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Non-geographic numbers: future?

Just been reading the thread on BBC moving from 0870 to 03 numbers ('BBC
03 numbers'), and it prompted a thought that's been lurking in my mind
for a while.

A fair number of phone packages (landline and mobile) have inclusive
time that effectively give free calls (depending on time of day etc) to
geographic numbers, whereas calls to e.g. 084* and 087* numbers are
mostly chargeable.

What is the purpose of non-geographics now.  If a business is
advertising a non-geographic (that I'd have to pay for), I'd tend to
look for a geographic, or go elsewhere.  With the arrival of 03 numbers
(that are included in inclusive minutes), the rationale for 084* and
087* seems to be declining even faster.

I'm not going to pay to ring a business on an 0845 number (especially a
business that I want to buy something off) when I could ring it for free
on my inclusive minutes on a geographic number.

It must be galling for mobile subscribers to have to pay to ring an 0800
number.

Why should I ring a business on an 0800 number ("it's free!!") from a
landline (when the 0800 cost will be charged to the business, and the
cost presumably passed back to the consumer), when I can ring it for
free in the first place on a geographic number.

(a quick plug for http://www.saynoto0870.com/ in the quest to offer
alternatives for non-geographic numbers)