maybe. Older folks IMHO more likely to wait til end of an answering m/c message and then say "Joyce are you there" etc etc before hanging up.
JimK
maybe. Older folks IMHO more likely to wait til end of an answering m/c message and then say "Joyce are you there" etc etc before hanging up.
JimK
My Grandma used to do that, apart from calling me Joyce:-)
Adam
"This is Adam - press [1] for a shag, [2] for a fight"
You would not believe what you get if you pressed [7] :-)
Adam - who has behaved for 72 days.
From when the machine picks up.
Lol!
(I suspect we are just jealous really!)
Early on in the beginning of his dementia, my father would try to hold a conversation with the built-in announcement explaining that he wanted to talk to his son, would she please put him through etc. I thought I had better change the announcement to one I had recorded but this only ended up with him getting really annoyed because I wouldn't answer his questions...
Being with BT for a start.
MBQ
The term is 'chargeable calls and inclusive calls'. Free calls are the in the inclusive bit, so that would be OK.
Also the following phrase from the price list does not make any distinction between types of calls, just that you have to make them.
"In order to be eligible, Consumer customers must make at least 6 calls, ( excludes calls made with BT Broadband Talk ), with BT per quarter. Should these calls not be made, a charge of £7.77(Inc VAT) per quarter will be applied for the Caller Display service. Business customers are excluded from the BT Privacy At Home package."
I've been stung by that penalty charge in the past when I switched all calls out (by Carrier Pre Select) to another provider & me signed up to BT privacy. It made me switch back (and use 1899.com during the day).
and yet
JimK
A lot easier to use an alternative provider that gives free caller ID.
MBQ
erm..... such as?
JimK
It's a right mucking fuddle, isn't it? :-(
Try,
Found on this thread.
So make 6 calls to a mobile. All calls to mobiles are chargeable by BT.
We get it with Talktalk on their cheapest calling plan.
MBQ
i.e. you pay for it as part of the plan....
JimK
We didn't pay any extra when it was added to the plan, that's free to me.
Any BT scheme that includes free calls is a "plan" in which case the caller ID isn't free then, either.
MBQ
er... yes that's the general point i've been (re)stating :>)
JimK
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