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There is a post on telecomforum telling about a new mobile callthrough - which claims to be inclusive on O2, Orange and 3.       :o

It uses 079786 access numbers, which were first allocated to Opera Telecom ( now called Oxygen 8, I believe. )      :o

The service claims to reach Pakistan between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday to Friday.  Has anybody tried it yet ?

IF the number range IS inclusive on O2, Orange and 3, I wonder if it might be worthwhile for Mikael to take a look at it to see if he could start using it for his customers ?  I know that he has a lot on both O2 and 3 who might benefit.        ;D

I'll say the same as I hinted about another service on a number range from this provider. It was one of the least ethical telecom companies around, with loads of fines (hence the name change). So I dont care whether it is inclusive

If its inclusive then happy days are are back.

I just made a test call and it works fine. I will wait a couple of hours and then check my o2 balance to see if it is inclusive.

It is my only concern is how long will the number last before o2 shut it down!

Moonandstar.

I have not come across any such allegations so far myself: will you post some links for us, so that we can take a look at what is being said ?  That would help us to understand your point of view, and to make up our own minds in an informed way.       ;)

TIA.       :)

It looks similar to the incredicall.com service

@moonstar: any update on the numbers being charged on O2, I will check on Orange....though...

Coming out of inclusive minutes..... but for how long?

according to a member on telecomforum:


would like to hear Mikael's view.

moonandstar.

Thanks for that Screenshot  ;D

Just look up Opera Telecom on Google

I have had dealings with Opera, now Oxygen8 for a number of years. Whilst they have been vilified by some, and had Icstis come down on them, I have not found them to be a bad company. In my view they were made a scapegoat for many problems with TV phone-ins, and of couse had issues with some people using their numbers, but all companies will get some problems like that.

I have access to these numbers, but have not determined if they inclusive on all o2 tariffs, or just business ones. I plan to have a service ready in Jan on these numbers.

There is conflicting evidence on telecomforum about calling from O2.  Some seem to report inclusive on simplicity plans, and been uncharged for some days.  Another states this is not a "normal mobile number" and will be charged highly, although he gives no basis for his claim.  Has anyone here actually tested it, and can they give us a definite answer from their online billing please?

I have tried and it came out of inclusive minutes. So its working (for the time being)

25 Dec 08     19:43:17   901 Voicemail  Off Peak     00:00:06     0.000     
26 Dec 08    09:38:21    07978620000    Peak    00:00:57    0.000    F
26 Dec 08    09:40:36    07978620000    Peak    00:00:32    0.000    F
26 Dec 08    11:49:48    901 Voicemail    Peak    00:00:15    0.000    

26 Dec 08 17:17:53 07978620007  Peak  00:00:19  0.000 F
26 Dec 08 17:18:25 07978620007  Peak  00:00:19  0.000 F
26 Dec 08 17:19:40 07978620007  Peak  00:00:49  0.000 F


 I try as well & its working free .
 

hi,
its free on O2,i check the online bill today.

sdp

I see that there is now a report on 'the no longer nifty forum' of this number range - 079786x - being inclusive on Vodafone.   :o

Is there anyone here ( Nik perhaps?) on a Vodafone contract who can confirm this for us please?   :-\

mobileman,

Happy to test this for you because I do have a voda sim only plan but this would only be possible monday morning and would be able to report results later in the day. This number unfortunately does'nt allow calls to India over weekends which is sad :(

Regards
Nik

I think we have gone slightly past Monday morning Nik.    :o

Where is your report back?    :-\

ahh you caught me there. I was about to reply to you and then got busy...sorry :(
well I did about 3 test calls from vodafone- somehow I could never reach the destination but I was charged for the call. In all I was charged £1.05 for 3 calls. Unfortunately the details still don't appear on the vodafone website in itemised billing section and are only available using the 44555 message

So unfortunately, according to my test this number is not inclusive

Regards
Nikhlesh

Thanks for your report Nik.        :)
There is a strange anomaly between gallous_boy's post here (http://www.telecomforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=3967.msg20124#msg20124) and your own findings.        :o
Do you think it might be worth sending him a PM on the other forum to see if you can understand why your experiences differ ?        :-\

Thanks Nik for making your post on the other forum.  It is good to see that gallous_boy now concedes that you are right, so your report is vindicated.  Well done.       :)

Once again Vodafone are getting away with charging a number range, it seems, even though it isn't on their published set of chargeable numbers.       ???

The only good news is that they are still inclusive on Orange and '3' - for the time being at least !

and free on O2 right? as per the post on the second page by sdp? or have i missed something???

A good point seanjoe: I had got caught up in the discussion about Vodafone, and the latest post by gallous_boy  here (http://www.telecomforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=3967.msg20129#msg20129) mentioning Orange still being inclusive, that I forgot about O2.

I have not tested it on that network myself, but I can confirm that I do not have any reason to question sdp's post on page 2.  Thanks for pointing this out.        :)

Please note that, according to posts on the no-longer-nifty forum, and information given to myself via PM, the service provided by http://www.callthru.co.uk/ is no longer allowing calls to Pakistan.

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