"Mizter T" wrote in message
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On Jan 21, 7:01 pm, Paul Terry wrote:

In message , David
Cantrell writes

Aren't public bodies meant to have moved to 03 numbers instead of
premium rate 08 numbers?

0845 is not premium rate (unless you have an exceptionally bad telco).
It is supposed to be a local-rate number from any UK location (and can
be free on BT landlines for a small charge).

I think the idea of a 'local-rate number' is rather dying out - BT
residential tariffs don't embrace the concept of local and national
calls being charged at different rates any more, though BT business
tariffs did but I'm not sure if they continue to do so (though that's
perhaps less relevant here unless one is calling on company time, and
indeed a company line).


Mobile phone companies may vary.

I think on most mobile tariffs one is charged a (potentially hefty)
extra for calling non-geo numbers.

Indeed, for 0843/5 the costs on a contract handset for the 4 major players
are; Orange & o2 20.4p per minute, Vodafone 20.5p per minute & Tmobile a
whopping 40.9p per minute. Given that most people calling 0843 222 1234 will
these days be doing so from a mobile, I find it very hard to see any
possible justification for the change to a non geographic number

Cheers, Steve.