On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 20:09:17 UTC, Jasper wrote:

On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 04:25:43 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

Tiny print on a letter and e-mail just received from BT says that the
1571 standard service is going to cost £1 per month if you don't make
at least 2 charged calls per month. Those who use their landline only
for broadband or only for receiving calls could get an unexpected
addition to their bill. At the moment http://www.bt.com/youraccount
still says it's free and provides no way to disable it, but watch that
space for a chance to do so.

Surely if you use your phone only for broadband or receiving calls
then there would be no need to use the 1571 service anyway ?

Perfectly reasonable - I only use my phone for receiving calls ***via
BT***. I make calls via various indirect providers, but they're always
going to come in via BT....it's a BT line. So, if I wished, I could have
1571 on that line and it would take messages for me. But because I never
*make* a call via BT (I always use a prefix) I would end up paying the
stated fee.

I have another line, just for ADSL, and that is never used to make or
receive calls at all. No point in 1571 on that, since any incoming call
is a wrong number.

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