In message , James Farrar
writes

They're still insisting on using a rip-off 0845 number for the
helpline.

Isn't 0845 local rate?

Oh dear! You'll be telling us that London is divided into 0207 and 0208
next!

I will not. London has never been divided into 0207 and 0208, whereas
0845 numbers always used to be charged at local rate from a BT
landline. I don't know whether this is still the case.

My local rate is free... 0845 numbers are certainly not that.

Most phone (mobile and landline) payment schemes have included calls
nowadays. Calls to 0845 numbers are not usually included in them.

Oh, right. This is news to me. They're included in my mobile package.

That's actually quite rare IME.
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