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> I am going abroad and was wondering what are the costs associated with
> diverting calls on Orange. If my phone is set to divert to a uk
> number, then will the calls be charged at standard uk rate or do they
> try to pretend that the call will have gone abroad first? If they
> are charged at the standard uk rate, will they come out of my
> inclusive minutes? I am on select 750.
>
> TIA,
>
> Lawrence

> Thus spaketh Lawrence:
>> I am going abroad and was wondering what are the costs associated with
>> diverting calls on Orange. If my phone is set to divert to a uk
>> number, then will the calls be charged at standard uk rate or do they
>> try to pretend that the call will have gone abroad first? If they
>> are charged at the standard uk rate, will they come out of my
>> inclusive minutes? I am on select 750.
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> Lawrence
>
> Depends where you initiate the divert.
>
> If you set the divert up in the UK to divert all calls, then you will be
> charged uk standard rate.
>
> If you set up conditional diverts, or setup divert all calls whilst
> abroad, then you will be charged for the incoming call to your mobile and
> then an outgoing call back to the UK, whether the divert is a UK number or
> your voicemail.
>

> Thus spaketh Lawrence:
> > I am going abroad and was wondering what are the costs associated
with
> > diverting calls on Orange. If my phone is set to divert to a uk
> > number, then will the calls be charged at standard uk rate or do
they
> > try to pretend that the call will have gone abroad first? If they
> > are charged at the standard uk rate, will they come out of my
> > inclusive minutes? I am on select 750.
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Lawrence
>
> Depends where you initiate the divert.
>
> If you set the divert up in the UK to divert all calls, then you will
be
> charged uk standard rate.
>
> If you set up conditional diverts, or setup divert all calls whilst
abroad,
> then you will be charged for the incoming call to your mobile and
then an
> outgoing call back to the UK, whether the divert is a UK number or
your
> voicemail.

>> If you set up conditional diverts, or setup divert all calls whilst
>> abroad, then you will be charged for the incoming call to your mobile and
>> then an outgoing call back to the UK, whether the divert is a UK number or
>> your voicemail.
>>
>Thanks for the rapid reply. Thats an absolute con! If I set up divert
>all calls whilst I am abroad, it is not as if the calls will ever leave the
>uk....

>Sorry, but I think this is a load of bullshit.

> On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 01:05:17 +0100, Lawrence
> wrote:
>
>>> If you set up conditional diverts, or setup divert all calls whilst
>>> abroad, then you will be charged for the incoming call to your mobile
>>> and
>>> then an outgoing call back to the UK, whether the divert is a UK number
>>> or
>>> your voicemail.
>>>
>>Thanks for the rapid reply. Thats an absolute con! If I set up divert
>>all calls whilst I am abroad, it is not as if the calls will ever leave
>>the
>>uk....
>
> His reply may have been rapid, but it was wrong.
>
> Unconditional diverts will not do the two international hops (or be
> charged for them) whether you set them up in the UK or when roaming.
>
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>Great, thanks. Any idea if the calls come out of inclusive minutes on
>Orange?