<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 8 April 2011 13:10, Ian Batten <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:igb@batten.eu.org">igb@batten.eu.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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> If there is a mobile provider I can choose which does not charge a<br>
> premium for 0800 calls, I am not aware of it.<br>
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</div>Orange used to, but stopped it because of abuse via calling cards.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Why do you think that calling cards might be an abuse?</div><div><br></div><div>Please note that 0800 numbers aren't really free, not even from a landline. The recipient is charged for such calls. It is similar in principle to a reverse charges call.</div>
<div><br></div><div>If you use a calling card then the service provider is reimbursed at whatever rate they have negotiated for interchange fees, which strikes me as a good market solution to abuse by the service provider. Indeed, it ought to be a license condition that service providers may neither block any 0800 number nor make any charges to the caller.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Mark</div></div>