08000 MUMDAD
Martin Jay
Just read about this in MSE forums: <http://www.08000mumdad.co.uk/>.
Basically it's a reverse charge phone number for mobiles.
Obviously the person being called pays a premium for the service.
However, there is a free option:
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Free Calls to Home Phones
That's right, Absolutely FREE !
No Gimmicks, No hidden costs and best of all... No Bills ! (only
available from selected networks)
08000 MUMDAD now offer a complete service of Reverse Charge Calls to
mobiles and FREE calls to Home Phones.
This service is ONLY provided for EXTRA security for you and your
family. If you are unable to reach your family member on their mobiles
using our 08000 MUMDAD service, simply call us 08000 MUMDAD,
08000-686-323 then dial your home phone number. Save these calls for
those real emergencies.
The only limitation is you can only make 2 calls per calendar month
and speak for a maximum time of 1 minute each time.
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Martin Jay
Graham.
"Martin Jay" <mar...@spam-free.org.uk> wrote in message news:1099.1282247...@spam-free.org.uk...
Where are you quoting from?
If here http://www.08000mumdad.co.uk then the last bit is misleading
The two calls per calendar month limit is applied to the receiving party, not the
originating caller
So, looks like it's a minimum of £4.50 to receive a call on your mobile.
2*£1.50+£1.50 connection,
and if its your kids calling when they are overdue home you are pretty much blackmailed
into accepting the reverse SMS. I'm glad mine are grown up!
If you are receiving more than one a month it would be cheaper to rent
your own 0800 for about a fiver a month (except it can't be dialled from most
mobile networks without PAYG credit)
The two free calls to a landline per month will come in useful, if, as happens to me
very occasionally, you are forced to use a payphone and you have no change.
My fallback position would have been a BT Chargecard that I have had for over
25 years, and long ago committed the account number & pin to memory.
Piece of piss to use MUMDAD to call a Sipgate geographic number and forward the call to a mobile
to get maximum use of your free calls!
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Steve Terry
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> "Martin Jay" <mar...@spam-free.org.uk> wrote in message
> news:1099.1282247...@spam-free.org.uk...
>> 08000 MUMDAD.
>>
>
> If you are receiving more than one a month it would be cheaper to rent
> your own 0800 for about a fiver a month (except it can't be dialled from
> most
> mobile networks without PAYG credit)
>
>
So as you say set up you own 0800 number and give your kids
Giffgaff phones to call it with.
Steve Terry
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Jono
> (except it can't be dialled from most
> mobile networks without PAYG credit)
"Simply dial 08000 MUMDAD (08000-686-323) from any pay or mobile phone
(even if the mobile has no credit).
Calls to 08000 MUMDAD are free when calling from the following UK
mobile networks;
O2
Orange
T-Mobile
Three
Vodafone
Virgin"
Graham.
"Jono" <noth...@blueyonder.invalid> wrote in message news:mn.a1d97da86...@blueyonder.invalid...
I can confirm that it's not free from Tesco PAYG.
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Graham.
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Unimobiles.com
wrote:
>It would with a Giffgaff PAYG which has free 0800
>
>So as you say set up you own 0800 number and give your kids
>Giffgaff phones to call it with.
>
>Steve Terry
To help the giff gaffers out there..
Just setup an 0800 number with these guys today
http://www.numbergroup.com/
Free number, no monthly line rental, and 1p per minute.
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Steve Terry
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> On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:21:31 +0100, "Steve Terry" <gfou...@tesco.net>
> wrote:
>
>>It would with a Giffgaff PAYG which has free 0800
>>
>>So as you say set up you own 0800 number and give your kids
>>Giffgaff phones to call it with.
>>Steve Terry
>
> To help the giff gaffers out there..
> Just setup an 0800 number with these guys today
> http://www.numbergroup.com/
>
> Free number, no monthly line rental, and 1p per minute.
>
That could be used to call http://www.voipgain.com/en/calling-rates.html
VOIP callthroughs access number 02081809940
Giving free calls to UK landlines (superdeal), and Mobiles for 2.9p
(plus numbergroup's 1p and 0.5p charge)
I must get out more
Peter
>Just setup an 0800 number with these guys today http://www.numbergroup.com/
Without wishing to 'ring alarm bells' I checked the domain registration
and the address 79 Friar Street, Worcester, [West Midlands] WR1 2NT
is owned by Mail Boxes Etc ( http://www.mbe.co.uk/worcester ) so is
just a 'PO Box' style address... Before anyone pays 100 quid for any
memorable 0800 number. I'm not implying there's anything 'dodgy' but
all the same, I'd go for some free number if I were to use this firm...
Steve Terry
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model leads to a possibility they won't be around long
Unimobiles.com
wrote:
>I see they can also forward to a 01/02 number for an extra 0.5p per min
>
>That could be used to call http://www.voipgain.com/en/calling-rates.html
>VOIP callthroughs access number 02081809940
>Giving free calls to UK landlines (superdeal), and Mobiles for 2.9p
>(plus numbergroup's 1p and 0.5p charge)
>
>I must get out more
>
>Steve Terry
It would cost you 1p to call your 0800 number then 0.5p for call
forwarding to the VOIGAIN service, so 1.5p/min in total for a landline
and 1.5p + 2.9p to call a mobile (4.4p/min)
Easier solution - Just signed up to Vodafone Sim Only with 1200 Mins
free mobile calls, 500MB of data, Unlimited Landline, Unlimited SMS
for £12.50/month (including Quidco cashback) + a free Vodafone 533
Violet Phone (worth £30)
So total cost in real terms is £10 a month!
Steve Terry
a month, for about 3quid per month after e2save and quidco cashbacks.
The exercise i was looking at in this thread was getting cheapest PAYG
calls using giffgaffs free 0800.
Peter
>I wrote:
>> Without wishing to 'ring alarm bells' I checked the domain registration
>> and the address 79 Friar Street, Worcester, [West Midlands] WR1 2NT
>> is owned by Mail Boxes Etc ( http://www.mbe.co.uk/worcester ) so is
>> just a 'PO Box' style address...
Having now checked the website again, it does seem a bit harsh - perhaps
the domain had been registered before suitable office space was found in
Birmingham, and it's not unreasonable if one of the owners/directors has
decided to rent a mail box so a family's home address isn't listed...
>I'd only take a free number from such a cheap company, their economic
>model leads to a possibility they won't be around long
Exactly which part(s) of their economic model do you consider 'faulty' ?
I've seen others post about firms charging 2p/min (instead of the 6-8p
fees which were the norm 10 years ago) and services are charging 0p/min
[plus a 5p connection fee] (1899.com) for calls to landlines, so 1.5p +
VAT (ie fairly soon to be 1.8p/minute) doesn't seem that dumb.
Closer to 15p if destined for a mobile phone, and various services costing
from 2 to 10 pounds a month which may be used, depending on end user... It
all "adds up" and though customer numbers may be low at present, there may
well be other services (such as consultancy) which have provided the funds
to develop this service. Lots of features I'd expect to see and a few now
being worked on (which are not always offered, even if not exactly 'new').