Strange Number On Bill. Even BT could not answer.

Mikey

Checked my mothers BT bill today and there was a 25p call to a number that
could not be dialled.

The number was 12345678

Now for a company that INSIST they DO NOT make mistakes this is an odd one.

As I was calling them for another reason, I asked the lady what this number
was, and even after speaking to a colleague, she could not tell me.

Perhaps it was a calling card she said.

Apart from the fact that my 79 year old mum, would not know how to use one,
most calling cards are 0800 numbers, as they are prepaid (Unless they are
the rip off 09XXX ones) handed out on street corners.

Even so, this would show on her bill as a correct number.

Has anyone any idea what this was?

As BT insist they never make mistakes, should I send it to OFCOM?

Thanks For Any Pointers.

Mike

Graham.

"Mikey" <Spammers@Suck.com> wrote in message
news:ZOPRi.92087$j16.83756@newsfe6-gui.ntli.net...
> Checked my mothers BT bill today and there was a 25p call to a number that
> could not be dialled.
>
> The number was 12345678
>
> Now for a company that INSIST they DO NOT make mistakes this is an odd
> one.
>
> As I was calling them for another reason, I asked the lady what this
> number was, and even after speaking to a colleague, she could not tell me.
>
> Perhaps it was a calling card she said.
>
> Apart from the fact that my 79 year old mum, would not know how to use
> one, most calling cards are 0800 numbers, as they are prepaid (Unless they
> are the rip off 09XXX ones) handed out on street corners.
>
> Even so, this would show on her bill as a correct number.
>
> Has anyone any idea what this was?
>
> As BT insist they never make mistakes, should I send it to OFCOM?
>
> Thanks For Any Pointers.
>
> Mike

Very odd, but not for the reason you think.
Of course the number can be dialled from
a BT landline 123 is the Speaking Clock,
anything you dial after that just gets ignored.
What is odd is that the digits after the 123
appear on the bill.


--
Graham

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Mikey

Thanks so much Graham,

I was about to have a right old go at them.

When I spoke to them even they were not bright enough to give me the answer.

Thanks again.

Only question left now is, how come within six hours of having a new line
(With Privacy option) she got a recorded advertisement, trying to sell her a
way to right off all her debts (Which she has none)

Even though I love BT, they are far from perfect.

Thanks Again

Mike

mymail@hotmail.co.uk

On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:43:03 GMT, "Mikey" <Spammers@Suck.com> wrote:


>Even though I love BT, they are far from perfect.
They were perfect Mike it is only since they started to get very big
and started to buy up companies all over the world that they have gone
down the pan but they are still much better than Virgin media for
telephony services .

Owain

Mikey wrote:
> Only question left now is, how come within six hours of having a new line
> (With Privacy option) she got a recorded advertisement, trying to sell her a
> way to right off all her debts (Which she has none)

Probably coincidence. There is a finite supply of numbers, and these
people just autodial their way through the list of possible numbers.

Owain

Graham.

"Mikey" <Spammers@Suck.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks so much Graham,
>
> I was about to have a right old go at them.
>
> When I spoke to them even they were not bright enough to give me the
> answer.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Only question left now is, how come within six hours of having a new line
> (With Privacy option) she got a recorded advertisement, trying to sell her
> a way to right off all her debts (Which she has none)
>
> Even though I love BT, they are far from perfect.
>

It might be a new line, but the phone number that comes with it is probably
recycled
--
Graham

%Profound_observation%

Andrew Gabriel

In article <HrQRi.89441$yN2.36229@newsfe7-gui.ntli.net>,
"Mikey" <Spammers@Suck.com> writes:
> Thanks so much Graham,
>
> I was about to have a right old go at them.
>
> When I spoke to them even they were not bright enough to give me the answer.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Only question left now is, how come within six hours of having a new line
> (With Privacy option) she got a recorded advertisement, trying to sell her a
> way to right off all her debts (Which she has none)
>
> Even though I love BT, they are far from perfect.

Privicy part is done by TPS, and it takes them a month to
propagate the data out to all members, although a recorded
advertisement probably came from abroad in order to bypass
the TPS.

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Andrew Gabriel
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