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Carrier Pre-Selection Carrier Pre-Selection (CPS) allows you to chose which telecommunications provider you want to carry your voice calls - Allowing you to shop around for the service that best suits your needs - Energy Audits are offering free Compaq IPAQ to new customers - click here for more info.
Carrier Pre Selection Product Sheet There is no inconvenience involved with CPS, no autodiallers, manual prefixing or PBX reprogramming; you keep your existing number and continue to make telephone calls as usual. But that's the beauty of CPS. It offers the opportunity for true competition in the voice market, without any disruption to your telephone service. It means you can receive services from different phone companies using your existing BT line. The result? More competition, which should help to cut prices and enhance services, enabling you to pay less for your phone calls. Even if you already use other suppliers telecoms services via your BT line, CPS may provide a more convenient way. Below gives a brief outline of Carrier Pre-Selection - what it is and what it means to you. What is Carrier Pre-Selection?Currently, organisations that take their telephone line from incumbents, such as BT, need to dial a three or four-digit access code in order to route calls to their chosen operator. This is known as 'indirect access'. What Carrier Pre-Selection does is give customers the option to direct all calls of a particular type (e.g. National calls) to the carrier of their choice, but without having to dial an access code. So What?Carrier Pre-Selection allows you to benefit from voice services available from alternative carriers without the inconvenience of dialling extra digits, either manually or by using or adapting Customer Premises Equipment. Giving you the chance to move seamlessly to a carrier offering a service that is right for you. This initiative allows alternative carriers, those other than BT, to compete more effectively for calls, providing you with greater choice and increasing competitive pressure on prices. CPS can now be used to get the most for your money on all calls including local, national, international, calls to mobile phones, specially tariffed calls (for example, FreePhone, Local Rate, National Rate and Premium Rate), personal numbers and paging. BT will still own, run and bill for the physical phone line. Your phone number will remain the same and you will simply receive a separate bill for call charges from each different provider that you use. How Does it Work?Carrier Pre-Selection uses network access technology, so traffic originating from your site will be routed directly to your chosen network with no need for prefix codes. The "selection" of the preferred provider is done automatically at point of entry (the local exchange) to the public voice network. Certain types of call are not carried via CPS, regardless of the call option selected, as they are BT services and included in the rental charges. These include calls to emergency numbers, operator assistance, directory enquiries and number ranges used for flat rate Internet access (those starting with 0844 04 or 0808 99). You will continue to have access to these services and any charges will appear on your BT bill. If you have more than one phone line, you can choose different CPS call options for each. However, all extensions on the same line must have the same CPS option. Carrier Pre Selection Product Sheet  |
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