Re: 0800 mobile

You are not likely to see any provder allowing these calls for free because
companies like 18866 would be able to offer calls at a fraction of the cost
that the mobile telco would charge

On Tue, 20 Dec 2005, Sauron wrote:

> You are not likely to see any provder allowing these calls for free because
> companies like 18866 would be able to offer calls at a fraction of the cost
> that the mobile telco would charge

This still does not explain why they are not allowed to be used out of
inclusive minutes on most contracts. Since they are not inclusive they
actually end up being more expensive than regular geographic numbers which
is crazy considering they get money for routing the calls. Ofcom should
have put a stop to that kind of crap.

Granted the predial number is a good work around but the vast majority of
mobile users are unaware of this and are simply getting screwed over by
being charged extra for calling 0800 numbers.

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"Ruari Callow" <i0a0-wptp@ruari.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 20 Dec 2005, Sauron wrote:
>
> > You are not likely to see any provder allowing these
> > calls for free because companies like 18866 would be
> > able to offer calls at a fraction of the cost that the
> > mobile telco would charge
>
> This still does not explain why they are not allowed to
> be used out of inclusive minutes on most contracts. Since
> they are not inclusive they actually end up being more
> expensive than regular geographic numbers which is crazy
> considering they get money for routing the calls. Ofcom
> should have put a stop to that kind of crap.
> Granted the predial number is a good work around but the
> vast majority of mobile users are unaware of this and are
> simply getting screwed over by being charged extra for
> calling 0800 numbers.

It's all wrong. Freephone numbers should be FREE. From ANY phone. Does it
cost the mobile networks more to terminate them than ordinary calls..? The
called party is paying, aren't they..?

Ivor

Ivor Jones wrote:

> It's all wrong. Freephone numbers should be FREE. From ANY phone. Does it
> cost the mobile networks more to terminate them than ordinary calls..? The
> called party is paying, aren't they..?
>
> Ivor

That's how it works here in Germany - all the networks have free 0800
calls. Austria does too, even for roaming customers.

Alan