0845 bolt on

[macblank]

I have been chatting to friend on Vodafone and he was saying they pay a charge £2.50 a month yo be able to use 0845 calls from their minutes.

or something like that.

come on o2 can't u do something like that. odd be happy to pay for that.

I have to make calls to benefits office about my disability money and arrange other stuff but the 35p a min puts me off

[adamtemp64]

some 0845 are free for pay monthly customers http://www.o2.co.uk/support/generalhelp/howdoi/freenumbers

And a lot of dwp 0800 etc

[macblank]

apart from the NEW CLAIM number for benefits all other calls are charged at 35p. I know I seen my bills

I have ALWAYS been charged for the 0845 A's a pay monthly. so if it's free someone owes me quite a lot of money in refunds

[jonsie]

If I have to phone about my disability benefit I have to make a trip down to the local job centre plus. At least they let you use the phone free to ring the benefit people.

I agree, most utility , banks and government offices use these numbers and although SAYNOTO0870 works for some, it's a pain. I would happily pay a bolt on for these numbers.

[macblank]

I agree. but I can't always get there due to pain or not having the money for the bus

[adamtemp64]

And Ofcom introduced the 03 range to replace all these rip off numbers.

I would write to your mp asking that the dwp move all to 03 number range as this is in your included mins.

[macblank]

this is also why I may look st gg next yr. at least GG only charge. 12p a min for the same calls.

20 mins o2 is £7
20 mins gg is £2.40

that's a huge difference

[Anonymous]

ok 0845 are great that what we need on o2 add on 

i agree with few people about o2 bring out 0845 bolt on that what o2 need and i hear by ofcom there working on getting free 0800 number for mobile network 

[MI5]

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@macblank wrote:
this is also why I may look st gg next yr. at least GG only charge. 12p a min for the same calls.

20 mins o2 is £7
20 mins gg is £2.40

that's a huge difference

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and free 0800 calls on GG too

[jonsie]

There are free 0800 and 0870 apps for both Android and Apple devices but you shouldn't have to resort to these.