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AOL Talk
psionic
13-02-2007
Anyone have any experience of AOL Talk? - As its now run by Carphone Warehouse will it be similar to TalkTalk ?
Heinz
13-02-2007
The association with Carphone Warehouse decided me.
Heinz
13-02-2007
OK, a slightly more considered view.

AOL Talk is a CPS (Carrier PreSelect) service and that means that you continue to pay BT for your line rental (£10.75/month by DD with online only billing) but can continue to use the likes of 1899, 18185 etc.

CPS means that, although you have a BT landline and your incoming calls still arrive on BT (so Caller Display, 1471 and 1571 work normally), you will have opted to have the BT exchange programmed so that, by default, (nearly) all your outgoing calls are sent via the CPS provider (and BT don't even 'see' the calls even though they carry the first leg).

The 'default' part of that sentence is the key to CPS. It means that, if you want, you can use a prefix to send an individual call via another provider (i.e. override the CPS programming for a single call). For example, using just a 1280 prefix will send that call out via BT, using just a 18185 prefix (not 128018185) will send that call out via www.18185.co.uk and so on.

In other words, CPS allows you still to pick the best carrier for your calls even though you've opted, normally, to use one provider (in this case, AOL Talk).

However, AOL Talk Evenings & Weekends at £3.99/month is expensive (Primus Saver Option 2 CPS gives the same for no monthly fee).

For standard telephony money-saving, I'd suggest THIS.
psionic
14-02-2007
Thanks for all the info
psionic
14-02-2007
Originally Posted by Heinz:
“.....However, AOL Talk Evenings & Weekends at £3.99/month is expensive (Primus Saver Option 2 CPS gives the same for no monthly fee).....”

I should add that AOL are now providing this free (for a year) and you can leave at any time. This is why I was looking into this.
Heinz
14-02-2007
Originally Posted by psionic:
“I should add that AOL are now providing this free (for a year) and you can leave at any time. This is why I was looking into this.”

In which case, I refer my honourable friend to the answer I gave earlier.
psionic
14-02-2007
Point taken Thanks for you help
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