In reply to a post by aquiss:

That's what I wanted clarity on....I was talking about the calls part, not voicemail/caller id bit. That's makes more sense now.

That said, if you sign up for 18 months you can get inclusive evening calls on BT at no extra cost on a retentions deal, making it £14.60. You're probably no fan of long contracts, but the choice is there.

In reply to a post by aquiss:

Interesting if that is the case....i have a very recent phone BT bill in front of me....and the charge comes to £17.75 and certainly not included in the £14.60

Unlimited Weekend Calls costs line rental of £14.60 only. Oliver341 was talking about that.

Unlimited Evening & Weekend Calls costs £3.15 + line rental of £14.60 = £17.75. So you are talking about that.

In all cases: 1571 is free upon request. Caller ID is free if you request the free BT Privacy at Home scheme *.

* Both subject to usual small print T&Cs, esp. on min. no. of calls made.

Thanks!

In reply to a post by ultra:

Cashback for an existing PN customer ?

If you have seen something I haven't please divulge

LOL
Sorry - as we were talking about the phone line + fibre, I forgot you are already with them on ADSLx.

But we get the E & W plan included. They charge £53.25pq and credit £9.15pq.

As far as I know simply because we maintain the 6 "would be chargeable" calls within the quarter. Which also gives Caller ID. Isn't 1571 included anyway?

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

But we get the E & W plan included. They charge £53.25pq and credit £9.15pq.

Were you or are you on the free evening and weekend calls with a 12 month renewable contract deal? Even if you were on it and it has expired, I think they let you keep the discount.

We are on it, and have been for ages. It does call itself a "special discount", and when I asked a bit ago what that was she didn't know! So I didn't press the point, not wanting to lose it.

The new BT prices look staggering really. Especially as our usage almost certainly justifies "Anytime". Sounds like arm-twisting time with their retentions.

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

But we get the E & W plan included. They charge £53.25pq and credit £9.15pq.

= £14.70 pm.

But I was talking standard prices. You are prob on Unlimited UK Evening & Weekend calls at no extra cost � 18 months contract deal or some legacy variant of it.

We can all get Special Offers, I have Unlimited Anytime Extra for £4.90 per month and Line Rental with £2 off for 12 months but having trouble getting BT to bill the discount at the mo' .

Good Lord! A huge pile of old offers there.

I've no idea if we had any of those. (Certainly never any Anytime variant). We've had the line since 1973, and 1471 and Friends and Family just seemed to walk in at some time.

This package probably arose when F & F was discontinued, as that is the last change I remember. But I don't recall any special deal aspect. I do recall signing up at some time for the minimum calls of six per quarter to get caller display and Privacy, but rentals have always been, in effect, the standard rate.

But checking my bills for the purpose of my previous post, the one before last looks dodgy! Overcharged somehow. Grrr. Another job.

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

But I don't recall any special deal aspect.

Evening & Weekend has cost extra for a few years now, my guess is that you somehow ended up on Unlimited UK Evening & Weekend calls at no extra cost � 12 month renewable contract deal or something similar.

Ofcom have made sure that renewable contracts are no longer allowed, so the last renewals happened in December 2011. However, I think BT have allowed customers whos deal has expired to retain the free E&W calls.

To replace the old deal (for customers not getting the legacy deal), they brought in the 18 month non-renewing contract.

Edited by Oliver341 (Thu 20-Sep-12 22:19:14)