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m419 · 27-01-2009, 21:15

Well to be honest im not reaching for the sky about the reductions on 0845 and 0870 numbers, in fact i'm furious with Ofcom's decision on stopping the revenue share for these numbers.

Basically since they stopped the revenue share, businesses are migrating to 0844 numbers(Not to bad,but not included in Talk anywhere or mobile minutes) and 0871 numbers, 0871 numbers are worse than any of the 08 numbers costing from 10p per minute up to 40p per minute depending on what network you use. Ofcom should have left it alone, why dont it investigate more important things like that sick programme Sky broadcasted about suicides on Sky real lives last month, I thought that was a disgrace! Ofcom have obviously been paid off by Rupert Murdochs team just like they do with politicians. And ofcom dont seem to investigate why BT have blocked Virgin Media/NTL offering there telephone service in Westminster to residential use and why BT wont upgrade the cable network there even though Virgin pay so much for the lease.

BT have planned this for a while and you are not saving much money to be honest because there are some hidden costs with BT, as per usual!:

1471 service: When you press 3 they charge you 6p evertime you do even if the call doesnt connect.

Anonymous caller rejection: Â£4 per month with BT, its only Â£2 on Virgin.

Line rental: 50p per month more than Virgin

Use BT Broadband Total option 3? Then you will probably get no higher speeds than 2MB for Â£25 per month, you can get this same equivalent from Virgin Media for Â£18 with better speeds or for the same price for 10MB! You can even get 2MB speeds with Orange for a tenner!

BT Call minder costs Â£2.50 per month, Virgin Media's NTL Advanced voicemail costs Â£1.75.

And dont forget, BT now charge a connection fee for every chargeable call!

Therefore all those little hidden costs mount up and make up the losses for the free call time to 08 numbers.

Ofcom pokes its fingers into too many pies, its useless! I much prefered it when it was Oftel, at least they dealt with individual complaints back then!

Ofcom have even relaxed the regulations on how much BT charges its competitors for using its wholesale and networks services, so that means bigger bills for customers.

Ofcom have also relaxed its regulations on the call pricing and line rental pricing BT can charge its residential and small business customers meaning that suddenly overnight, you will wake up to prices much worse and when you try to cancel,suddenly you find your in a 12 month contract! You go through 11 months of your contract and you move house, guess what! Your 12 months contract for the line start all over again!

I think all these relaxed regulations over BT was a bad idea as its killing off competition and leading us to large bills!

27-01-2009, 21:15	#26
m419 Inactive Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: London Services: BT Broadband,BT Anytime calls,Sky entertainment extra HD,Vodafone pay monthly Posts: 1,512	Re: new call charges and connection fees Well to be honest im not reaching for the sky about the reductions on 0845 and 0870 numbers, in fact i'm furious with Ofcom's decision on stopping the revenue share for these numbers. Basically since they stopped the revenue share, businesses are migrating to 0844 numbers(Not to bad,but not included in Talk anywhere or mobile minutes) and 0871 numbers, 0871 numbers are worse than any of the 08 numbers costing from 10p per minute up to 40p per minute depending on what network you use. Ofcom should have left it alone, why dont it investigate more important things like that sick programme Sky broadcasted about suicides on Sky real lives last month, I thought that was a disgrace! Ofcom have obviously been paid off by Rupert Murdochs team just like they do with politicians. And ofcom dont seem to investigate why BT have blocked Virgin Media/NTL offering there telephone service in Westminster to residential use and why BT wont upgrade the cable network there even though Virgin pay so much for the lease. BT have planned this for a while and you are not saving much money to be honest because there are some hidden costs with BT, as per usual!: 1471 service: When you press 3 they charge you 6p evertime you do even if the call doesnt connect. Anonymous caller rejection: Â£4 per month with BT, its only Â£2 on Virgin. Line rental: 50p per month more than Virgin Use BT Broadband Total option 3? Then you will probably get no higher speeds than 2MB for Â£25 per month, you can get this same equivalent from Virgin Media for Â£18 with better speeds or for the same price for 10MB! You can even get 2MB speeds with Orange for a tenner! BT Call minder costs Â£2.50 per month, Virgin Media's NTL Advanced voicemail costs Â£1.75. And dont forget, BT now charge a connection fee for every chargeable call! Therefore all those little hidden costs mount up and make up the losses for the free call time to 08 numbers. Ofcom pokes its fingers into too many pies, its useless! I much prefered it when it was Oftel, at least they dealt with individual complaints back then! Ofcom have even relaxed the regulations on how much BT charges its competitors for using its wholesale and networks services, so that means bigger bills for customers. Ofcom have also relaxed its regulations on the call pricing and line rental pricing BT can charge its residential and small business customers meaning that suddenly overnight, you will wake up to prices much worse and when you try to cancel,suddenly you find your in a 12 month contract! You go through 11 months of your contract and you move house, guess what! Your 12 months contract for the line start all over again! I think all these relaxed regulations over BT was a bad idea as its killing off competition and leading us to large bills!