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Old 29-12-2005, 12:43
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i am going to be connecting to the internet(dial-up) from another loaction when i am not at home (at my mums who does not have the internet) and it is charged at local rate, she is on bt, what is the local rate?
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Old 29-12-2005, 15:38
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Originally Posted by Dickibobboy
i am going to be connecting to the internet(dial-up) from another loaction when i am not at home (at my mums who does not have the internet) and it is charged at local rate, she is on bt, what is the local rate?
There is local rate and there is local-call (0845 local rate).

If you are on BT Together 1 - 01 and 02 numbers whether they are national or local - there is no difference in cost, are as follows:-

3p/min daytime
5.5p for up to an hour evenings
5.5p for up to an hour weekends.

Calls to 0845 Lo-Call rate numbers:-

3p/min daytime
1p/min evenings
1p/min weekends.

For reference calls to most 0870 numbers (now wrongly referred to as national rate) cost:-

7.51p/min daytime
3.75p/min evenings
1.50p/min weekends.

As you can see with 0845 and 0870 numbers the cost doesn't match the local/national rate of ordinary numbers (01 & 02).
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Old 29-12-2005, 17:48
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The reason why the 0845 & 0870 numbers no longer are the same as calls made on BT Together Option 1, 2 or 3 tariff is that geographical calls on those tariffs are now offered at a discount price to compete with other suppliers.

If you are on another BT tariff, you may well find that 0845 (lo-call) numbers are charged at the same rate as local geographical calls and 0870 (national rate) numbers are charged at the same rate as national geographical calls.

In response to the OP, try adding the ISP dial up number as the account's "Best Friend" number and save 20% of call costs.
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Old 29-12-2005, 19:07
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Originally Posted by dawson
The reason why the 0845 & 0870 numbers no longer are the same as calls made on BT Together Option 1, 2 or 3 tariff is that geographical calls on those tariffs are now offered at a discount price to compete with other suppliers.

If you are on another BT tariff, you may well find that 0845 (lo-call) numbers are charged at the same rate as local geographical calls and 0870 (national rate) numbers are charged at the same rate as national geographical calls.

In response to the OP, try adding the ISP dial up number as the account's "Best Friend" number and save 20% of call costs.

The 0845 and 0870 numbers are charged at the old standard rates that is no longer available.

The cost to call the 0845 and 0870 numbers are the same whether you are on Together 1, 2 or 3.
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Old 21-01-2006, 13:52
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so i am looking at 1p a min this weekend or 5.5p for up to a hour for the 0845 numbers, as i can see that is the max amount for BT 0845 numbers you have put on
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Old 21-01-2006, 15:17
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Seems you are mixing up lo-call (0845) rate numbers and standard 01 and 02 numbers.


0845 numbers are 1p/min at weekends, so an hour to one of those will be 60p

01 and 02 numbers are 5.5p for up to one hour, then 3p/min afterwards, or free on other plans.
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Old 21-01-2006, 15:27
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i was just making sure, i am deff. paying 1p a min this weekend
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Old 21-01-2006, 15:45
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http://www.bt.com/Pricing/pis_info.j...jsp&obsNoSee=Y


Also full list in PDF: http://www.downloads.bt.com/pricing/SpecialisedNos.pdf
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