BT 1571 to be Charged For

Tiny print on a letter and e-mail just received from BT says that the
1571 standard service is going to cost £1 per month if you don't make
at least 2 charged calls per month. Those who use their landline only
for broadband or only for receiving calls could get an unexpected
addition to their bill. At the moment http://www.bt.com/youraccount
still says it's free and provides no way to disable it, but watch that
space for a chance to do so.

Chris

On Aug 7, 12:25*pm, chrisj.do...@proemail.co.uk wrote:
> Tiny print on a letter and e-mail just received from BT says that the
> 1571 standard service is going to cost £1 per month if you don't make
> at least 2 charged calls per month. Those who use their landline only
> for broadband or only for receiving calls could get an unexpected
> addition to their bill. At the momenthttp://www.bt.com/youraccount
> still says it's free and provides no way to disable it, but watch that
> space for a chance to do so.
>
> Chris

What's BT? ;-)

MBQ

><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:be6783bb-f7f1-49fa-a14a->(E-Mail Removed)...
>Tiny print on a letter and e-mail just received from BT says that the
>1571 standard service is going to cost £1 per month if you don't make
>at least 2 charged calls per month. Those who use their landline only
>for broadband or only for receiving calls could get an unexpected
>addition to their bill. At the moment http://www.bt.com/youraccount
>till says it's free and provides no way to disable it, but watch that
>space for a chance to do so.
>
>Chris

1571 has always incurred a cost - 5p to discover the person you want to talk to is engaged!!!


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(E-Mail Removed) wrote:

> Tiny print on a letter and e-mail just received from BT says that the
> 1571 standard service is going to cost £1 per month if you don't make
> at least 2 charged calls per month.

*Charged calls* ? So the free evening and weekend ones don't count ?

Cunning devils. I use 1899 for day calls you see.

Graham

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
(E-Mail Removed) <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Tiny print on a letter and e-mail just received from BT says that the
> 1571 standard service is going to cost £1 per month if you don't make
> at least 2 charged calls per month. Those who use their landline only
> for broadband or only for receiving calls could get an unexpected
> addition to their bill. At the moment http://www.bt.com/youraccount
> still says it's free and provides no way to disable it, but watch that
> space for a chance to do so.
>
> Chris

I wonder if your letter is different from mine? Mine says that, in order to
get free 1571, you have to make 2 chargeable *or* *inclusive* calls per
month (or 6 per quarter - depending on billing frequency).

Bearing in mind that weekend calls to 01, 02 and 03 numbers are free (as
also are evening calls if you sign up for a rolling 12 month contract), it
surely can't be too difficult to contrive to make at least 2 inclusive calls
every month!
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I had always assumed 1571 was free anyway? Good job I just bought an answerphone!

On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 12:40:47 +0100, "Frank Stacey"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>news:be6783bb-f7f1-49fa-a14a->(E-Mail Removed)...
>>Tiny print on a letter and e-mail just received from BT says that the
>>1571 standard service is going to cost £1 per month if you don't make
>>at least 2 charged calls per month. Those who use their landline only
>>for broadband or only for receiving calls could get an unexpected
>>addition to their bill. At the moment http://www.bt.com/youraccount
>>till says it's free and provides no way to disable it, but watch that
>>space for a chance to do so.
>>
>>Chris
>
>1571 has always incurred a cost - 5p to discover the person you want to talk to is engaged!!!

Thats not a charge for 1571 ...I presume you mean if you press 3 which
is just laziness.

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
| On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 12:40:47 +0100, "Frank Stacey"
| <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
|
| >><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
| >>news:be6783bb-f7f1-49fa-a14a->(E-Mail Removed)...
| >>Tiny print on a letter and e-mail just received from BT says that the
| >>1571 standard service is going to cost £1 per month if you don't make
| >>at least 2 charged calls per month. Those who use their landline only
| >>for broadband or only for receiving calls could get an unexpected
| >>addition to their bill. At the moment http://www.bt.com/youraccount
| >>till says it's free and provides no way to disable it, but watch that
| >>space for a chance to do so.
| >>
| >>Chris
| >
| >1571 has always incurred a cost - 5p to discover the person you want to talk to is engaged!!!
|
| Thats not a charge for 1571 ...I presume you mean if you press 3 which
| is just laziness.

No - ring someone - no ring just a canned voice answers. Put the phone down immediately.
My BT bill shows a charge for a call lasting 1 or 2 seconds. This is 1571 I believe.

Frank

On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 13:45:37 UTC, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

> On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 12:40:47 +0100, "Frank Stacey"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >>news:be6783bb-f7f1-49fa-a14a->(E-Mail Removed)...
> >>Tiny print on a letter and e-mail just received from BT says that the
> >>1571 standard service is going to cost £1 per month if you don't make
> >>at least 2 charged calls per month. Those who use their landline only
> >>for broadband or only for receiving calls could get an unexpected
> >>addition to their bill. At the moment http://www.bt.com/youraccount
> >>till says it's free and provides no way to disable it, but watch that
> >>space for a chance to do so.
> >>
> >>Chris
> >
> >1571 has always incurred a cost - 5p to discover the person you want to talk to is engaged!!!
>
> Thats not a charge for 1571 ...I presume you mean if you press 3 which
> is just laziness.

No....call someone who has 1571 when they're on the phone, and you get
charged for the call. Call setup fee of 7p plus some charge for the
secind or two you're one (I forget the min. charge these days).
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Roger Mills wrote:

> In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
> (E-Mail Removed) <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> > Tiny print on a letter and e-mail just received from BT says that the
> > 1571 standard service is going to cost £1 per month if you don't make
> > at least 2 charged calls per month. Those who use their landline only
> > for broadband or only for receiving calls could get an unexpected
> > addition to their bill. At the moment http://www.bt.com/youraccount
> > still says it's free and provides no way to disable it, but watch that
> > space for a chance to do so.
> >
> > Chris
>
> I wonder if your letter is different from mine? Mine says that, in order to
> get free 1571, you have to make 2 chargeable *or* *inclusive* calls per
> month (or 6 per quarter - depending on billing frequency).
>
> Bearing in mind that weekend calls to 01, 02 and 03 numbers are free (as
> also are evening calls if you sign up for a rolling 12 month contract), it
> surely can't be too difficult to contrive to make at least 2 inclusive calls
> every month!

How do they define 'inclusive' ?

Graham