Call 0800 Numbers FREE From Your Mobile

Mobile phones have come a long way since Britain’s first mobile phone call was made on 1 January 1985 by veteran comedian Ernie Wise. There are now said to be 62.5 million mobile phones in the country which is pretty impressive when you consider that there are only around 60 million men, women and children available to make the calls!  It’s predicted that the “average” person will soon have two mobile phones.

It’s clear that many more of us are going to be using our mobiles rather than landlines for business and personal calls. That’s probably already the case with many business users and domestic users are rapidly catching up.   However, that’s potentially very bad news if you want to call an 0800 number from your mobile!
For the consumer, the attraction of an 0800 number is the fact that the call is (or should be) free to them.  For businesses, an 0800 number is a useful marketing tool because it encourages call throughput, stimulates enquiries and enhances customer service.

That’s all true if you’re using a landline, but it’s a different story if you’re calling from your mobile.  Most mobile phone providers in the UK charge for calls to 0800, 0808 and 0500 numbers. Typically, calls to these numbers will cost you anything from 10 pence a minute  (T-Mobile) to 20 pence a minute (O2 and Vodafone).

We’ve found a great supplier that allows you to make calls to 0800 numbers from your mobile phone absolutely FREE.  This is a great service that we here at Search & Save use ourselves.  0800Buster.co.uk gives you a normal local rate number to call from your mobile, so it’s part of your free minutes if you have them.  Even if you don’t get free minutes to UK landlines, the access number is charged at the normal landline rate, so it’s still likely to be cheaper than calling 0800, 0808 or 0500 numbers direct from your mobile. Getting hold of this service is an easy process.

•    Join up to 0800Buster by visiting their website and sign up for FREE.
•    Dial the 0800Buster access number – 01212 84 0800.
•    Wait for a prompt that asks you to enter the full free-phone number you want to call.
•    Enter the full number and press # and you’ll be put through at no cost to you whatsoever.

Calls to 0845 and 0870 numbers are not included in the free service.  In fact, you should say No to 0870!  Numbers starting 0870 or 0871 are more akin to premium rates and can cost up to 10 pence per minute.  0844 numbers can cost up to 6 pence per minute,  0845 ‘Lo-Call’ numbers can set you back 7 pence per minute, while 0871 number prefixes  can be as much as 11 pence per minute.