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Broadband providers lifting data limits during Covid-19 lockdown
Broadband providers are to relax prices and lift data caps to keep the nation online during the coronavirus pandemic.
All data allowance caps on current fixed broadband services will be removed in a deal struck by the government and telecommunications providers and this will help vulnerable people stay connected.
Companies such as BT/EE, Openreach, Virgin Media, Sky, TalkTalk, O2, Vodafone, Three, Hyperoptic, Gigaclear, and KCOM have pledged that anyone who is struggling to pay their bill due to the pandemic will be treated fairly and appropriately supported.
The firms have also agreed to offer generous new mobile and landline packages to ensure people are connected and the most vulnerable continue to be supported. These could put users in line for packages featuring data boosts at low prices and free calls from their landline or mobile.…
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Save money when calling utility companies and your bank from your mobile phone
Are you moving house, changing banks or shopping around for a new deal on your insurance, gas and electric and want to avoid any nasty surprises on your mobile phone bill? Then I’ve found a new mobile phone service that could be of interest.
More and more of us are using our mobile phone to call utility companies and banks when on the move rather than waiting until we get home to use our landline and if you have just moved or a renting, you may not have a landline installed. So with many companies using 0800, 0808, 0870, 0845 and 03 numbers for their customer services team, we all risk extortionate and frustrating call charges, as it can cost up to 35p per minute to call these numbers from many Pay As You Go …
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Avoid paying higher call charges for 084/087/09 numbers
This month the new Consumer Rights Directive will end expensive premium 084 and 087 numbers for customers calling airlines, train operators and major high street and online retailers, but his still leaves a lot of organisations and companies where customer services, general enquiries and ordering still mean dialling into a premium rate number.
So if you want to avoid paying up to 16p a minute for dialling these numbers, hop along to Saynoto0870. This is an online directory of non-geographic telephone numbers and their geographic alternatives.
The website, which started as a directory of alternative to 0870 numbers (hence the name), also lists geographic alternatives for 0843, 0844, 0845, 0871, 0872, and 0873 numbers, as well as for some 0500, 0800 and 0808 freephone numbers.
Let me give you an example. I wanted to …
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Christmas gifts ideas and stocking fillers for under £10 each
Not too many shopping days left till Santa comes, so I’ve done a round up of my fave bargain Christmas gift ideas in at less than £10 each. They are in no particular order as I figure that most of us have a few different people to buy for, BUT they are all under £10. Remember if you buy online, you’ll probably have to pay postage and packaging :-(. If you have any to add, please put them in the comments.
For your Ninja (big or small) – Wicked Socker Boppers; these inflatable boxing pillows are tipped to be the top selling toy for Christmas 2013. Perfect for active play indoors, Socker Boppers are an ideal gift and are an easy way to engage the whole family- even Gran- in some serious fun. Made …
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VoIP phones cut business bills
I need to make business phone calls on a daily basis.
Originally I used to use a capped rate of around £7 per month from my home phone provider. Unfortunately, this wasn’t that professional, so I switched to an 0844 number, but my business contacts resented paying the high per minute rates, and I don’t blame them.
I wanted a switchboard, ability to transfer calls to other offices, voicemail and all the standard business call features, so I turned to VoIP (voice over IP) from Birchills Telecom.
Basically a hardware switchboard costs too much for my small business, so internet telephony seemed like the right route to take.
Although, you can make calls through your computer, I prefer having a handset. I ordered a new business phone number and got access to cheap calls, …
