On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:53:31 +0100, JC
<johncalias-newsgroupsATyahooD0TcoD0Tuk> wrote:

>On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:25:37 +0100, "Victor Delta" <nospam@nospam.com>
>wrote:
>
>>Has anyone else received the text message today about O2 withdrawing
>>'special numbers' from inclusive minutes on monthly contracts. See
>>http://www.02.co.uk/specialnumbers
>>
>>See the note in bold with a +/- symbol two thirds the way down the page -
>>"From 28th September 2007 the rate of 20p per minute will apply to these
>>numbers. Calls to these numbers will not be included in bundle minutes on
>>any Pay Monthly plan."
>>
>>Oh well, I supposed it was bound to end sometime.
>>
>>V
>>
>>PS Are calls to others O2 phones still included?
>
>
>I got the text message from O2 this afternoon.
>
>Phoned them immediately for confirmation and was surprised to be told that
>as they had detrimentally changed my T&Cs, I would be released from my
>contract with no penalties, if that was what I wanted to do!!
>
>I have 8 months of an 18 month contract to go and am a bit of a quandary
>now.
>
>I have 2 handsets on the o2 600 with long weekends, plus an additional 400
>text messages each month (promotion when I signed up) for £35 Added to
>this is the £10 per month 20Mb data package.
>
>I suppose, my question is..is there anything that compares out there??
I have an O2 PUFFL - I got the message too.
Afaik there aren't any new contracts that include 08 numbers as
inclusive minutes. Remember that, in January 2008, the rules change
for 0870, so services using that number type will probably have
changed number by then.

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