Anyone else noticed this? BT supposedly does us a great deal, giving us 0845 numbers for free....But every company number I look at these days seems to now be 0844!
I assume this is no accident? I believe companies use to be able to take a slice of the 0845 revenue, so could make money off you while leaving you in a call queue. So assume what's happened is that companies can no longer get a slice of 0845, which has allowed BT give the numbers away for free, so companies have switched to 0844 because they can still get a slice of that, perhaps?* Or are companies just switching because they don't want their customers staying on the line forever because it's not costing the customer anything?
* I assume 0844 is actually local rate, like 0845, I don't actually know, I've just assumed it is because of the numbers are so similar.
I assume this is no accident? I believe companies use to be able to take a slice of the 0845 revenue, so could make money off you while leaving you in a call queue. So assume what's happened is that companies can no longer get a slice of 0845, which has allowed BT give the numbers away for free, so companies have switched to 0844 because they can still get a slice of that, perhaps?* Or are companies just switching because they don't want their customers staying on the line forever because it's not costing the customer anything?
* I assume 0844 is actually local rate, like 0845, I don't actually know, I've just assumed it is because of the numbers are so similar.
