08005875290

It is the BT SMS text message service.  In order to opt out of it, you need to phone 0800 587 5252 and choose "change call times" and then press option 5.  This, hopefully, will stop the calls coming.  Mine was an appointment reminder from my dentist who used to just send a reminder card.  I assume it just keeps ringing until you finally get fed up and pick up the phone.  Bloody annoying!

I don't get this as I had a call from this number this morning and was convinced that I had already disabled.

Just rang BT and it confirmed that I have opted not to receive txts at any time...so why the call???!!!

six phone calls during the day and one at 9.45 pm
nobody there when i answered the phone so annoying

the reason you get this is because when someone sends you a text message and the BT system cannot reconise the character the SMS Text message will fail. The SMS text message that you then get is a mesage to let you know that it has not been able to send the message and the number that calls you is 8005875290. What you needs to then do is call 08456021111 and they may be able to give you some information about who sent it. You then need to call the person that sent you the original text message and tell them to check their messages to make sure there is no content that BT SMS Text reading system will not reconise.

we get this occasionally, about every 2 to 3 days. just happened today about 14:00. on answering it is silent, nothing????
annoying, but at least it isnt as frequent as some subscibers.

My phone rang at 7am this morning .....I did pick it up and said hello twice before putting it down - no one at the other end...it's a bank holiday and my birthday - arghhhhhhhhh!

got acall today 7.30p.m. said i had a text then ask me to press option 1 and then no message not on b.t. on cable for my phone what can you do???

I gotta call today at 11am-I dont even rent from BT and am registered to tps (telephone preference service) so have just fired off a complaint to BT chairman saying
For attention of Sir Michael Rake
Can you please explain why your company sends SMS Text messages from BT.Com using 0800 587 5290 ?
This message was asking me to sign up to the sms network on my own phone.
I DO NOT RENT FROM BT But use *********for all of my services.
I have also signed up to the Tps and do NOT want your companies unsolicited calls to my home phone- How do I get you to stop?
Do I have to take this issue to court to get you to refrain from making these calls?


I wonder if I will even get a reply :)

Thanks for that...this is driving me insane...just hope it works!!

I do not want unsolicted messages sent to me and my number is ex-directory and yet I recieve these calls from a BT SMS service. Who are these people calling me? I do not want these types of calls.

Got a call from BT no 08005875290 at 6AM today - Saturday, a rare chance for a lie-in, or so I'd hoped.

BT - sort this out! It's unacceptable.

Several calls in a row; no-one there when one answers.  Same experience as other people, by the looks of it.

Had several calls from this number, nobody there. Googled, found this site. I had already opted out and checked by calling 08005875252. It confirmed my number and said I had chosen not to receive sms at any time.
I called BT customer service 0800800150 and they advised me to call 0800077771, That's the number you need to call if you have opted out but still get these calls.
The guy there was not particularly on the ball at first but eventually understood that I was not a BT customer and had previously opted out of this service.
He said he had manually taken my number out of their system and I would not receive any further calls, but please allow up to 48 hours for this to action on their system.
We will see...

had a call from this number earlier turned out to be a sms from my dentist regarding an apointment i have very strange

Had this number call me last Sunday at 9.00 - no one there.  Again today, Bank Holiday Monday at 9.00 and still nobody there.  Can anybody do anything to get this matter sorted

BT messaging service - short delay then a reminder for a dental appointment

Received a call from this number @ 8am today but as it was an 0800 number i ignored it and put the answering machine on, then they called back again and this time i had put the answering machine on and it was recorded as a text to speech message from BT.

Keeps ringing but then no-one's there!

For God's sake peeps, plenty of people have already posted who or what this number is. It's a text to speech service provided by a third party telecom provider (Kingston Comms). If someone (anyone) sends a text to your landline number using this service it automatically calls you and a synthesized voice reads the message to you. Nobody's 'fault'. It's just a service - though frequently used by certain debt collection companies who figure on this web site a lot. Solution - pay your bills.

I HAVE BEEN GETTING CALLS FROM THIS NUMBER FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS NOW.  EVEN IF I PICK UP QUICKLY THEY HANG UP. I KNOW IT LOOKS LIKE A FREEPHONE NUMBER BUT DON'T WANT TO RING BACK IN CASE IT IS A SCAM.