I read this very interesting article in the register.
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BT has today cut the cost of calling 0845 and 0870 to zero for many of its customers, following a consumer campaign against companies profiting from premium rate lines.
Subscribers to BT's Anytime package will get free 0845 and 0870 calls at all times, while Evening and Weekend customers' calls will be free after 6pm Monday-Friday, and all weekend.
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Complete News in the link below
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/08/bt_premium_cuts/I called up BT and checked with them that people with only free weekend will have 0870/0845 numbers free during weekend.
FYI, these changes would be in effect from 16th Jan 2009.
Does this news kick you guys (at least a few here) to make free calls to your home countries??
-NS
This is a very good post, and I don't want to dampen enthusiasm about it at all. However, I am not yet entirely convinced that The Register is correct about the weekend calls being available for free ALL weekends.
The current position seems to be that:-
For 0845 and 0870 numbers, 6AM to 6PM counts as peak rate even at weekends!
( Thanks Joel.
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The quoted wording from BT is that:-
"All of our 14 million calls customers have free calls included in their package and now all 14 million have free calls to 0870 and 0845 at times that fit with their calling plan, which is something not offered by any of our competitors."
However, if, "at times that fit their calling plans", means off peak and weekends only,
and 6 am - 6 pm remains peak rate, not weekend rate then, this
MAY not be the good news that some are supposing.
I therefore advise some caution until this position is clarified for us.