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Great :(

I'll have to think about whether to switch back to, or rather stop the cancellation of, my TalkTalk account. I can't see the point of a retrograde step in my services. The only thing giving me pause is that it means my broadband is going to cost me Ã‚Â£15 a month more...

At the moment, that doesn't seem a good enough reason to stay with Virgin for my landline.

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Originally Posted by BenMcr (Post 34742680)

You will only struggle if you are in an Area Reference between 20 and 22 (it's on your bill)

If you have a Area Reference between 01-18 or 24-31 you can *usually* get it

I have caller display and i am in area 20

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Yup. there a few areas that can get it, but the rule of thumb is no you can't

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Originally Posted by roland69uk (Post 34747963)

I have caller display and i am in area 20

Thats rare! lol....have actually never seen an area 20/22 account with caller ID.

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Just added this service i in area 5 cost Â£1.75 i asked for it free but they said no lol. Nice to add it to my land-line it hardly used but it a modern dect phone so designed for it.

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It's Â£2 from May!

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It was deal-breaker for me. After 4 days without and confirmation from Virgin it wasn't coming any time soon, if ever, I cancelled my landline and reverted back to a more modern provider :rolleyes:

Oh well, at least the 50Mb broadband works as advertised :D

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Originally Posted by hansi (Post 34765768)

It's Â£2 from May!

No it's no - Caller Display stays at Â£1.75

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Call Features** Individual chargeable call features
Change Â£0.25

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Yes - but not for Caller Display

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I do wonder why Virgin cant or wont put small things like caller display free in a bundle like the voice-mail service. At least it is a low reasonable price and staying at the price Ben's information usually reliable ;)

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Originally Posted by BillySmasher (Post 34747854)

Can anyone shed any light on why I can't get Caller ID (I'm in area 20)? This technology is such old hat I can't understand why it's not available to me?

I've had it for years with BT and TalkTalk and I've been without it for 2 days now I've switched to Virgin and already it's driving me insane :mad: to the point where I'm seriously considering telling them to cancel the phone service and revert back to TalkTalk.

Also, I'm paying Ã‚Â£2.50 a month for Anonymous Caller Reject. But if they can't give me Caller ID how do they know if the caller is Anonymous or not? And if they can tell a number is anonymous why can't they give me the numbers of the calls that aren't? :confused:

Is this something I'm just never going to get from Virgin or are they likely to switch it on at some point?

Is there a number I can call which will get me through to someone in the UK who can help (in my experience in dealing with the sub-continent call centres for broadband issues, they are fine for the basics, but hopeless if you need something a little more techincal - and why wouldn't they be when they're several thousand miles away?)?

All help gratefully received.

Martin.

Yes its a git. I've been asking for it for years and years (I'm in area 20) but its a non starter. For that reason we still use BT and the Virgin phone line is only used to call the free Virgin help line.

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I'm also in area 20. I called customer services yesterday about another issue and asked whether I could get CLI on my line. She activated it yesterday and it's working today!

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Originally Posted by Babu (Post 34766841)

I'm also in area 20. I called customer services yesterday about another issue and asked whether I could get CLI on my line. She activated it yesterday and it's working today!

area 20 is north west isnt it?? (i may be wrong) ;) just checked,must be a ntl/telewest mix because sussex,solent and wessex are area 20 as well as most of the NW.