Freephone numbers

[Jez F]

Heard of this site from a mate, www.saynoto0870. Gives the freephone numbers for companies that use a premium rate number. Apparently anyone who has a premium number has to have a freephone number as well, but they don't have to let you know about it! Just tried it with my insurance company with an 0844 number and it works, so I won't mind hanging on the line for ages anymore!
 Happy dialling, Jez

[Steffan]

Actually from memory 084 is a national rate number which means IIRC that you pay a flat rate regardless of where in the UK Is etc excepted and the callee gets a slice of the action.

Steffan

[Jez F]

You're right that it's a flat rate, but if you can pay nothing to make the same call, why not. It was an insurance company after all, and they must make a tidy sum from all the calls where you are kept hanging on, listening to musak and automated messages trying to sell you more 'products'.
 Jez

[guest27]

Our BT line comes with unlimited free calls to normal numbers but we pay something for the 08 series of numbers.  Had a look for some local rate numbers I have to use at the mo and there was no freephone number - but a national number which I can now call for free as I have paid for it in my broadband

R