Telephones and Rats

[karen2205]

BT now offer Friends & Family auto update. This does exactly what it says on the tin and is AFAICT a good idea. I know I've got Friends & Family numbers I call very rarely. You can also get free caller display via BT Privacy (you do need to have a phone that's capable of displaying the numbers though).

A competition someone else pointed out to me.

Someone I know through Guiding posted this (and yes, I have got permission to post it here) on a mailing list. I know there are a couple of people reading this who have experience with pet rats and who might be able to help. Comment if you can help and I'll email you her email address.

My two new baby boy rats went and had babies on me the other day, so
I now have 31 adorable baby rats up for sale! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
does anybody want any rats, or know of ANYONE who wants any rats? I'm
keeping my two girls and two of the boys, just because they are so
cute!
They're gorgeous light grey and white, and chocolate and white, in
berkshire, hooded and capped markings (in other words, CUTE!) and I've
started handling them already so they're all very friendly! (and like
sucking on my fingers and puzzling why they get no milk when they do
it!) They were born on 16th and 20th October from very friendly mums,
and although I wish I could keep them all...
So pleeeeeeeease, if you don't want them, could you ask EVERYONE you
possibly know?

Comments

[jiggery-pokery.livejournal.com]

Good shout with the auto-update; thanks for pointing it out. Admittedly I have BT's Option 1 and so am going down from 10 F&F numbers to 5 this way, but I frequently didn't use most of my 10, so this looks like there's a great deal of upside and no down.

[welikegoats.livejournal.com]

If you are concerned about saving a few pennies with BT pretending to be trying to save you a few pennies, why not transfer to Onetel (http://www.onetel.net.uk) and Call18866 (http://www.18866.com)? BT will always be more expensive, whatever they try to tell you, for competition reasons.

[karen2205]

Because BT have better customer service, not brilliant mind you, but better than anyone else.

Call18866 doesn't allow you to contact them by phone and I know of at least one person who has had problems with Onetel's internet service. Besides that, Onetel's guarantee to be cheaper than BT won't apply to me - my call volume is sufficiently low as to qualify for the light user scheme (the only reason I don't qualify for it is that I have a mobile phone) and if your call volume is that low you don't qualify for the guarantee.

[welikegoats.livejournal.com]

I have never heard of BT's customer service as being "better" than something else, with the possible exception of a kick in the teeth, but there's a first time for everything.

Why would you want to contact 18866? If you want to stop using them, all you need to do is cancel the direct debit and stop using the number.

Why exactly do you need to use Onetel's internet service if you are using them to provide calltime? There is plenty of choice, most of which is cheaper still.

As for the light-user scheme, I have no knowledge of it, but I would be surprised if you can't save money by shopping around.