Hi all,

I have 10 free local numbers from my O2 contract. Is there a way to call 1 number that redirects to any numbers that I want?

Great idea. Just two problems.

Firstly, I cannot see how you would be able to dial through to premium rate numbers.

Secondly, if someone had found a way of making money out of offering such a facility they could not publish the number because it would be excluded from this type of arrangement.

We know how the dial through to 0800 numbers works, that is simple. It is just possible that someone would receive enough in termination fees on a number that would fall within the O2 definition of "local" to be able to offer this facility. The problem would be in publicising it without O2 being aware that their special deal could be extended to cover all landline calls.

If anybody does know of such a facility, then publicising it here could spoil it for everyone.

Several of the betamax voip brands offer local geographic access numbers that allow you to call out on your voip account from a standard phone, and most of their brands offer calls to UK landlines for free (for a limited period after you credit some cash to the account.)

Whether or not this would work for the OP is another matter; I would imagine that such access numbers would be disallowed from this sort of usagein the T&Cs, and even if one does slip through the net and be allowed, then there is no guarantee that this would not be spotted and calls retrospectively charged.  Of course, if you make lots of foreign or cross-net charged calls, it may still make sense, even if you have to pay for the call, plus the voip rates, if it works out cheaper than paying the mobile companies rates for a given number.