers starting with 5 are VM numbers where as the local BT numbers start with 8

my vm number is 01582 898***

[richard1960]

My VM number is 01279 435*** i ported it over from BT when i had a purely cable number at a previous address it begun with a 8 that was back in the days of anglia cable though.

In theory then nobody now would know i am a cable VM customer as my number is an old BT one.

[japitts]

Originally Posted by Rob

I suspect that the telecoms companies may have meand of telling which phone numbers are allocated to specific telecoms providers?

That's exactly how it works, Joe Public also has the same means...

http://www.telecom-tariffs.co.uk/codelook.htm put in your area code and bob's your uncle...

[Wicked_and_Crazy]

Originally Posted by japitts

That's exactly how it works, Joe Public also has the same means...

http://www.telecom-tariffs.co.uk/codelook.htm put in your area code and bob's your uncle...

except it doesnt take into account those numbers that have been ported

[Digital Fanatic]

Originally Posted by Wicked_and_Crazy

except it doesnt take into account those numbers that have been ported

Indeed. It just tells you who the original owner is.

[Hugh]

As above - my number was ported from BT to Jones Cable in 1995, and the lookup still says BT....