BT - do they do a service where you type in your PIN before you dial, then that call shows up in different bits of the bill?

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I'm sure I remember someone saying that they do that, so that each person in a shared house can have their own bill, and it prevents arguments over the phone bill. We're just setting up a landline in our new shared house, and this would be SOOO handy.

Has anyone heard of this? Or did I dream it?

― Come Back Johnny B (Johnney B), Monday, 3 October 2005 13:50 (twenty years ago)

I think my housemate has this - or at least he has a PIN you have to dial before you can use the phone at all - but then again, he works for BT so he can have just about anything he wants on his phone line.

― Paranoid Spice (kate), Monday, 3 October 2005 13:53 (twenty years ago)

We used to have this with MERCURY back in the day. However, a good proportion of the calls came up untagged, owing to dishonesty and/or forgetfulness.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 3 October 2005 14:04 (twenty years ago)

There's a service you get where you have to tap in a PIN to use the phone at all, but that doesn't seperate things out. I don't want the rigmarole that usually comes with shared phone lines.

― Come Back Johnny B (Johnney B), Monday, 3 October 2005 14:19 (twenty years ago)

Do you need a landline at all? usually the answer is, needing it for a computer. Why not get broadband, split the bill, and have everyone just use their mobiles? Less headache.

― Paranoid Spice (kate), Monday, 3 October 2005 14:19 (twenty years ago)

It can be hard to get broadband without a landline.

However, once you've got it I suppose you could all use some kind of fancy internet telephony service.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 3 October 2005 14:21 (twenty years ago)

I misread you Kate, sorry.

I think once you've got a landline it's hard not to use it for calls.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 3 October 2005 14:24 (twenty years ago)

Broadband is what we're getting it for yeh, although it WILL inevitably be used for phoning as well. I hope I don't have to rely on people's honesty.

― Come Back Johnny B (Johnney B), Monday, 3 October 2005 14:26 (twenty years ago)

In my experience, people are reasonably honest about the big multi-pound numbers that appear on the bill, and the remainder don't tend to add up to so much that it's worth doing anything other than just splitting them evenly.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 3 October 2005 14:30 (twenty years ago)

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