Re: Internet services provider and phone bill (rant)

[Guest guest]

Thanks, suddenly it all comes clear! I will wait with baited breath

for Freeserve anytime then, and give it a try

Kirsten

Re: Internet services provider and phone bill

(rant)

>> What does dialling 162 do?

>once you have Freeserve - the 162 followed by a voice number routes

>the call through Freeserve so that it is added to your Freeserve

bill,

>rather than BT. However a lot of numbers - e.g. 0870 numbers (like

the

>NCT enquiry/bf lines) , and the Who Wants To be a Millionaire line -

>can`t be routed thru freeserve, or at least my phone says they can`t!

>http://www.freeserve.com/time/anytime/

>To get deals with Freeserve, you need to have a BT phone line.

>HTH

>Barbara

>

>

>

>*** NCT enquiry line - 0 ***

>

>Live chat http://www.yahoogroups.com/chat/nct-coffee

>

>Have you found out about all the other groups for the NCT online?

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks, suddenly it all comes clear! I will wait with baited breath

for Freeserve anytime then, and give it a try

Kirsten

Re: Internet services provider and phone bill

(rant)

>> What does dialling 162 do?

>once you have Freeserve - the 162 followed by a voice number routes

>the call through Freeserve so that it is added to your Freeserve

bill,

>rather than BT. However a lot of numbers - e.g. 0870 numbers (like

the

>NCT enquiry/bf lines) , and the Who Wants To be a Millionaire line -

>can`t be routed thru freeserve, or at least my phone says they can`t!

>http://www.freeserve.com/time/anytime/

>To get deals with Freeserve, you need to have a BT phone line.

>HTH

>Barbara

>

>

>

>*** NCT enquiry line - 0 ***

>

>Live chat http://www.yahoogroups.com/chat/nct-coffee

>

>Have you found out about all the other groups for the NCT online?

>

>

[Guest guest]

Fantastic, Thanks very much for all the info.

I feel like a total telephone novice, I never knew there was soooo

much to offer, and there is no point in asking DH as he is a gardener

and if you can't keep it in the shed he hasn't got clue what to do

with it!

I will get in the internet and have a good old explore, now I know al

the technical stuff.

Thanks again

Kirsten

Re: Internet services provider and phone bill

(rant)

Here hopefully are some answers:

Thanks for all your advice so far!.

Can you use NTL if you are with BT? - yep, you just get a little box

you plug into your phone line, you still pay line rental to BT but cos

your not making any calls you go on there low user rate which I think

mine was baout £16 for the quarter.

And I have tried to get onto this Freeserve anytime, but the web page

says that it is unavailable. - Couldn't get on with freeserve at all

forever not working, and had trouble when it was working actually

getting on line as it was constantly engaged.

What does dialling 162 do? - It's a code that you dial infront of the

telephone number so that the call is routed through Freeserve

therefore getting a cheaper rate - but you do have to have signed up

to Freeserve to use it.

And what is this BT expensive alternative? - It's called ADSL

(asymetrical digital subscriber line) or broadband by some other

companies it's basically a digital line that is always " open "

therefore you only pay a set fee per month and don't pay for " calls "

as the lines always open, also the service is very fast for internet

usage. - last time I looked it was about 40 squid a month, O and also

you can only have this service if you don't live more than about 3km

from the exchange and I think the exchange has to be one of the modern

ones as well! but hopefully as they work on the technology this

distance should get greater.

Sorry confused by the influx of fantastic advice! keep it coming

though, I might eventually get my phone bill down to below £200, which

would be a small miracle

Hey that should be possible?? - I assume your talking £200 a quarter

not a month!?!? - Anyway sounds like ADSL could solve your problem if

your close enough to an exchange if not probably one of the deals for

around £15 a month any time internet usage that includes calls.

HTH

Jo

SAHM to Ethan

HB 29.06.00

[Guest guest]

They won't do it in our area, say we have to wait for their new

broadband service!! (

I'm actually really happy with Anytime, have never failed to get on to

it and its nice having two phone lines too

Lesley,

Antenatal teacher, trainee breasteeding counsellor.

Demented mother of 3. Worthing.

" We are born naked, wet and hungry. Then things get worse " .

Re: Internet services provider and phone bill

(rant)

> just a thought, but if your already a NTL customer, but are

still on the " old cables " why don't you give them a call and ask for

the little box you put in front of your phone line (ie. the same as if

you were a BT customer) and then you would get the freephone NTL

internet number, surely they could work this into your package

somehow?

>

> Jo

> SAHM to Ethan

> HB 29.06.00

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

They won't do it in our area, say we have to wait for their new

broadband service!! (

I'm actually really happy with Anytime, have never failed to get on to

it and its nice having two phone lines too

Lesley,

Antenatal teacher, trainee breasteeding counsellor.

Demented mother of 3. Worthing.

" We are born naked, wet and hungry. Then things get worse " .

Re: Internet services provider and phone bill

(rant)

> just a thought, but if your already a NTL customer, but are

still on the " old cables " why don't you give them a call and ask for

the little box you put in front of your phone line (ie. the same as if

you were a BT customer) and then you would get the freephone NTL

internet number, surely they could work this into your package

somehow?

>

> Jo

> SAHM to Ethan

> HB 29.06.00

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

They won't do it in our area, say we have to wait for their new

broadband service!! (

I'm actually really happy with Anytime, have never failed to get on to

it and its nice having two phone lines too

Lesley,

Antenatal teacher, trainee breasteeding counsellor.

Demented mother of 3. Worthing.

" We are born naked, wet and hungry. Then things get worse " .

Re: Internet services provider and phone bill

(rant)

> just a thought, but if your already a NTL customer, but are

still on the " old cables " why don't you give them a call and ask for

the little box you put in front of your phone line (ie. the same as if

you were a BT customer) and then you would get the freephone NTL

internet number, surely they could work this into your package

somehow?

>

> Jo

> SAHM to Ethan

> HB 29.06.00

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

> So I too am a little nervous about the next phone bill.

Mine just arrived. Overall it has gone down :-) But it would have gone down

further had not DD1 (D definitely means darned here!) racked up £31 worth of

calls to mobile phones :-(

Negotiation on payback are ongoing...

Sue

[Guest guest]

Fnarr - I'm back! Cyprus is wonderful, I am in love with my new house, Emma

thinks she all her Christmases have come at once as we have horseriding for

£2.50 for 2 hours, and her school day finishes at 1pm, and my battery on my

laptop is about to run out. I'll catch up later.

But just to make you jealous, my new ISP costs £6 a month and then the call

rate is 20 cents (about 16p) an hour.

I am just about to find out what an ISDN line costs now

Sue

NCT BFC

RAF Akrotiri

Tee hee

----- Original Message -----

> > So I too am a little nervous about the next phone bill.

>

> Mine just arrived. Overall it has gone down :-) But it would have gone

down

> further had not DD1 (D definitely means darned here!) racked up £31 worth

of

> calls to mobile phones :-(

>

> Negotiation on payback are ongoing...

> Sue

>

[Guest guest]

>Fnarr - I'm back!

Hooray!

--

jennifer@...

Vaudin

[Guest guest]

Nice to hear from you, Sue. Sounds like a great life - we're paying £6 for 30

minutes horseriding here (

Alison

Fnarr - I'm back! Cyprus is wonderful, I am in love with my new house, Emma

thinks she all her Christmases have come at once as we have horseriding for

£2.50 for 2 hours, and her school day finishes at 1pm, and my battery on my

laptop is about to run out. I'll catch up later.

[Guest guest]

And what is this BT expensive alternative? - It's called ADSL

(asymetrical digital subscriber line) or broadband by some other

companies it's basically a digital line that is always " open "

And the cool thing about " always open " is you *never* ever have to

dial in to connect...your computer is connected as long as it's

switched on. Worth keeping a backup dialup account tho, (one of the

freebies?) for the " downtimes " which inevitably happen... (if, like

me, being disconnected from the net is like having your air supply cut

off!)

Ruthie

[Guest guest]

> Fnarr - I'm back! Cyprus is wonderful, I am in love with my new house,

Emma

> thinks she all her Christmases have come at once as we have horseriding

for

> £2.50 for 2 hours, and her school day finishes at 1pm, and my battery on

my

> laptop is about to run out. I'll catch up later.

Rosie is now desperate to live in Cyprus!

Sue