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Chrysalis · 03-04-2012, 13:01

I actually very rarely see 0870, 0871 and 0844 its just about always 0845. Even my local GP is 0845 and have joined in on the act.

Ofcom gave me a joke of a reply back claiming noone is advertising 0845 as local rate anymore, I am about to setup a script to grep for ads containing 0845 and "local rate" and will send them a list of a few hundred to wake them up.

This whole farce has got me considering cancelling the landline, I save some of the line rental (not all as bb will go up) and the cost of ringing 0845 on my mobile is only an extra 2p a min over VM.

I just checked sky talk and their 0870 is cheaper than 0845 but at least their 0845 is not far off been half the price of VM. A significant difference.

Its a farce across the board hence the complaint to ofcom, given 0870 is supposedbly national rate and 0845 local rate then 0845 should be in theory cheaper if anything, but suppliers are now charging based on demand and demand for 0845 is obviously higher.

To me local rate should mean any price should match what it costs to ring a local geographical number meaning if the supplier has those local numbers free (inclusive) then 0845 should be also.

Also 03xx numbers apparently have the same advantage of 08xx in that can be kept if they change regions but is a lot cheaper to use than 08xx. So its 03xx that are true local rate not 08xx. 0845 is the new 0870 without the bad stigma.

03-04-2012, 13:01	#8
Chrysalis cf.mega poster Join Date: Sep 2003 Services: Gig1, Hub 5 Posts: 12,040	Re: VM treat 0845 same as 0870 I actually very rarely see 0870, 0871 and 0844 its just about always 0845. Even my local GP is 0845 and have joined in on the act. Ofcom gave me a joke of a reply back claiming noone is advertising 0845 as local rate anymore, I am about to setup a script to grep for ads containing 0845 and "local rate" and will send them a list of a few hundred to wake them up. This whole farce has got me considering cancelling the landline, I save some of the line rental (not all as bb will go up) and the cost of ringing 0845 on my mobile is only an extra 2p a min over VM. I just checked sky talk and their 0870 is cheaper than 0845 but at least their 0845 is not far off been half the price of VM. A significant difference. Its a farce across the board hence the complaint to ofcom, given 0870 is supposedbly national rate and 0845 local rate then 0845 should be in theory cheaper if anything, but suppliers are now charging based on demand and demand for 0845 is obviously higher. To me local rate should mean any price should match what it costs to ring a local geographical number meaning if the supplier has those local numbers free (inclusive) then 0845 should be also. Also 03xx numbers apparently have the same advantage of 08xx in that can be kept if they change regions but is a lot cheaper to use than 08xx. So its 03xx that are true local rate not 08xx. 0845 is the new 0870 without the bad stigma.