On one side is the companies who but the argument forward that the revenue they receive from customers/suppliers etc calling their number is used to help off-set staff costs and continue the quality of service that the organastion provides and on the other is a certain percentage of the public whom claim companies are “ripping off” callers for no other reason then to make additional profit.

In my opinion it is a companies choice which 08xx number (0800, 0845, 0870, 0871) they choose for their business and so if a customer has such an objection to something as the telephone number then they’re would be dozens of other organisations to choose from or methods of getting in contact with the company e.g. requesting a call back, emailing them, sending in a letter, calling in on the weekend when calls are just 1.5p a mintue.

Some mistakenly class them as “premium rate numbers” which they are NOT, premium phone numbers start with 090 where as the 0870 is a National Rate Number.

However the decision has been long made that the 0870 is on it’s way out and that revenue sharing on this prefix will cease. In addition to this many companies who continue to use this prefix after this cut off date may be suprised to hear that THEY will soon to be charged to receive calls on their 0870 number! Something that I beleive a number of telcos are keeping rather quiete about as the reverse billing for calls to COMPANIES rather than charging callers will simply replace their revenue stream with a brand new one!

Have an 0870? and dont want to start PAYING for people to call you? Additional prefixes such as 0844, 0871, 0800 are unaffected by these changes and each have their own strengths and weaknesses, to find out which is best for you call: 0871 918 0604 today.

This was done for a number of reasons (1) Users would not have been aware of the cost per text and may have considered it free and therefore become upset when being charged £1.50 per text (2) The premium rate service would likely attract an investigation from the regulator and due to it’s delebarate attempt to mislead the public attract a fine of £500 - £1000 and so in the interest of all the service was disabled.

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This issue which could not be resolved has no doubt damaged Switch’s reputation from which Phonenumbers4u’s hopes is on the mend since the announcement last week that the company has been bought out of administraion and that business is set to return to normal within a matter of months with an array of additional services including Broadband and VOIP.

From what we’ve heard the company attracted a great deal of interest and the bidding came to a head between former share holders and directors Ian Conway and Nick Kalbauch and the another party (who eventually won the bidding due to it’s almost limitlesss reserve of cash). Although Switch will no longer be owned by the founders of the company many of the familuar faces are reported to stay on as employees.

Creditors (customers) look set to lose around 30% of their revenue due to the management dispute although an exact figure or payment date has still not been set.

So whether you’re looking for numbers on the 25p, 50p, £1.00, £1.50 number range or numbers on the 070 number range such as 0705 PN2 numbers Phonenumbers4u may be able to provide you with the required prefixes.

You will also receive your own Call Management Account from where you can check call stats, view payout levels, re-route numbers etc 24/7 from your own Call Management Account.

Do you currently supply 070 numbers? If you have exisiting 070 PN2 traffic the call Richard Howard on: 0800 634 85 85 and see whether you can receive a BETTER payout from what you’re currently receiving. Call now and find out!

It’s beleived that Telephone Riches / Premium Phone Services Ltd is open and happy for it’s clients to transfer their numbers to other Premium Rate Service Providers so if you’re a current PPS client and would like to continue to profit from premium rate then please contact Phonenumbers4u on: 0871 918 0604 to save your number and future revenue.

In reference to a letter received it’s beleived that lines are due for disconnection within the next 45 -60 days so if you want to continue to profit from premium rate you must act NOW to avoid any loss of revenue or disruption on your service. Call: 0871 918 0604

Therefore it’s seen more than likely that owners will migrate to the cheaper & local rate 0844 number or opt for the 0871 national rate number which can run on 6p - 10p per minute, as companies make their move to avoid the charges. With some big names like Talk Sport Radio changing from an 0870 to an 0871 number along with many others following suit it’s looking like everyones phone book is going to change a lot over the next 6 months.

It is also expected to eliminate 070 number owners who lie about the price of calling the number. Phonenumbers4u once heard a lady who was telling callers that calls to her number cost 2p - 5p per minute to ring where it actually cost 50p per minute!

With this move as the cost is disclaimed at the networks end e.g. if you call from a 02 mobile phone then they’ll notify of the cost to call likewise if you call from a Virgin Media or BT phone then they will let you know what the cost is rather than the owner of the premium number.

It’s my hope that this is a move closer to having calls disclaimed at the networks end for ALL premium rate calls as some rougue users often lie about the cost to call the 090 number.