On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 19:01:51 +0000, 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). Mobile phone companies may
vary.

The industry got that range defined as non-premium so they can queue
callers and count the cash coming in. For joe and jane user it is
premium: call cost is above the cost of a real local landline.

The usual cause of a move to 084x or 087x is a mis-selling to the
punter (TFL here) by a greasy telco on the make. Many GPs fell for
this, look at the Patientline scam in hospitals. It'll end in tears
for TFL.

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