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m419
09-03-2009, 19:01
That new free offering of calls to 0845 and 0870 numbers carries a fair usage policy! After reading the T&C's it says up to 1,000 minutes per month or 150 per day,so if you are thinking of taking advantage of this for calling card use or internet use, forget it!

BT are also offering line rental of £10.27 per month..................For new customers only.

I've also been told that Anonymous caller rejection is to go up to £5 per month from the current price of £4 per month, are they really serious! Even £4 per month is expensive, before I thought it said £4 per quarter but its not,its £4 per month!

Heres how it competes:

BT: £4 per month
TalkTalk: £3.86 per month
Virgin phone: £2 per month

Also have you seen the difference in price? I was looking at comparisons the other day and Virgin's Evening and Weekend package turned out to be cheaper than TalkTalk's Evening and weekend plan!

However, the cheapest out of all 3 for general calling would be BT.
greyposter
09-03-2009, 19:32
Swings and roundabouts it seems.
nutellajunkie
09-03-2009, 20:01
i hope VM never offer 08whatnot for "free" inclusive, cause line rental is high enough..
m419
10-03-2009, 11:36
Yeah BT were expecting Virgin Cable phone users to hang up on Virgin and go back with BT, the thing is, your Virgin TV package price will go up if you ditch your Virgin phone line, so thats about £3 more,if you went with BT for the free 0845 and 0870 calls you will save about £3 ,so basically your not really saving anything and you will find you be shedding out more in some cases. So you can never win on this one!
darkrage
11-03-2009, 17:05
i just use saynoto0870 website and use the local numbers for businesses if they are available - alot are :)
deltanine
11-03-2009, 17:25
Talk Anywhere package with Virgin has included free 0845/0870 for over a year now. Also includes free local, national, international and mobile calls in 200, 400 and 800 min denominations.
KnightRider
11-03-2009, 18:13
Is that the XL phone package because i dont get 0845/0870 call free
BenMcr
11-03-2009, 18:16
No it's not
chickendippers
11-03-2009, 18:24
Internet access numbers are excluded from the free offer anyway.
AndyCambs
12-03-2009, 05:51
BT are also doing away with the Friends & Family, and Best Friend discounts, and making them available in another guise for a fee.
So if you are not on the all inclusive package (daytime, evening, and weekends) then your costs are going to rise.