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Smaller companies may also use them to make themselves look at little larger as it's seen as a national number and you therefore don't need to put your home number onto your website.

These can for example be redirected to manned virtual offices or telephone answering services to take your calls whilst you are out of the office. There are many online companies who offer numbers for sale from random type numbers to memorable numbers and activation is fast. All these numbers are released by Ofcom and many are provided by the major telephone companies like BT or cable and wireless and these providers are simply resellers of these. You can find suppliers by searching online.

The actual cost of owning a number very cheap because of the revenue sharing model and if you are not bothered on the number you receive then it can be completely free of charge. See some examples of the tariffs that these number providers are offering below.

Typically, the owners of a rogue number will automatically ring thousands of regular landline and mobile phone numbers, but hang up almost immediately. The people who receive these calls then see the number in their list of missed calls — and many will call the number back out of curiosity.

The number's owner then makes money from each call back they receive. Often, they will arrange for the number to connect the caller to a long recorded message or even a fake ringing tone, as a way of keeping them on the line for longer and increasing the call cost. The easiest way to avoid falling victim to the scam is simply not to call back unfamiliar numbers that start with , , or Companies are prohibited from using service numbers such as numbers for post-sales customer service lines and most organisations have also stopped using them for other enquiries due to their unpopularity with the public.

If you find an contact number for an organisation when searching online, double-check the details on their own official website first. The number you have found may well be a money-making number that belongs to a third-party and not the organisation itself.

Such numbers will usually still connect to the organisation you want to contact, but will cost more than calling direct and are a potential security risk as a third-party could be listening in or recording your call.

Guide to UK phone numbers List of area codes and prefixes Mobile phone numbers International calling codes Call cost guide Number formatting rules. Typical uses include: Chargeable information and support lines Event ticket and travel booking services Conference call services Pre-sales information lines Unlike traditional landline phone numbers, numbers are not associated with any specific geographic location. By adding together the access charge and the service charge, you'll know exactly what the call will cost you.

Ask the BT Community. Contact us. Help and support Landline What are numbers? What are numbers? Calls to these numbers are made up of two parts: The access charge : This is what we charge you, per minute, for connecting the call. Details of our access charges are shown in the table below.



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