Archive for the ‘Non Geographic Numbers’ Category
Letter to BBC Breakfast
Dear Bill and Sian I am shocked and extremely disappointed to see the following text on your on your website in relation to your 03 contact number: “Calls cost no more than calls to 01/02 geographic numbers, although calls from mobiles will vary according to your provider.” Worse still, the text which appears on the [...]
03TALK: At last, mobile-friendly conference calls!
How many times have you been sent a conference dial-in number and been frustrated that the service is operated on an 08 number so you know you’re going to be stung by your mobile operator? It happens to me frequently and, as Murphy’s Law would have it, usually when I have no access to a [...]
0844 numbers and more sloppy journalism
Headline grabbing, poorly researched stories have become the norm in certain British newspapers, but I was appalled by the constant reference to 0844 numbers as “premium rate” on the BBC lunchtime news recently. Reporting on this release (copied below for convenience) from the UK Department of Health, the BBC’s inaccuracies prompted me to email the [...]