Edent,
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How much does it cost to call an 056 number in the UK?

Here's a little telephony mystery for you - can you find out how much your phone provider charges for 056 calls?

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Background

Way back in the mists of time - 2004 - Ofcom decreed that "Voice over Broadband" was going to be the next big thing. VoB (which is like

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/05/how-much-does-it-cost-to-call-an-056-number-in-the-uk-no-ones-knows/

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revk,
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@Edent A&A make it easy.

revk,
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@Edent now try and find the cost of calling an 055 :-) :-)

isleofmandan,
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@Edent "Standard Non-Geographic access charge 05 and 08 (excluding 0800 and 0808): 50.4p per min"

That's with Sure mobile. I'm not sure I believe it so will test it...

isleofmandan,
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@Edent It seems Sure have no idea what it is. "The number you have called is not recognised..."

(Mind you this is the same network provider that routed calls to the Isle of Man's covid information line (locally 111) to our 112/999 service instead. Oops!)

Edent,
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@isleofmandan it is bizarre to be sure!

M0YNG,
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@Edent I have a "provisional charge" of 30p for calling from Honest Mobile

Edent,
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@M0YNG crikey!

M0YNG,
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@Edent I checked with the call cost checker in the app

Edent,
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@M0YNG what a rip off! Please don't call me.

M0YNG,
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@Edent support say...

It looks like its classed as a premium rate number so that's the reason for the charges

sxa,
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@Edent That was weird - I got a message "This number is protected by an advanced AI filter" with options like "If you're calling me to report <various dodgy things>" on the options list. (Maybe that's a standard thing)
It eventually went to a voicemail service.

Edent,
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@sxa haha! I'd forgotten I'd set that up. I wonder where the voicemail goes...
Did you leave a message?

sxa,
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@Edent No I hung up at that point but I've just called again and left one so we'll see if it shows up anywhere :-)

Edent,
@Edent@mastodon.social avatar

@sxa yup! Came through as an MP3. Thanks for testing 🙂

sxa,
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@Edent For what it's worth I was charged 1p/minute - standard rate on the 1pmobile SIM.

Edent,
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@sxa interesting, ta!

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