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Call charges

From UK landlines

• The cost of calling an 0870 number is usually higher than calling a geographic 01 or 02 number. 0870 is not included in call plans offering "free national calls".

• Prices include VAT.

Operator	Day per min	Eve per min	W/E per min	Date checked
BT	6p	1.5p	n/a	01 July 2008
SkypeOut	tba	tba	tba	30 May 2008
Virgin Media	10p	8p	n/a	01 July 2008
Vonage	10p	5p	3p	01 July 2008

From UK mobiles

• The charges shown generally apply to calls from pre-paid mobile plans ("pay-as-you-go") with VAT included.
• The charges may be lower on post-pay ("pay monthly") plans, but can be more expensive on other mobile providers.
• The monthly minutes (sometimes called free minutes) included in price plans generally do not apply to 0870 numbers, which are charged separately.

Operator	Cost/min	Date checked
BT	tba	30 December 2007
dot	tba	30 December 2007
3	15p	01 July 2008
O2	25p	01 July 2008
Orange	25p	01 July 2008
TalkTalk	35p	30 December 2007
Tesco	20p	30 December 2007
T-Mobile	"Call 150"	30 December 2007
Virgin	15p	01 July 2008
Vodafone	15p	01 July 2008

From abroad

When calling from outside the UK (i.e. 44 870) many operators charge the call as a "Premium Rate Service" or "Mobile call" (sic). Examples: AT&T, CommuniTel, SkypeOut. The result in most cases is that the cost of calling 44 870 from outside the UK is significantly more than the cost of calling a UK geographical number (e.g. 44 20 for London) plus the cost of an 0870 call within the UK. The increased charge is levied by the UK partner onto the non-UK operator and passed directly to the caller.

With many pre-paid phonecards calls to 44 870 are blocked. Either the UK partner does not connect the inbound call or the phonecard provider does not accept the charge levied by the UK operator.