BT Beat there Rivals in Offering Free Phone Calls

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One of the most annoying things is when you have a car accident you desperately need to ring your insurance which is a 0800 number, but your mobile phone provider still charges you for this. We know that ringing 0800 numbers will cost you a fortune because you will be on the line for ages.

But thanks to BT things could be changing, they have recently announced that they will be the first company in the UK to offer free 0800 number calls. This is a great step for the company to make especially now during the credit crunch when people are trying to save as much money as they can.

There is nothing worse then trying to get hold of your broadband supplier or call a plumber when your phone says “the call will be charged at standard rate” or “You have no calling credit, please arrange a top up”.

So will other companies follow in BTs footsteps? Well only time can really tell but it is something that everyone should take note of. The public have for so long been paying ridiculous rates for free phone numbers and it is just so not acceptable at all.

Another great approach by BT is that Millions of BT customers will no longer have to pay to call numbers starting with 0870 and 0845 after Britain’s biggest landline supplier announced it would abolish call fees to the controversial numbers.

From 16 January, an estimated fourteen million clients with any of BT's phone packages will benefit from free calls to what are on most occasions premium rate lines.

I believe this is all thanks to the government who announced a big review of charges that are being made to a 0800 phone number, 0844 numbers and 0845 numbers. This is great news for the public but not for companies who have been making a healthy profit.

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