Virgin mobile to charge for calls to VoIP numbers from 1st December.

[mobaholic]

According to http://groups.google.com/group/uk.telecom.voip/t/10d225a61f1853c8?hl=en-GB, this information is being sent out with Virgin Mobile monthly bills.       

The information seems confused and confusing ( 0844 probably being muddled up with 056 ! ), but it probably shouldn't be ignored.

If anyone can throw more light on this matter, kindly post below.

[petkow]

This is rather bizarre, and (depending on the extent) I think this could even be illegal! I am not sure what the extent of this is though. e.g. People who own an incoming VoIP number (DID) with a geographic area code usually have to pay for this privelage. What right would virgin have to charge a supplemement on people calling such a number given the termination onto it is the same as calling any other?

Does anyone have a URL of the text that was quoted? :

Read on to find out more about the changes happening on
1st December 2009.
Calls to VOIP
Calling VOIP numbers will cost 9p per minute. Examples of VOIP calls
include some catalogue companies and some credit card companies.
Usually they begin with 0844 but please note that not all 0844 numbers
are VOIP numbers.
Calls to mobiles
Calls to mobiles will change.

[mobaholic]

No URL was provided unfortunately: the claim was that this information was being sent out with monthly bills, as stated in my OP.