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There are a couple of companies listed on the A-Z page where the geographical alternative number is actually an 048 Northern Ireland number.

As suggested by one of our SayNoTo1890.com readers, you should check with your phone provider if calls to (048) are included in your free local calls as part of your phone package. Depending on your phone provider, they may very well be, saving yourself another few quid on call costs.

Another reader commented:

Many packages such as certain eircom or BT Ireland packages include all UK landline calls. So UK landline numbers are always useful in addition to Irish landline numbers, and can cost less (if you have the right tariff) than those dreaded 1890 numbers!

A reader asked recently for the geographical alternative for Parentline who’s main contact number is 1890 927 277. Their website is actually pretty clear, and provides the 01 alternative number on the front page as well.

Parentline

• 1890 927 277 – Call 01 8733500

Many thanks to the SayNoTo1890.com reader who e-mailed in the geographical alternative for Blinds for Ireland www.b4i.ie.

Blinds for Ireland www.b4i.ie

• 1890 200111 – Call 043 87775

Thanks to the SayNoTo1890.com reader who sent in these details for Google Adwords support.

The Google AdWords support number for the UK is 0845 3580038 which is answered in Dublin. The geographical (answers the same as the 0845) is 01 436 1099.

Google themselves don’t seem to list their own support numbers although there’s lots of forums where people are talking about it.

I believe that the number for Ireland is 1890 943980, so you might like to list this on your website.

Many thanks to the SayNoTo1890.com reader who send in the geographical alternative number for AA Car Insurance.

AA Car Insurance

• 1890 72 74 76 – Call 01 6179950 or 01 6179339 (sales)

This e-mail came through from a SayNoTo1890.com reader recently with strange statement from an ESB employee included:

The ESB have a listed 1890 no to call in readings but I rang the landline on ‘our’ site.  They left me holding ages and finally when I got through they told me that there was some problem in that section and would I mind ringing another 1890 no.

I said I would mind as I did not wish to incur such charges  for a 1890 no. but then he replied, but you did ring a 1890 no. and I advised no that I had phoned a land line no. They cannot tell what no. the customer calls.  Then he told me that after the first three minutes, ESB take up the charges???

Could this be true or a fantasy of his mind.

He’s not right, but he’s not completely wrong either.

A LOCALL number is where the customer is charged a reduced rate per minute (see the Call Costs page ) with the company who provides the number being charged the balance.

There is no time limit on when the company kicks in and pays for the call – they effectively subsidise the call from the very beginning.