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Directory Enquiries 118 ???

Directory enquiries started to change just before Xmas 2002. By August 2003 the old 192 and 153 services will disappear. The market has been opened up to competition for the benefit of the consumer, but confusion reigns. If you ring one of the new 118... numbers you can be charged in one of four different ways. You can pay a fixed fee, or by time, or both, or one price for the first minute then another rate then on.

Most people want one uk number for the cheapest price

Service Provider

118...

Connection

Minimum chrg

1st Min

2nd Min
Orange

000

- 49 20 20
Cable & Wireless 099 35 - - -
One.Tel 111 35 - - -
The Number 118 49 - 9 9
192.COM 119 25 - 30 30
Telewest 180 25 - 30 30
Yellow Pages 247 - - 40 40
Welsh Language 404 30 - 25 25
Share UK 499 25 - 30 30
BT 500 25 - 30 30
ONE 811 30 - - -
Dbl1 Dbl8 Dbl6 866 25 - 20 20
Telco 877 35 - - -
Low Cost 888 - 20 20 20

 

So the best value seems to be 118.com 's Low cost service which, as advertised, is half the price of BT's 192 service. As they say just dial 11 88 88.

 

If you want international directory enquiries their number is 11 88 99 at 64p per minute which is half the price of BT's 153 service.

 

Send email to questions at callforless.co.uk
Last modified: May 16, 2003

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