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alyon
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May 18th, 2011 at 1:12pm
 
I got the geographical number from this website and when I got put through was told that all calls would cost 10per minute from bt phones and other calls may vary.

I am not sure what would happen having dialled an 01 number but after waiting 2-3 minutes without anyone getting back to me -I put the phone down.

Does anyone know if I would have got charged or does the fact that I called a geographical number first over-ride all of that?

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Reply #1 - May 18th, 2011 at 1:38pm
 
Hi there!

If you dialled a 01 / 02 / 03 prefix number you would be charged normal geographic BT rates.  What I think you were hearing was possibly a message for the 0870 / 0871 prefix.

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Reply #2 - May 18th, 2011 at 1:42pm
 
You are charged as per the tariff of your telephone service provider.

The reason for the message is because when you dial a 08 number, calls are delivered on a 01/02 number. So when you dial 0871 whatever, the phone network translates it to a 01/02 number in order for it to get to its destination.

Some 08 number users advise the cost of calling their numbers (from certain providers - typically BT) by a recorded message and, crucially, this is played out on the 01/02 number.

So if you call the 01/02 number directly, you will still hear the message. Likewise, if you call via the 0871 number from a telephone provider that charges more than the message states, you will still hear the message.
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Reply #3 - May 18th, 2011 at 1:43pm
 
Thanks JB-that was what I was hoping-so will give them another go.

I am with talktalk so any 01 calls are included in my monthly package.
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Reply #4 - May 18th, 2011 at 1:44pm
 
jamesbond wrote on May 18th, 2011 at 1:38pm:
If you dialled a 01 / 02 / 03 prefix number you would be charged normal geographic BT rates.  What I think you were hearing was possibly a message for the 0870 / 0871 prefix.

The OP was calling from a TalkTalk line, so will pay TalkTalk rates and not BT rates.
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