Freeserve BB on a "Carrier Pre-Selection" phone line - any experiences ???

talk about left and right hand each not knowing
what the other is doing...

on ordering Freeserve BB...
I find that someone else in the house has signed up for
"Carrier Pre-Selection" - using "One.Tel Select"

Line rental is still payable to BT, so it *remains* a BT line.
However all calls made are to be transferred to -
and billed by - One.Tel, but with the option of
having them carried by BT if a prefix code is dialed.

"...you can still choose for BT to carry a call,
by dialing 1280 in front of the number
you are calling..."

One.Tel assures me that this arrangement
will *not* affect BB...

can anyone comment from a position of
experience of either this or a similar arrangement

thanks in advance

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> talk about left and right hand each not knowing
> what the other is doing...
>
> on ordering Freeserve BB...
> I find that someone else in the house has signed up for
> "Carrier Pre-Selection" - using "One.Tel Select"
>
> Line rental is still payable to BT, so it *remains* a BT line.
> However all calls made are to be transferred to -
> and billed by - One.Tel, but with the option of
> having them carried by BT if a prefix code is dialed.
>
> "...you can still choose for BT to carry a call,
> by dialing 1280 in front of the number
> you are calling..."
>
> One.Tel assures me that this arrangement
> will *not* affect BB...
>
> can anyone comment from a position of
> experience of either this or a similar arrangement

Onetel are right - CPS and ADSL will work together.

If you have switched to the basic BT line tariff don't forget to use 1280
for some calls (the ones more expensive on onetel) to take advantage of the
BT call allowance which comes bundled with this BT tariff.

Regards
Sunil

Anyone know if CPS can be used on an 'incoming calls only' line ???

I know it isn't meant to be in theory, just wondered if it has been in
practice?

Daniel

"Daniel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Anyone know if CPS can be used on an 'incoming calls only' line ???
>
> I know it isn't meant to be in theory, just wondered if it has been in
> practice?
>
> Daniel
>
why would it work? CPS is for outgoing calls, BT aren't stupid! When I had
an incoming calls only line (those student days) we didn't even get a dial
tone.

On 25 Nov 2003 22:31, "Daniel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Anyone know if CPS can be used on an 'incoming calls only' line ???

I assume you mean ADSL on such a line, and think it is one of many of
BT's exclusions. After all, that'd let you have two-way voice over
the internet!

"Peter Morgan - 0870 432 9631" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On 25 Nov 2003 22:31, "Daniel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >Anyone know if CPS can be used on an 'incoming calls only' line ???
>
> I assume you mean ADSL on such a line, and think it is one of many of
> BT's exclusions. After all, that'd let you have two-way voice over
> the internet!

I know ) - But you never know with BT.

Daniel

On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 20:57:37 -0000, "Daniel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>"Peter Morgan - 0870 432 9631" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> On 25 Nov 2003 22:31, "Daniel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>> >Anyone know if CPS can be used on an 'incoming calls only' line ???

Why would you want cps on an 'incoming calls only' line? Surely cps
only affects outgoing calls..........incoming calls are paid for by
the caller !!!!!!

Jasper