Bookmarklet to find cheapest service to call a mobile from a fixed line for the current time and day

Callchecker (UK) has a great service to lookup the best 0845/0870 service to call a UK mobile from your fixed line telephone. This varies by weekday, evening or weekend rate. The following bookmarklet looks up the right page based on the time on your computer.

javascript:(function(){
var t='weekday',d=new Date();
if(d.getDay()==0||d.getDay()==6){t='weekend'}else{
if(d.getHours()>17||d.getHours<8){t='evening'}};
window.location='http://callchecker.moneysavingexpert.com/\
ukcallchecker/mobile-numbers/'+t
})()

Here it is as a bookmark that you can test out or drag and drop into your browser Bookmarks.

Moving my mobile number from Virgin to the evil ASDA / Wal*mart empire

Sadly Virgin aren't doing all that much to compete with the johnny-cum-lately ASDA. ASDA are currently charging a flat rate for PAYG of 8p/min for all UK landline and all mobile calls with 4p per text message. Virgin claimed to charge 15p/min and 3p for texts on PAYG but in practice (as I don't know anyone using Virgin and my usage is so low it was never worth buying a "bundle") their charges were actually a whopping 40p/min and 12p/text.

It's a great pity but as my average bill even at these rates is always less than £5/month I can't afford to ignore the ASDA deal.

Transfer happened this weekend. I emailed Virgin via their website on Thursday, phoned ASDA with the transfer code on Friday and my mobile number was tranferred today. Surprisingly painless compared to the last time I had to do this (it took 3 weeks).