Re: Whats a 0704 number?

"Paul Cummins" <agree2pay4uce@spam.vlaad.co.uk> wrote in message
news:memo.20070224032305.2028A@admin.vlaad.co.uk.. .
> In article <45df561b$0$28978$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk>,
> hotmail.com@dgareth.spm (Gareth) wrote:
>
>> No - if the call diverts to a premium rate line you can end up
>> paying huge amounts. Whever or not people "believe it" it bloody
>> well happens - I have clear bill evidence of being charged when
>> someone using one of my phones fell foul of the scan (3 calls
>> lasting less than 30 seconds each ended up costing nearly £8). A 1
>> minute ringing tone emulated call can easily cost a relatively
>> large amount of money (£2 pounds for a few seconds connection) with
>> a mobile phone.
>
> You ar either incorrect or deliberately trying to mislead.
>
> I favour the latter.

An alternative explanation for the levying of premium style charges for
short calls to 070 numbers might have provided an alternative to your binary
logic. Perhaps that solution is beyond you.

In the meantime I would simply warn people not to respond to 070 missed
calls and certainly not via a mobile phone.

Gareth.

After serious thinking Gareth wrote :
> "Paul Cummins" <agree2pay4uce@spam.vlaad.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:memo.20070224032305.2028A@admin.vlaad.co.uk.. .
>> In article <45df561b$0$28978$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk>,
>> hotmail.com@dgareth.spm (Gareth) wrote:
>>
>>> No - if the call diverts to a premium rate line you can end up
>>> paying huge amounts. Whever or not people "believe it" it bloody
>>> well happens - I have clear bill evidence of being charged when
>>> someone using one of my phones fell foul of the scan (3 calls
>>> lasting less than 30 seconds each ended up costing nearly £8). A 1
>>> minute ringing tone emulated call can easily cost a relatively
>>> large amount of money (£2 pounds for a few seconds connection) with
>>> a mobile phone.
>>
>> You ar either incorrect or deliberately trying to mislead.
>>
>> I favour the latter.
>
> An alternative explanation for the levying of premium style charges for short
> calls to 070 numbers might have provided an alternative to your binary logic.
> Perhaps that solution is beyond you.

Hmm. Your arrangement for calling any number is with whoever bills you
for calls you have made (reverse charge calls excepted). Your service
provider will bill you based on the DIALLED number - nothing else.

> In the meantime I would simply warn people not to respond to 070 missed calls
> and certainly not via a mobile phone.

That's very fair to say.