118 Call prices to rise.

[perksie]

From next month the cost of calling a 118 number on O2 will be increased from £3 a minute to £5.

Calls to 118402 which is the O2 phone number service remain at £1 a minute.

[jonsie]

What a bargain. I'm surprised there are enough mindless people using this service to keep it going. Or maybe not going off the massive price hike.

[Bambino]

That's an outrageous increase. I'm proud to say that I have never once used it. It's always puzzled me that with the myriad ways there are to find a number for free that anyone would ever use a service like that anyway. Maybe increasing the charge to that amount will signal the end of useless services like that for good.

[perksie]

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@Bambino wrote:

Maybe increasing the charge to that amount will signal the end of useless services like that for good.

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Let's hope so, they don't deserve to survive.

I have never called one since these numbers first appeared and never would.

[jonsie]

Never used it and never will no matter how desperate I am. Only one person I know uses this service, let's hope he has now wised up.:smileywink:

[Anonymous]

I wonder who you mean jonsie. !!

I have not had the need to use this service either.

[adamtemp64]

but still £1 for its own 118402 service acording to the article here http://www.mirror.co.uk/money/personal-finance/118-directory-enquiry-price-hikes-2464451

and ofcom say there are no caps they can apply

but I never use these services just a quick google gives me what i need

[perksie]

Cheers Adam, I have changed my post as I missed that.