[Gllug] [OT] Phone Scam?

Paul Cupis paul at cupis.co.uk
Mon Oct 31 20:46:51 UTC 2005


t.clarke wrote:
> I understand that in abt 2 years time the Telcos will no longer be able to
> 'rebate' 0870 calls back to the recipient.

This is a possible outcome of an ongoing consultation, but the result
above is not for the reasons you might think...

> Hopefully the cost will then come down for these numbers

The main thrust of the consultation is to make operators charge the same
for 0870 numbers as they do for "national" distance geographic calls
(and include discounts, call packages etc) - this is much less nowadays
than it used to be and you won't generally get any revenue share on such
low rates.

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