This is NOT a hoax........ Please Read!!!

It's 10p AFAIK, but why anyone can't just note down the number and ring that back I don't know, especially if it's a freephone number.

And if you make two chargeable phone calls each month (so do a quick couple of them at the start of the month, as I learned earlier this year) then the Caller Display is free as part of the BT Privacy service, so it's only cost you about 10p or so.

one call. Upon answering, a female voice

Why should BT justify the costs, it's not a BT service & they have nothing to do with the pricing.

Peter

Good idea. If you wanted to be a bit sneakier, you could even come up with a range of names as codes for different messages. Useful if your mobile is ever out of power and you need to get a message to someone.

The same can be said if blackmail: It's a service you pay for if you want something back.

Did I not say virtually the same thing just above ?

Er... what I can say but....

# I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour But heaven knows i'm newsgroup-posting now # :)

If you use it often, you can have a BT star service that lets you use it for free in exchange for a fixed charge.

Or hits the dial button on their CLI box ;-)

When my kids start wandering I'll get all the local TK numbers and have a ring signaling system. Being remote and rural there are probably no more than 6 local TKs...

Yes.

(a) I'm paranoid. Professionally. (b) No. (c) Googling for the number gives me those as possible places it might be. As they are all internal to BT I have a less worried feeling.

It's just that this oddity arrived within minutes of the scam warning.

Andy

Stop lying Slick.

Try and look a google again and you will see that it is _not_ a scam. If you wish, why not actually post the exact link via google you found that said it was a scam.

I must say that I am surprised by this. When BT had a manual reverse charge system they used to refuse to pass on the name of who was calling, precisely for this reason.

tiom

Why should there be a charge anyway? BT will get paid when you call the number. If fact it might encourage more calls if it was free. The 10p charge sounds tacky.

Bart

What do you mean..."when they had a manual reverse charge system"...why the past tense?

: : If a child calls home using 0800 reverse call, who can : : refuse? It's blackmail.

I can, quite easily. My lines are all VoIP and will not respond to reverse charge calls..! If you try it, it won't accept the number.

Ivor

: : The "charge for this service" refers to the fact that : : you get charged (5p I think) if you hit 3 to dial the : : calling number. It's been like that : : for quite a while, but because it comes at the end of : : the message : : I suspect many people never get to hear it.

I don't get that message on my Featurenet line, does that mean I don't get charged..?

Ivor

: : : It's 10p AFAIK, but why anyone can't just note down : : : the number and ring that back I don't know, : : : especially if it's a freephone number. : : : : If you use it often, you can have a BT star service : : that lets you use it for free in exchange for a fixed : : charge. : For free in exchange for a charge..? Sounds like an oxymoron to me.

Ivor

I assumed that this system replaced the manual one.

Having never actually used (or even been minded to use) a RC system, I have no idea what is now available

tim