I have a feeling these have to be answered calls as well so one cannot just
dial any old number.
Brian

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"Roger Mills" wrote in message
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I've just renewed my BT Line Rental Saver contract for the line in my
holiday flat (including free evening and weekend calls) and BT now seem to
be imposing monthly - rather than quarterly - billing for customers using
this deal.

I'm pretty sure that, in order to continue to qualify for free Caller
Display, etc., I still need to make a specified number of potentially
chargeable calls each billing period. That wasn't a problem with quarterly
billing because I was always at the flat often enough to make enough calls
each quarter - most of which would be free evening calls to my answering
machine at my main home!

However, there may be some times when I don't visit the flat for more than
a month - so, with monthly billing, I may sometimes be unable to make the
requisite number of calls.

So - eventually getting to the point after a long preamble - can anyone
suggest the best way of making calls from the flat without actually being
there? There isn't a computer there when I'm not there - otherwise, if I
left one running, I could probably set up a scheduled task to use a modem
to dial out at regular intervals. However, there *is* a permanent internet
connection, with a router which I can access remotely to check that the
connection's still up. Could I attach anything to that which would do the
dialling and which could be controlled remotely? Or, is there a
stand-alone bit of kit with a built-in timer which could do it?

TIA.
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Cheers,
Roger
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