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I found this website recently but completely forgot about it. What it is, is a huge database of local-rate telephone numbers for companies that force you to call their premium rate 0844, 0845, 0870 and 0871 numbers.

It is very useful for tight fisted people like me who begrudge paying 50p/minute for support from companies when I pay my phone operator enough already for free minutes to standard landlines

For example.. To phone Sky Digital on their standard phone number ( 0870 2404040 ) will cost you around 20p/minute, maybe more - maybe less. With [url=http://www.saynoto0870.com]saynoto0870.com[/url], a quick search reveals the local-rate number 01506 421726. For those of you with inclusive minutes, this call will be taken from them and you won't be charged. For all others this will probably cost you a fraction of the price of the 0870 number as this is charged at the rate of a landline call to Bathgate (Don't ask, I don't know where this is either!)

From their website:
[code]Many people don't realise that there are many phone providers offering cheaper calls to standard telephone numbers (those beginning with 01 or 02), which don't apply to 0844, 0845, 0870 or 0871 telephone numbers. - Please see the links page and click on Cheapest Call Provider for price details. This shows that by using multiple providers, you can reduce your call cost on standard telephone numbers to as little as 3p fixed cost (regardless of duration), whereas the cheapest provider to 0870 numbers during the day that I am aware of charges 4p/min (+ 3p connection fee) to call.

Worst still some companies that use these numbers are actually receiving a cut of the phone call costs.

If you have an 'inclusive landline calls' phone package, then it is very rare that 0844, 0845, 0870, or 0871 numbers are are included in your 'free minutes' allocation, unlike normal numbers. Many mobile phone packages also exclude freephone 0800 and 0808 numbers for your bundled minutes.

Many companies advertise a separate number that can be used when calling from abroad - This usually begins in the format +44 - There is nothing to stop you using this number from the UK (as it is a normal rate telephone call), and will be included in any inclusive minutes provided by your landline or mobile phone provider. Many others will give you a standard number if you ask.

This site is all about listing these numbers, saving you money, without having to pay additional charges. To get started and find a particular number, please click on the 'Search to find an alternative number' link at the top of the page.

Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the site. Please continue to add any new numbers as and when you find them. [/code]

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Stephen

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Ofcourse at college we are stuck behind a Proxy server restricting access to almost everything. I also can't download/execute .exe files in windows so this ruled out SSH. I tried telnet by typing "telnet://groomi.net" into IE, but to no avail!

So.. I fired up google and searched for "Online SSH Client". I was fairly pessimistic and expected to find java applets that point to specific servers. At first this was exactly what I found, but after 2 or 3 results, I found what I was looking for!

[url=http://www.serfish.com]serFish.com[/url] is a web based SSH client which allowed me to connect to my SSH using only http (AJAX / Javascript) in Firefox, which allowed me to restart Apache and resurrect my server and respective websites. I owe this service many thanks and will be using it in the future providing that my dedi isn't hijacked. There was a massive lack of confidence instilling SSL certificates or any information about the service so I won't be suprised if my passwords go walkabout soon . One complaint I do have however is the Captcha images. Every 2 or 3 minutes I was pestered by an image verifying that I'm not a robot. Surely 1 per visit is enough?!

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That's all for now :wave:
Stephen