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**Chris** · 15-07-2025, 11:57

Smells a bit like the early days of access codes to use 3rd party telecom companies. If you had a BT landline they used to advise you to go on the BT light user scheme so you had next to no line rental. This was against BT’s terms and eventually they got wise to it and started blocking access to such numbers for light user customers. Similarly you could (for a short while) use 0800 numbers on Orange or T-Mobile to access 3rd party carriers, until of course the mobile networks started charging for access to those specific numbers.

I’ll bet this guy has found a loophole the various networks have known about but haven’t been motivated to do anything about. And as soon as this, or copycat services like it, get too popular, they’ll shut it down. That’s assuming its even legal in the first place of course.

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Chris Trollsplatter Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,120	Re: Found it Smells a bit like the early days of access codes to use 3rd party telecom companies. If you had a BT landline they used to advise you to go on the BT light user scheme so you had next to no line rental. This was against BT’s terms and eventually they got wise to it and started blocking access to such numbers for light user customers. Similarly you could (for a short while) use 0800 numbers on Orange or T-Mobile to access 3rd party carriers, until of course the mobile networks started charging for access to those specific numbers. I’ll bet this guy has found a loophole the various networks have known about but haven’t been motivated to do anything about. And as soon as this, or copycat services like it, get too popular, they’ll shut it down. That’s assuming its even legal in the first place of course.