This
section outlines the level of service which you should expect from
us.
All time is UK local time (GMT).
SERVICE
HOURS
Service
hours are 9.30 am till 5:30 pm Weekdays. During these hours you
will be able to speak to us by calling 0870 760 5125 Option
4.
WITHIN
SERVICE HOURS
Contact
requests and email communication: This is by far the fastest
way of communicating with us. We pride ourselves on the speed with
which we respond to customer messages and often respond to emails
within a few minutes of receipt! However, officially, contact/emails
received during service hours will be dealt with within 1/2-2 hours.
Our
service phone system explained:
When you call 0870 760 5125, these are the options you will hear:
Option
1 - Top-up This is not relevant to callthrough customers
Option
2 - Report a Fault - we will normally respond within 1/2-2
hours.
This
option is to enable a fault to be reported by phone. Please don't
forget to tell us your name, account number, the destination you
are having problems with, the access number you are using, and the
destination number you are dialling. A description of the fault
is also always useful; e.g. dead-air, continuous tone, crackly line
etc...
Option
3 - Problem - we will normally respond within 1-2 hours.
This
option is intended for less urgent problems.
Option
4 - Speak to an operator
During
service hours, we will pick up your call usually within 3 rings.
If all our operators are busy, we will not place you in a queue.
We will transfer you to a voicemail system where you can leave a
message, or try again in a few minutes.
BEYOND
SERVICE HOURS
Contact/emails
received after 5:30 pm and until 12.00 Midnight, will also usually
be dealt with within 1/2-2 hours. Communication received after midnight
and up to 2.00 am are very often also dealt with within 1-2 hours
but officially, we will deal with these the following morning!
Telephone
messages received after hours will be given similar priority to
contact / e-mails and dealt with as above.At
weekends, similar rules apply, ecxept that after hours response
times will be 2-4 hours.
FAULT
RESOLUTION
Please
bear in mind that, apart from general systems failures which are
very rare, the resolution of faults and in particular the time taken
will depend on
-
the calling destination (e.g. Afghanistan will usually take longer
to resolve than say Australia);
- timing
of the report (faults reported at weekends can take longer as
we need to test calls to destinations and this depends on the
availability of the other party), and of course
-
the exact nature of the problem (it could be a simple rerouting
requirement or it might be something far more technical).
For these reasons, we cannot establish a meaningful service level
for faults.
Some
are resolved within a few hours, others take a few days. What is
clear though is that out of say 250 plus destinations, at any time,
there are 2 or 3 with a fault! We are sorry if yours is one of those
2 or 3 but we undertake to make every effort to ensure that any
inconvenience is kept to an absolute minimum.
CONTACT
US
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