Telephony - HELP!
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plotloss

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67,280 posts

294 months

Monday 19th July 2004
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Hi all,

'Er indoors runs a business from home so consequently we have two telephone lines, one being a business line.

The house is rented and the landlords would like to move back into it as they have returned to the UK.

This leaves us having to find another house.

The problem is that adverts have been submitted to the Yellow Pages and the like (why they have to be 10 months before print is anyones guess) with an 01753 code.

We have found a house we like but its in the 01628 area.

Now, we can transfer the number but obviously not the code.

Does anyone know of a company that will forward the call from an 01753 code to an 01628 code? I can easily do it at work, not a problem at all but because there will be a cost they arent too keen on the idea.

Any thoughts?

ph_flyer

434 posts

274 months

Monday 19th July 2004
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Don't know the specific answer, but for future reference, have you considered non-geographic numbers? I have a couple of 0870 numbers that cost around £100 years ago. No on-going costs and they can be routed to any other number. I got mine from Future Numbers.

[No connection, just satisfied customer, etc]

dontlift

9,396 posts

282 months

Monday 19th July 2004
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ph_flyer said:
Don't know the specific answer, but for future reference, have you considered non-geographic numbers? I have a couple of 0870 numbers that cost around £100 years ago. No on-going costs and they can be routed to any other number. I got mine from Future Numbers.

[No connection, just satisfied customer, etc]


There are companies out there which will pay you to take 0870 numbers these days - not the other way round

ph_flyer

434 posts

274 months

Monday 19th July 2004
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dontlift said:
There are companies out there which will pay you to take 0870 numbers these days - not the other way round


Presumably only if you have a [very] high call volume though?

pbrett

11,810 posts

264 months

Monday 19th July 2004
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BT Redirect at £30+vat a quarter

darrent

630 posts

283 months

Monday 19th July 2004
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We do free 08700 numbers and pay you 1.2p minute for low volumes right up to 3.5p for large volumes....

Forgot to mention free connection and no on-going costs....

>> Edited by darrent on Monday 19th July 14:51

plotloss

Original Poster:

67,280 posts

294 months

Monday 19th July 2004
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Just found out about BT Redirect via the website.

BT customer services helpful response was 'sorry, theres nothing you or we can do..'

Darrent I will be in contact on that front soon!