Accessing 08xx numbers from your mobile
Friday, May 29th, 2009
We’ve already covered saynoto0870.com before, which allows you to search for real landlines behind the 0870 numbers (actually, it also covers 0800, 0808, 0844, 0845, and 0871 too), but there is another new option for calling certain numbers…
Today, if you want to call an 0800, 0808 or 0500 number from your mobile, you will be charged for the call (except for a handful of charity numbers), and sometimes you can’t find a landline equivalent from saynoto0870. Well, this is where 0800buster.co.uk can help out.
This works by you dialling a standard 01233 landline number (which will then come out of your inclusive minutes *) and then once connected to their system you then dial the 0800/0500/0808 number and it will connect you. Their website even has brief details of how to save the combined information in to a contact record to make it even easier for numbers you dial on a regular basis.
* – in fact, 0800buster state that for some mobile networks, even when out of your bundle dialling their number can be cheaper than calling the number directly.
One interesting benefit of this service is Directory Enquiries; if you dial their number and then dial 0800 100 100 or 0800 118 3733 you can access Directory Enquiries for a lot less than you would directly on your mobile, and for that reason alone we support this service; obviously, we would prefer if the mobile networks didn’t charge a premium for these calls at all, but whilst they do, at least there is another option…
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