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How to recognise a three phone number
fredwalton
06-01-2013
Can anyone tell me the number range used by three so I can avoid calling back to a three phone at peak times due to the extortionate prices charged by other networks to call a three number
iangrad
06-01-2013
I thought the cost of a call from your phone is set by your provider and within your "Free / bundled " minuets it wont cost you anything at all to phone ant other UK network .
stephen122333
06-01-2013
Try this site
http://www.ukphoneinfo.com/locator.php
FiendishlyC
06-01-2013
Remember that some people may have ported a number from Three to another network or vice versa. My understanding is that for landlines it is the original network that determines the cost. It is often cheaper to call mobiles from another mobile if you have a good deal
alexj2002
06-01-2013
I thought most networks have two call charges listed, one for calling a phone on the same network and the other for calling any other UK network. It doesn't seem to show a third one for calling the Three network?
Roush
06-01-2013
Originally Posted by fredwalton:
“Can anyone tell me the number range used by three so I can avoid calling back to a three phone at peak times due to the extortionate prices charged by other networks to call a three number”

What extortionate charges are you referring to? Every phone contract I've had since 3 launched has charged exactly the same to call 3 as any other network.
John_Patrick
06-01-2013
Originally Posted by Roush:
“What extortionate charges are you referring to? Every phone contract I've had since 3 launched has charged exactly the same to call 3 as any other network.”

Likewise, its either call charges to own network, or other network.

This isnt a very very old plan thats not been upgraded is it... I wonder if when "three" were launched, other networks had different charges for calling them?
carguy143
06-01-2013
Calling Three from a landline used to cost more than calling other mobile networks. Old Tiscali packages used to be bad for this. Unless the OP is on an old legacy package it should cost the same as other networks.
Daveoc64
06-01-2013
Originally Posted by carguy143:
“Calling Three from a landline used to cost more than calling other mobile networks. Old Tiscali packages used to be bad for this. Unless the OP is on an old legacy package it should cost the same as other networks.”

Exactly.

I don't think there are any current packages where a distinction is made like this.


Originally Posted by FiendishlyC:
“Remember that some people may have ported a number from Three to another network or vice versa”

This basically makes it impossible to do what the OP wants.
John_Patrick
06-01-2013
I beleive there was a strange occurance where if you ported a number to O2 (I think), anyone calling that number from an o2 phone and expecting it to be free if they had calls to other o2 numbers in their tariff...strangely got charged for it.

Strange things do happen!
Daveoc64
06-01-2013
Originally Posted by John_Patrick:
“I beleive there was a strange occurance where if you ported a number to O2 (I think), anyone calling that number from an o2 phone and expecting it to be free if they had calls to other o2 numbers in their tariff...strangely got charged for it.

Strange things do happen!”

I think that used to be the case with all of the networks - they charged based on the network that the number was originally allocated to, but that should have changed now.
Thine Wonk
06-01-2013
All the termination rates are capped by Ofcom now. So there should be no difference at all, unless as others say you are on a very old plan of some kind.
coopermanyorks
06-01-2013
With the porting of numbers these , is it possible to know which provider a phone number is using ?

Mines started life as a Virgin number ,it was then ported to 02 , and it now rests with Vodafone
carnivalist
07-01-2013
"Hello? Hello? Is there anybody there?...Oh hi, it's you. I'm sorry, but you're echoing terribly. I can hardly hear you - are you walking around? I'll call you back on a landline. No, not from a "friend of mine" - ON A LANDLINE...No - A LANDline. (Oh FFS). Look, I' d better go - Hello? HELLO? Are you still there?"

*Click, bzzzz*

That should tell you.
Daveoc64
07-01-2013
Originally Posted by coopermanyorks:
“With the porting of numbers these , is it possible to know which provider a phone number is using ?

Mines started life as a Virgin number ,it was then ported to 02 , and it now rests with Vodafone”

I did see a website that claimed to be able to do that (for a fee), but I can't remember what it was.
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