Are 00 800 numbers free on NTL?

zaax · 09-07-2005, 22:17

Can anyone please tell me if 00 800 numbers are actually free international calls - as the number suggests?

Ignition · 09-07-2005, 22:24

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Originally Posted by zaax

Can anyone please tell me if 00 800 numbers are actually free international calls - as the number suggests?

No they aren't free, charged as standard international calls. There is no such thing as a free international call barring possibly VoIP.

SMHarman · 09-07-2005, 22:52

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Originally Posted by Ignition

No they aren't free, charged as standard international calls. There is no such thing as a free international call barring possibly VoIP.

Erm, yes there is, these are free on BT.

UIFN Numbers - Universal International Freephone Numbers
The Spring 98 edition of a booklet published by the Atlantic Coast of Canada Tourist Bureau stated that they can be contacted by phone toll-free from the UK by dialling 00800-549-37711. This number connects from the UK to their Information Centre in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. The number is certainly toll-free when dialled from a callbox. When the number is dialled from a BT "Phone Card" callbox in the UK the display indicates the fact that the call is free of charge and no payment is deducted from a phone card. When the number is dialled from a BT "Coins and Credit Card" callbox in the UK there is no need to insert any coins or cards at any time in order to reach the number. I cannot be absolutely certain that the number is toll-free when dialled from a normal domestic UK telephone rather than a callbox but this seems highly likely.

From someones web site...
http://freespace.virgin.net/john.cle...ne/ukus800.htm

quadplay · 09-07-2005, 22:54

You sure, Ig?

http://www.itu.int/uifn

EDIT: D'oh, beaten to it!

Ignition · 09-07-2005, 22:58

I stand corrected on international freephone, however I've NEVER phoned a North American freephone number and had it inform me of anything bar that I will be paying for the call.

Not convinced by a 1998 thing from someone's webspace either dude more current info please

quadplay · 09-07-2005, 23:00

North American freefone numbers (which you'd get by dialling 00 1 800 xxx xxxx from the UK) aren't free, as you say. UIFNs (Universal International Freefone Numbers - which you'd get by dialling 00 800 xxxx xxxx from most countries) are.

SMHarman · 09-07-2005, 23:02

Jimbo has found a very good link on the info. I'd have thought he would have known about the pricing too though.

I have used the one for Starwood Hotels, it's the only one I know. I know they are usually not available from mobiles as they would charge / have problems when roaming.

Ignition · 09-07-2005, 23:06

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Originally Posted by jimbo

North American freefone numbers (which you'd get by dialling 00 1 800 xxx xxxx from the UK) aren't free, as you say. UIFNs (Universal International Freefone Numbers - which you'd get by dialling 00 800 xxxx xxxx from most countries) are.

Happy to be proven wrong and to learn something new, ta Jimbo

Acropolis · 12-07-2005, 09:00

I use a 00800 ******** number for work most days, and yes it is free from a land line and from Orange mobile, well it is from the works phone prob something o do with package though. But from my voda mobile i get charged standard rates.

quadplay · 12-07-2005, 15:46

It's an Orange thing - they seem to be the only mobile phone company who don't charge their users for 0800/0500/00800 calls!