This might be too far...but I was wondering if it would be possible to have some sort of service whereby:

Instead of having to search on the computer (not ideal when out and about), you dial a special phone number and then type in the 0870 number you want an alternative for. The service then reads the corrsponding number(s) for that listing.

Do you think that would be possible? It would be a great addition to the saynoto0870 service.

Thanks!

DaveM wrote on Dec 17^th, 2005 at 5:19pm:


Thanks! So do you think it would be viable?

DaveM wrote on Dec 17^th, 2005 at 5:19pm:


Wouldn't that kind of defeat the object?

Yeah Brill Idea.

How about an 090 charged at £1.50 per min (calls WILL last longer then 10mins, average length of call 30mins).

Then theres the reverse charge text message service. Txts cost £1.50 per text. And you join a club where we send you 4 pointless messages every week, each charged at £1.50. Well call it the 'no0870' club.

Welcome to the 'No0870' club

                    

Term and Conditions

: Calls to this service are Premium rate @ £1/text. Replies with the requested information from our database will be by Reverse Charge text message service charged @ £1.50/text. We will send you 4 promotional messages every week, also charged at £1.50 whether you want them or not. To opt out of this service, text

STOP

to

No0870

this will also cost you £1.50 and we will send a confirmation message also charged at £1.50................

What about 118 087 - if we are to include 0871?
And, of course a £2 charge on 118 084?

Dave wrote on Dec 17^th, 2005 at 7:38pm:

I doubt it will work with a WAP enabled phone. Many phones nowadays can view web pages, but this is hardly an efficient way of doing it. (The average GPRS charge is about 0.5p/KB. The front page of the site is 15KB without images, so that's 7.5p for a start!) In addition, the site will not work on any older phones that only support true WML as opposed to HTML or XML.

It would be quite straightforward to produce a WAP interface to the database. This would allow a query to be carried out in only a few KB, and would work from any phone. It would be no burden on the server as the pages would actually be much smaller to serve than the standard web pages. But somehow I can't see this being implemented by the site Admin...