Residential Telephone Tariffs Tariffs Version 317 - 28th February 2025
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Comparisons of the residential telephone tariffs charged by various operators and resellers in the United Kingdom.
More details about each operator may be found in Notes about Providers and Tariffs. All prices are inclusive of VAT at 20%.
Minimum call cost, call connection cost and minimum call seconds (which is usually also the charging interval) are shown about half way down the table.
Weekend, Cheap, Standard and All Week call charges are pence per minute, unless otherwise stated.
Bracketed charges are pence per call (usually a limited length). If weekend rate is blank, standard and cheap rates apply seven days a week.
| Direct Save Telecom PAYG International Option | Vodafone Home Phone | Hyperoptic Phone and 50Mb Broadband | YayYay PAYG VoIP | seethelight Talk Evening and Weekend | Community Fibre Calls | ||
| Operator Name | Direct Save Telecom | Vodafone | Hyperoptic | YayYay | seethelight | Community Fibre | |
| Service Type | Indirect | Indirect | VoIP | VoIP | VoIP | VoIP | |
| Billing | Account | Account | Account | Prepaid | Account | Account | |
| Data Source | Time Band | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data |
| Local calls (a) |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
25.34 25.34 25.34 |
11.50 11.50 11.50 |
7.00 7.00 7.00 |
1.00 1.00 1.00 |
0.00 0.00 9.00 |
0.00 0.00 0.00 |
| National calls (b) |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
25.34 25.34 25.34 |
11.50 11.50 11.50 |
7.00 7.00 7.00 |
1.00 1.00 1.00 |
0.00 0.00 9.00 |
0.00 0.00 0.00 |
| Channel Islands 01481, 01534 |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
25.34 25.34 25.34 |
11.50 11.50 11.50 |
7.00 7.00 7.00 |
1.00 1.00 1.00 |
0.00 0.00 9.00 |
0.00 0.00 0.00 |
| UK Wide 03 calls |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
25.34 25.34 25.34 |
11.50 11.50 11.50 |
7.00 7.00 7.00 |
1.00 1.00 1.00 |
0.00 0.00 9.00 |
0.00 0.00 0.00 |
| Access Charge for 08/09/118 Calls | All Week | 30.00 | 11.00 | 10.00 | 9.00 | ||
| O2 (fm1) |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
25.34 25.34 |
13.00 13.00 |
17.00 17.00 |
9.00 9.00 9.00 |
0.00 0.00 13.00 |
0.00 0.00 0.00 |
| Vodafone (fm5) |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
25.34 25.34 |
13.00 13.00 |
17.00 17.00 |
9.00 9.00 9.00 |
0.00 0.00 13.00 |
0.00 0.00 0.00 |
| Orange (fm4) |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
25.34 25.34 |
13.00 13.00 |
17.00 17.00 |
9.00 9.00 9.00 |
0.00 0.00 13.00 |
0.00 0.00 0.00 |
| T-Mobile (fm3) Virgin |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
25.34 25.34 |
13.00 13.00 |
17.00 17.00 |
9.00 9.00 9.00 |
0.00 0.00 13.00 |
0.00 0.00 0.00 |
| Three (fm6) Hutchinson 3G |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
25.34 25.34 |
13.00 13.00 |
17.00 17.00 |
9.00 9.00 9.00 |
0.00 0.00 13.00 |
0.00 0.00 0.00 |
| Core Mobile (fm2) 077 44 |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
25.34 25.34 |
13.00 13.00 |
17.00 17.00 |
9.00 9.00 9.00 |
0.00 0.00 13.00 |
0.00 0.00 0.00 |
| Opal Mobile (fm7) 078 222 |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
25.34 25.34 |
13.00 13.00 |
17.00 17.00 |
9.00 9.00 9.00 |
0.00 0.00 13.00 |
0.00 0.00 0.00 |
| BT Fusion Mobile (fm8) 077 77 |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
25.34 25.34 |
13.00 13.00 |
17.00 17.00 |
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0.00 0.00 13.00 |
0.00 0.00 0.00 |
| Mobile (fm9) |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
25.34 25.34 |
13.00 13.00 |
26.00 26.00 |
|
0.00 0.00 13.00 |
0.00 0.00 0.00 |
| Mobile (fm10) Citrus, QX Telecom |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
25.34 25.34 |
13.00 13.00 |
26.00 26.00 |
|
0.00 0.00 13.00 |
0.00 0.00 0.00 |
| Mobile (fm11), Manx | All Week | 25.34 | 13.00 | 26.00 | 13.00 | 0.00 | |
| Mobile (fm12) Vectone |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
25.34 25.34 |
13.00 13.00 |
26.00 26.00 |
|
0.00 0.00 13.00 |
0.00 0.00 0.00 |
| Mobile (fm13) Cloud9 |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
25.34 25.34 |
13.00 13.00 |
26.00 26.00 |
|
0.00 0.00 13.00 |
0.00 0.00 0.00 |
| Mobile (fm14) NTA, Cloud9 | All Week | 25.34 | 13.00 | 26.00 | 13.00 | 0.00 | |
| Mobile (fm15) Teleena |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
25.34 25.34 |
13.00 13.00 |
26.00 26.00 |
|
0.00 0.00 13.00 |
0.00 0.00 0.00 |
| Mobile (fm16) Airwave Stour Marine |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
25.34 25.34 |
13.00 13.00 |
26.00 26.00 |
|
0.00 0.00 13.00 |
0.00 0.00 0.00 |
| Mobile (fm17) Esendex | All Week | 25.34 | 13.00 | 26.00 | 13.00 | 0.00 | |
| Mobile (pn99) Personal Numbers 070 |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
25.34 25.34 |
13.00 13.00 |
17.00 17.00 |
|
0.00 0.00 13.00 |
0.00 0.00 0.00 |
| Channel Isles Mobile (f) 075 09, 077 81 |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
25.34 25.34 |
9.70 19.40 29.10 |
34.00 34.00 34.00 |
|
9.70 19.39 29.10 |
0.00 0.00 0.00 |
| Mobile (fw1) Telesign, Icron |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
25.34 25.34 |
15.50 15.50 15.50 |
17.00 17.00 17.00 |
|
7.52 15.04 15.04 |
0.00 0.00 0.00 |
| Mobile (fw2) Resilent |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
25.34 25.34 |
15.50 15.50 15.50 |
17.00 17.00 17.00 |
|
6.04 11.86 14.25 |
0.00 0.00 0.00 |
| Mobile (fw3) Truphone |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
25.34 25.34 |
16.50 16.50 16.50 |
17.00 17.00 17.00 |
|
7.97 12.65 15.85 |
0.00 0.00 0.00 |
| Mobile (fw4) Cirrus |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
25.34 25.34 |
16.00 16.00 16.00 |
17.00 17.00 17.00 |
|
4.71 9.41 15.39 |
0.00 0.00 0.00 |
| Mobile (fw5) IV Response |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
25.34 25.34 |
15.00 15.00 15.00 |
17.00 17.00 17.00 |
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6.50 11.63 14.36 |
0.00 0.00 0.00 |
| Mobile (fw6) A&A, FleXel |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
25.34 25.34 |
13.00 13.00 13.00 |
17.00 17.00 17.00 |
|
6.04 10.03 12.54 |
0.00 0.00 0.00 |
| Mobile (fw7) Lyca, AQL | All Week | 25.34 | 12.50 | 17.00 | 11.97 | 0.00 | |
| Mobile (fw8) Mars |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
25.34 25.34 |
19.00 19.00 19.00 |
17.00 17.00 17.00 |
|
6.04 14.25 18.24 |
0.00 0.00 0.00 |
| Mobile (fw9) Labera | All Week | 25.34 | 10.00 | 17.00 | 15.96 | 0.00 | |
| Mobile (fw10) Sky, VM | All Week | 25.34 | 11.50 | 17.00 | 9.54 | 0.00 | |
| Mobile (fw11) | All Week | 25.34 | 15.00 | 17.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Mobile (fw12) Voxbone | All Week | 25.34 | 11.50 | 17.00 | 13.20 | 0.00 | |
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| Ireland (IR) |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
2.50 2.50 2.50 |
15.00 15.00 15.00 |
3.00 3.00 3.00 |
2.16 2.16 2.16 |
15.83 15.83 15.83 |
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| France (IDD 1A) |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
2.50 2.50 2.50 |
15.00 15.00 15.00 |
3.00 3.00 3.00 |
2.16 2.16 2.16 |
15.83 15.83 15.83 |
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| Belgium (IDD 1A) |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
3.74 3.74 3.74 |
15.00 15.00 15.00 |
5.40 5.40 5.40 |
2.16 2.16 2.16 |
15.83 15.83 15.83 |
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| Denmark (IDD 1A) |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
3.74 3.74 3.74 |
15.00 15.00 15.00 |
3.00 3.00 3.00 |
2.16 2.16 2.16 |
15.83 15.83 15.83 |
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| Germany (IDD 1A) |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
2.50 2.50 2.50 |
15.00 15.00 15.00 |
4.00 4.00 4.00 |
2.16 2.16 2.16 |
15.83 15.83 15.83 |
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| Netherlands (IDD 1A) |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
2.50 2.50 2.50 |
15.00 15.00 15.00 |
3.80 3.80 3.80 |
2.16 2.16 2.16 |
9.60 9.60 17.76 |
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| Sweden (IDD 1A) |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
2.50 2.50 2.50 |
19.00 19.00 19.00 |
3.48 3.48 3.48 |
2.16 2.16 2.16 |
15.83 15.83 15.83 |
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| Switzerland (IDD 1A) |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
3.74 3.74 3.74 |
15.00 15.00 15.00 |
1.20 1.20 1.20 |
2.16 2.16 2.16 |
9.60 9.60 17.76 |
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| Spain (IDD 1) |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
2.50 2.50 2.50 |
15.00 15.00 15.00 |
3.48 3.48 3.48 |
2.16 2.16 2.16 |
15.83 15.83 15.83 |
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| Greece (IDD 1) |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
13.22 13.22 13.22 |
15.00 15.00 15.00 |
3.80 3.80 3.80 |
2.16 2.16 2.16 |
15.83 15.83 15.83 |
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| Italy (IDD 1) |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
2.50 2.50 2.50 |
15.00 15.00 15.00 |
3.48 3.48 3.48 |
2.16 2.16 2.16 |
15.83 15.83 15.83 |
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| Portugal (IDD 1) |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
5.24 5.24 5.24 |
19.00 19.00 19.00 |
4.40 4.40 4.40 |
3.60 3.60 3.60 |
15.83 15.83 15.83 |
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| Austria (IDD 2) |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
2.50 2.50 2.50 |
19.00 19.00 19.00 |
4.40 4.40 4.40 |
2.16 2.16 2.16 |
15.83 15.83 15.83 |
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| Finland (IDD 2) |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
9.59 9.59 9.59 |
19.00 19.00 19.00 |
15.20 15.20 15.20 |
7.20 7.20 7.20 |
15.83 15.83 15.83 |
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| Norway (IDD 2) |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
2.50 2.50 2.50 |
15.00 15.00 15.00 |
8.00 8.00 8.00 |
2.16 2.16 2.16 |
15.83 15.83 15.83 |
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| Turkey (IDD 3) |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
31.20 31.20 31.20 |
25.00 25.00 25.00 |
7.00 7.00 7.00 |
3.60 3.60 3.60 |
19.20 19.20 23.04 |
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| Japan (IDD 3) |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
5.24 5.24 5.24 |
15.00 15.00 15.00 |
8.00 8.00 8.00 |
3.60 3.60 3.60 |
6.72 6.72 6.72 |
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| USA (IDD 4) |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
2.25 2.25 2.25 |
15.00 15.00 15.00 |
3.00 3.00 3.00 |
2.16 2.16 2.16 |
9.60 9.60 14.39 |
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| Canada (IDD 4) |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
2.50 2.50 2.50 |
15.00 15.00 15.00 |
3.00 3.00 3.00 |
2.16 2.16 2.16 |
9.60 9.60 18.70 |
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| Caribbean (IDD 5) Barbados |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
44.26 44.26 44.26 |
30.00 30.00 30.00 |
13.80 13.80 13.80 |
34.80 34.80 34.80 |
20.16 20.16 22.08 |
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| Australia (IDD 6) |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
2.50 2.50 2.50 |
15.00 15.00 15.00 |
7.00 7.00 7.00 |
6.00 6.00 6.00 |
9.60 9.60 23.04 |
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| Hong Kong (IDD 6) |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
4.49 4.49 4.49 |
15.00 15.00 15.00 |
4.00 4.00 4.00 |
3.60 3.60 3.60 |
7.68 7.68 11.52 |
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| New Zealand (IDD 6) |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
2.50 2.50 2.50 |
30.00 30.00 30.00 |
4.40 4.40 4.40 |
2.16 2.16 2.16 |
22.08 22.08 29.75 |
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| Singapore (IDD 7) |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
13.22 13.22 13.22 |
20.00 20.00 20.00 |
3.00 3.00 3.00 |
1.80 1.80 1.80 |
14.40 14.40 18.24 |
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| Israel (IDD 8A) |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
9.72 9.72 9.72 |
60.00 60.00 60.00 |
4.60 4.60 4.60 |
1.20 1.20 1.20 |
45.12 45.12 49.92 |
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| Russia (IDD 8A) |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
22.04 22.04 22.04 |
50.00 50.00 50.00 |
2.70 2.70 2.70 |
6.00 6.00 6.00 |
45.12 45.12 49.92 |
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| South Africa (IDD 8A) |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
10.50 10.50 10.50 |
60.00 60.00 60.00 |
8.00 8.00 8.00 |
3.60 3.60 3.60 |
45.12 45.12 49.92 |
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| Middle East (IDD 8) Saudi Arabia |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
61.00 61.00 61.00 |
60.00 60.00 60.00 |
35.20 35.20 35.20 |
14.40 14.40 14.40 |
50.88 50.88 63.36 |
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| Near East (IDD 9) Egypt, Lebanon Belize |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
53.15 53.15 53.15 |
90.00 90.00 90.00 |
24.40 24.40 24.40 |
14.40 14.40 14.40 |
68.17 68.16 78.72 |
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| South America (IDD 10) Argentina Central Africa |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
21.15 21.15 21.15 |
80.00 80.00 80.00 |
35.20 35.20 35.20 |
1.20 1.20 1.20 |
65.78 65.78 80.64 |
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| Malaysia (old IDD 11) |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
13.22 13.22 13.22 |
50.00 50.00 50.00 |
3.20 3.20 3.20 |
3.00 3.00 3.00 |
37.44 37.44 40.32 |
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| Pakistan (IDD 12A) |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
21.75 21.75 21.75 |
30.00 30.00 30.00 |
8.00 8.00 8.00 |
6.00 6.00 6.00 |
21.12 21.12 24.00 |
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| Sri Lanka (IDD 12) |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
60.69 60.69 60.69 |
90.00 90.00 90.00 |
24.40 24.40 24.40 |
27.00 27.00 27.00 |
64.20 64.20 79.68 |
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| Bolivia (IDD 13) Pacific Islands, Zaire |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
52.88 52.88 52.88 |
100.00 100.00 100.00 |
27.00 27.00 27.00 |
16.80 16.80 16.80 |
79.68 79.68 83.52 |
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| Far East (IDD 14) China, Indonesia Mexico, Taiwan |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
4.50 4.50 4.50 |
25.00 25.00 25.00 |
4.60 4.60 4.60 |
3.60 3.60 3.60 |
20.16 20.16 22.08 |
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| Nigeria (IDD 15) |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
60.59 60.59 60.59 |
80.00 80.00 80.00 |
17.80 17.80 17.80 |
12.00 12.00 12.00 |
61.44 61.44 65.28 |
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| India (IDD 16A) |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
18.00 18.00 18.00 |
30.00 30.00 30.00 |
7.00 7.00 7.00 |
2.16 2.16 2.16 |
21.12 21.12 24.00 |
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| Cambodia (IDD 17) East Timor Micronesia |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
101.18 101.18 101.18 |
225.00 225.00 225.00 |
13.80 13.80 13.80 |
9.60 9.60 9.60 |
187.19 187.19 192.00 |
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| Cuba, Guam (IDD 18) North Korea |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
81.13 81.13 81.13 |
130.00 130.00 130.00 |
132.00 132.00 132.00 |
15.60 15.60 15.60 |
127.00 127.00 133.00 |
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| Universal Personal Telecomms 00878/00883 |
Off Peak Daytime |
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380.00 380.00 |
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| Skyphone 1 008715/25/35/45 |
Off Peak Daytime |
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570.00 570.00 |
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| BT B-Sat 008716/26/36/46 |
Off Peak Daytime |
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570.00 570.00 |
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| BT M-Sat 008713/23/33/43 |
Off Peak Daytime |
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365.00 365.00 |
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| MOBIQ (Mini-M) M4 Voice |
Off Peak Daytime |
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365.00 365.00 |
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| Emsat 0088213 |
Off Peak Daytime |
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300.00 300.00 |
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| Iridium/Thuraya 008816/008817/0088216 |
Off Peak Daytime |
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380.00 380.00 |
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| Annual Line Rental (£) | Pounds | 201.00 | 216.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Annual Discount Cost (£) | Pounds | 18.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| Bundled Calls (£) | Pounds | 0.00 | |||||
| Net Annual Cost (£) | Pounds | 219.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| Per call setup cost inland | Pence | 0.00 | 19.00 | 10.00 | 0.00 | 18.00 | 0.00 |
| Per call setup cost mobile | Pence | 0.00 | 19.00 | 10.00 | 0.00 | 18.00 | 0.00 |
| Per call setup cost international | Pence | 0.00 | 19.00 | 10.00 | 0.00 | 18.00 | 0.00 |
| Per call setup cost other | Pence | 0.00 | 19.00 | 10.00 | 0.00 | 18.00 | 0.00 |
| Minimum call cost inland | Pence | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Minimum call cost mobile | Pence | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Minimum call cost international | Pence | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Minimum call cost other | Pence | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Minimum call seconds | Seconds | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 |
| Capped cost inland | Pence | 0 | |||||
| Capped cost mobile | Pence | 0 | |||||
| Capped cost international | Pence | 0 | |||||
| Capped call minutes | Minutes | 0 | |||||
| Indirect Access Code | CPS | CPS | VoIP | VoIP | VoIP | VoIP | |
| Freephone | All Week | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
| Message Retrieval (c) 070069, 077211 |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
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3.93 7.44 12.85 |
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| Multimedia (g6) | All Week | ||||||
| Location Independent (g21) 055/056 |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
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11.50 11.50 11.50 |
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| PNS (pn12) Personal Nums | All Week | 55.15 | 26.00 | 50.00 | 30.78 | ||
| PNS (pn22) Personal Numbers |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
11.48 13.56 21.08 |
10.00 10.00 10.00 |
17.00 17.00 17.00 |
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5.24 5.44 10.10 |
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| Paging/Messaging (r) (timed, old Regional) |
Weekend Evening Daytime |
6.02 8.06 16.15 |
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| Operator Assistance | Fixed Fee | 375.00 | 95.00 | ||||
| Paging Fixed Fee 3 (25.6p/13.9p) |
Fixed Off Peak Fixed Daytime |
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25.00 25.00 |
25.00 25.00 |
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| Paging Fixed Fee 6 (30.7p) | Fixed Fee | ||||||
| Paging Fixed Fee 8 (19p) | Fixed Fee | 18.00 | 80.00 | ||||
| Paging Fixed Fee 9 (43.5p) | Fixed Fee | 100.00 | |||||
| Paging Fixed Fee 10 (26p) | Fixed Fee | 132.00 | |||||
| Fixed Fee 31 (15p) | Fixed Fee | 15.00 | 20.00 | ||||
| Timeline 123 (36.6p) | Fixed Fee | 68.80 | 35.00 | 50.00 | |||
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