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09-15-2013, 12:37 PM
Help make 080 calls free from mobile phones!
UK telecoms regulator Ofcom intends to (http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/simplifying-**n-geo-**/) make calls to 080 and 116 numbers free from all telephones, fixed and mobile, with
03 to be the only **n-geographic number range linked to the price of a call to a geographic number (ie an 01/02 number).
But this is only its intention at the moment, it may change its mind. So if you want calls to 080 numbers to be free from your mobile phone, you've got until 28 May to respond to Ofcom's consultation (http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/simplifying-**n-geo-**/howtorespond/) to tell Ofcom that you agree, yes please!
It's been a big bugbear of mine for years, that calling supposedly freefone 0800 phone numbers in the UK is **t free on most mobile networks - ie it doesn't come out of your allowance of minutes if you're on a monthly plan, instead you actually get charged extra by the phone company for making 'free' calls from your smartphone or other mobile phone.
Hence the rise and popularity of services like Say**to0870 (http://www.say**to0870.com/) and apps like my pal Simon Maddox's 0870 app (http://www.consumingexperience.com/2009/04/save-money-calling-0870-0845-0800-on.html).
I hope lots of people will respond to Ofcom (http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/simplifying-**n-geo-**/howtorespond/) so that they change the current consumer-unfriendly situation. Please pass it on!
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UK telecoms regulator Ofcom intends to (http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/simplifying-**n-geo-**/) make calls to 080 and 116 numbers free from all telephones, fixed and mobile, with
03 to be the only **n-geographic number range linked to the price of a call to a geographic number (ie an 01/02 number).
But this is only its intention at the moment, it may change its mind. So if you want calls to 080 numbers to be free from your mobile phone, you've got until 28 May to respond to Ofcom's consultation (http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/simplifying-**n-geo-**/howtorespond/) to tell Ofcom that you agree, yes please!
It's been a big bugbear of mine for years, that calling supposedly freefone 0800 phone numbers in the UK is **t free on most mobile networks - ie it doesn't come out of your allowance of minutes if you're on a monthly plan, instead you actually get charged extra by the phone company for making 'free' calls from your smartphone or other mobile phone.
Hence the rise and popularity of services like Say**to0870 (http://www.say**to0870.com/) and apps like my pal Simon Maddox's 0870 app (http://www.consumingexperience.com/2009/04/save-money-calling-0870-0845-0800-on.html).
I hope lots of people will respond to Ofcom (http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/simplifying-**n-geo-**/howtorespond/) so that they change the current consumer-unfriendly situation. Please pass it on!
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ConsumingExperienceFull?d=yIl2AUoC8zA (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ConsumingExperienceFull?a=VfK6Rc4sHNg:4OZYXXI3LjA: yIl2AUoC8zA) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ConsumingExperienceFull?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ConsumingExperienceFull?a=VfK6Rc4sHNg:4OZYXXI3LjA: 63t7Ie-LG7Y) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ConsumingExperienceFull?d=dnMXMwOfBR0 (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ConsumingExperienceFull?a=VfK6Rc4sHNg:4OZYXXI3LjA: dnMXMwOfBR0) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ConsumingExperienceFull?d=YwkR-u9nhCs (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ConsumingExperienceFull?a=VfK6Rc4sHNg:4OZYXXI3LjA: YwkR-u9nhCs) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ConsumingExperienceFull?i=VfK6Rc4sHNg:4OZYXXI3LjA: V_sGLiPBpWU (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ConsumingExperienceFull?a=VfK6Rc4sHNg:4OZYXXI3LjA: V_sGLiPBpWU) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ConsumingExperienceFull?i=VfK6Rc4sHNg:4OZYXXI3LjA: F7zBnMyn0Lo (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ConsumingExperienceFull?a=VfK6Rc4sHNg:4OZYXXI3LjA: F7zBnMyn0Lo) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ConsumingExperienceFull?d=qj6IDK7rITs (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ConsumingExperienceFull?a=VfK6Rc4sHNg:4OZYXXI3LjA: qj6IDK7rITs) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ConsumingExperienceFull?d=l6gmwiTKsz0 (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ConsumingExperienceFull?a=VfK6Rc4sHNg:4OZYXXI3LjA: l6gmwiTKsz0) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ConsumingExperienceFull?i=VfK6Rc4sHNg:4OZYXXI3LjA: gIN9vFwOqvQ (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ConsumingExperienceFull?a=VfK6Rc4sHNg:4OZYXXI3LjA: gIN9vFwOqvQ) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ConsumingExperienceFull?d=I9og5sOYxJI (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ConsumingExperienceFull?a=VfK6Rc4sHNg:4OZYXXI3LjA: I9og5sOYxJI) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ConsumingExperienceFull?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ConsumingExperienceFull?a=VfK6Rc4sHNg:4OZYXXI3LjA: cGdyc7Q-1BI) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ConsumingExperienceFull?d=XAVGb8Xj5zA (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ConsumingExperienceFull?a=VfK6Rc4sHNg:4OZYXXI3LjA: XAVGb8Xj5zA) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ConsumingExperienceFull?i=VfK6Rc4sHNg:4OZYXXI3LjA: naGxzwj1XAg (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ConsumingExperienceFull?a=VfK6Rc4sHNg:4OZYXXI3LjA: naGxzwj1XAg) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ConsumingExperienceFull?i=VfK6Rc4sHNg:4OZYXXI3LjA: 4cEx4HpKnUU (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ConsumingExperienceFull?a=VfK6Rc4sHNg:4OZYXXI3LjA: 4cEx4HpKnUU)
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