bt give an annoying message before it connects your call, well, annoying if you actually are using 070 as a personal number and callers aren't charged stupid amounts of money to call it. virgin(old ntl) and h3g don't give any warning message at all though.
2008/9/29 asterisk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Ofcom banned end user revenue share on 070 numbers several years ago > although the provider makes money. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gordon > Henderson > Sent: 29 September 2008 18:01 > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] uk tole-free dids? > > On Mon, 29 Sep 2008, Babcock, Michael Alex wrote: > > > what are 70 numbers? > > Prefix 070 (then 8 more digits) These are so-called "personal" numbers. > They're a blot and an anomaly. They are expensive to call and the > recipient usually gets revenue from the calls. ie. they are premium rate, > revenue generating numbers in disguise. > > "In disguise" becasue a lot of people (in the UK) don't realise this > because they look like mobile numbers - which start 07[1-9] then 8 more > digits, so they think they're calling a mobile, when in-fact it's costing > them much more. > > Gordon > > > > On Sep 28, 2008, at 10:26 PM, Geraint Lee wrote: > > > >> You can get incoming numbers from voipon.co.uk and a load of other > >> companies in the UK... 0800 is free for them to ring but you have to pay > >> for the call, you can also get regional numbers which are charged as a > >> local call for them - stay away from 070 numbers though. > >> > >> 2008/9/29 Babcock, Michael Alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> hi; > >> i do not know how it works in the uk, but is there an equalivent to > >> our 866-877-888-800 numbers for london for say? I have some friends in > >> london and want them to be able to call me in the states. > >> Please help with where i can get the numbers, what they start with, > >> how much they are, and what not. > >> Thanks > >> mike > >> thanks for reading > >> Systems administrator and owner of http://gwhosting.net > >> msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> twitter: http://twitter.com/creepyblindy > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > >> > >> AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona > >> Register Now: http://www.astricon.net > >> > >> asterisk-users mailing list > >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > >> > >> AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona > >> Register Now: http://www.astricon.net > >> > >> asterisk-users mailing list > >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > thanks for reading > > Systems administrator and owner of http://gwhosting.net > > msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > twitter: http://twitter.com/creepyblindy > > > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona > Register Now: http://www.astricon.net > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona > Register Now: http://www.astricon.net > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >
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