The Campaign sites are now updated and allow you to submit responses to the two current Ofcom consultations about 0870 use etc. more easily and quickly. (The Ofcom documents are very weighty and would take a long time to go through yourself.) Either of these sites help you to compile your own response much more quickly.

I think everyone that is annoyed by these 0870 etc. DPNs should send  responses to these consultations to show Ofcom just how many consumers there are that are annoyed by this problem. There are 2 responses to send. Don't foget to send yours before 5th Jan 2005.
http://www.freeweb.telco4u.net/rachelf or 
http://0870abuse.tripod.com.

Hi kk,

I have just checked both of them and they are working perfectly. You must have experienced some sort of glitch. Please try them again and hopefully you should not have a problem.

Hi Omy,

I have just tried it and no problem. It needs Javascript enabled - that might be your problem?

Thanks dorf, the thought was there and no harm done!
Cheers and thanks again.

Hi Davidxtaylor,

Hopefully the problems will be sorted by later today. These problems have only occurred since the latest revision of the site code. Previously the sites were accessible with all browsers and they will be again as soon as the tech problems are sorted; of course it is important that they are accessible with all browsers. We fully understand that.  Since all of these things just like this site are done by unpaid volunteers giving their time I am afraid things cannot happen immediately!

Pop-ups occur on the http://0870abuse.tripod.com
site because it is a free hosting paid for by the advertising, including pop-ups and 0870 adverts. This is a common hazard, but the hosting has to be paid for somehow, and this campaign is not funded! You get it for free just like this saynoto0870 site. The same criticism has been directed at this site, which because it is on a commercial hosting has to be funded and therefore has advertising - some of which is for 0870 number sales! If you want it for free that is the only way I'm afraid. If you don't want the pop-ups you can use the other url http://www.freeweb.telco4u.net/rachelf
on which there are no pop-ups or of course you can use a browser like Mozilla which kills all pop-ups and is much more secure. (It is also FREE).

About finding the site: I agree with what you say, partly. However the site was coming up quite well on all the major search engines including Google for searches like 0870 scandal, 0870 scam, 0870 rip off, 0870 abuse, 0870 racket, and even 0870, 0845, 0844, 0871 .

One important way in which people find these sites is through forums like this. We always try to post the urls for these sites on as many internet forums as possible so that those who are annoyed at these abuses may participate in Ofcom responses and make formal complaints to them. We explain that these sites make it easier and less time-consuming to send a response or complaint. I would ask that all members here try to do the same to help the cause. If everyone enters a post on one additional forum explaining this and posting the urls the message spreads exponentionally. Also tell all your friends and associates. Another thing which I do to spread the message is to have it as a signature in my e-mail in red type "0870, 0871, 0845, 0844, 070 and other non-geographic telephone numbers are being used as PREMIUM numbers with queuing, costing you as much as 400 times what calls should cost. Complain; go to:     http://www.freeweb.telco4u.net/rachelf ; or  http://0870abuse.tripod.com ; ". Everyone I then send an e-mail to sees this and it all helps to publicise this racket. It really is amazing that many consumers still just are not aware of what is going on.

Finally I must explain that this site (saynoto0870) has no direct association with the campaign protest sites, except hopefully to support them in principle. I did ask previously that a link such as you suggest was added, but so far this has not been done. It would be a very good idea so perhaps you and others could also ask for it to be done? Thanks for your support and I hope that you will be able to use the campaign sites later today.

Well written dorf, & I think many thanks are due you for all your effort in furthering the "cause". Keep up the good work!!

I would like to remind everyone that there are now only a few days left to respond to the 2 Ofcom consultations on NTS (including all the issues of 0870s etc.). There do not seem to be many responses displayed on the Ofcom site, so either this is because not many people have responded or a good number have followed the recommendation to withhold permission to publish their response in retaliation for Ofcom withholding critical data relative to the consultations. Unless they are flooded with responses they will not take any notice of us again.

So don't procrastinate any longer! Do it now. SEND YOUR RESPONSE BEFORE YOU FORGET. THERE ARE ONLY A FEW DAYS LEFT.

The campaign sites allow you to submit responses to the two current Ofcom consultations about 0870 use etc. more easily and quickly. (The Ofcom documents are quite long and would take a long time to go through yourself.)   

There are 2 responses to send. Don't foget to send yours before 7th Jan 2005.  Go to:

http://www.freeweb.telco4u.net/rachelf or 
http://0870abuse.tripod.com.

Hi KK,

Yes I am not surprised you had a problem with the links! Ofcom had decided to change them. We have sorted them out now according to Ofcom's changes and you should find they will work.

Thank you for bringing that to our attention. 

The names of the two consultation documents are given on the campaign site. They are: "Number Translation Services - Call termination market review" and "Number Translation Services - Options for the future".

You can of course send your response via normal post if you want but it takes longer. (It does state that on the campaign site too.) Ofcom specifically ask you to send your responses if via e-mail to the address given on the campaign site, not the one you give here!