Dynamic Phone Call cost

[PeterT]

As well as the Caller ID provide an indication of the cost of the call.

This would help the account holder maintain some control of call costs and avoid inadvertently using premium numbers.

[KerryG]

Hi PeterT - thanks for the Idea. We will pass this feedback to our product team, but in the meantime if you want to know how much a call will cost you, you can check out this info on bt.com. The documents on the page show the general tariff guide and also a link to the special numbers price list - Find out more here.

[john46]

A good idea worth while idea

[Keith_Beddoe]

This type of service already exists, its called BT Charge advice.

Details are copied here.

Dial *411# to turn on CHARGE ADVICE

Dial #411# to turn off CHARGE ADVICE

You can also dial *#411# to find out what state the Charge Advice is in (ON/OFF)

Plus, you can also get one-off charge advice for the next call only. How to do this: There are two methods, so try them both and see which works in your area.

1. Dial *40* then the phone number then # or;

2. Dial *40# then the phone number then #

What happens is, when this is turned on, every time you finish making a call, the phone rings and the friendly voice tells you "Your call lasted for minutes, and cost pence, exclusive of V A T and any call discounts you may be entitled to". Because of this it is possible soon to get an idea of how much calls cost in general and what type of calls cost the most. You soon become aware of phone call charges, so you can make better choices about what kind of phone call making behaviour to have.

Its one of those services thats been around for a long time, but not well publicised.