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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.