Hi:

A friend of mine has a BT line and a standard tariff, and gets his ADSL
from AOL. AOL have offered him a cheap (or even free?) call tariff with
no contract time involved. Has anyone tried it out? Any snags?

If he decides to go back to BT for calls, are there any fees to pay BT
for the new start?

Hugh

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Hugh Newbury

Running Linux Suse 10.1 in deepest Dorset

"Hugh Newbury"  wrote in message 
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> Hi:
>
> A friend of mine has a BT line and a standard tariff, and gets his ADSL
> from AOL. AOL have offered him a cheap (or even free?) call tariff with
> no contract time involved. Has anyone tried it out? Any snags?
>
> If he decides to go back to BT for calls, are there any fees to pay BT
> for the new start?
>
> Hugh
>
> -- 
>
> Hugh Newbury
>

Tell him to come to this group or to speak to AOL and BT.  Very easy to do 
by phone or
using his Internet connection.
Why did he ask you to find out when he can do it himself?

Rob wrote:
>>
> 
> Tell him to come to this group or to speak to AOL and BT.  Very easy to do 
> by phone or
> using his Internet connection.
> Why did he ask you to find out when he can do it himself?
> 
> 

He actually didn't ask me: I thought I'd be helpful. He's not into
newsgroups yet.

Hugh

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Hugh Newbury

Running Linux Suse 10.1 in deepest Dorset

Hugh Newbury wrote:
> Hi:
> 
> A friend of mine has a BT line and a standard tariff, and gets his ADSL
> from AOL. AOL have offered him a cheap (or even free?) call tariff with
> no contract time involved. Has anyone tried it out? Any snags?
> 
> If he decides to go back to BT for calls, are there any fees to pay BT
> for the new start?
> 

If it's the "AOL Talk" service, line rental stays with 
BT.  Calls would be re-routed at the BT exchange.

http://myaolbroadband.co.uk/talk/talk.adp

That looks a bit out of date, but the "free" offer for 
evening and weekend calls monthly subscription charges 
apply.  There seems to be be plenty of info on the AOL 
web-site.

On Sun, 04 May 2008 09:27:37 +0100, Jim  wrote:
>Hugh Newbury wrote:
>> A friend of mine has a BT line and a standard tariff, and gets his ADSL
>> from AOL. AOL have offered him a cheap (or even free?) call tariff with
>> no contract time involved. Has anyone tried it out? Any snags?
>> 
>> If he decides to go back to BT for calls, are there any fees to pay BT
>> for the new start?

>If it's the "AOL Talk" service, line rental stays with 
>BT.  Calls would be re-routed at the BT exchange.
>
>http://myaolbroadband.co.uk/talk/talk.adp
>
>That looks a bit out of date, but the "free" offer for 
>evening and weekend calls monthly subscription charges 
>apply.  There seems to be be plenty of info on the AOL 
>web-site.

<http://myaolbroadband.co.uk/broadband/talk.adp> and
<http://myaolbroadband.co.uk/broadband/faqTalk.adp> are probably
better pages to look at.  The FAQ seems particularly detailed.

As an AOL customer I also received an email inviting me to join their
free UK call tariff at no monthly cost.

I can't see any downsides to signing up.  As you say, it's CPS; and
the contract runs for a minimum of one month.  As the phone line stays
with BT it's possible to still route calls via other telcos, and
customers can use free BT services such as 1571 and caller display.
-- 
Martin Jay

Hi:

> I can't see any downsides to signing up.  As you say, it's CPS; and
> the contract runs for a minimum of one month.  As the phone line stays
> with BT it's possible to still route calls via other telcos, and
> customers can use free BT services such as 1571 and caller display.

Many thanks Jim and Martin. Just the answers I needed.

Hugh

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Hugh Newbury

Running Linux Suse 10.1 in deepest Dorset