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Originally Posted by Okonski
What is being implied is that some end users will charge higher rates than others
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I believe it's related to the phone line provider to determining the cost of the call (Bt/Ntl/1899) and if they want to charge more than the standard cost of a land line call (i.e. 3p/3p/0p) then they will have to give a free recorded warning at the beginning of the call what the cost will be - 1899 do this already.
In the end reducing 0870 numbers to the same cost as a "normal" land line call can only be good for the consumer (in my case making them free
) - my beef is the timescale (next year) and the fact that 0845s aren't going to be included in the review.
Oh and for those interested in the 0871 debate - it's moving to be regulated by ICSTIS which will mean that like 09 numbers, companies will NOT be able to keep you in a queue before answering your cal. They will either have to answer it there and then or give you an engaged tone. Can't see Ntl sticking with it then - people would NEVER get through!
