18866 terms of agreement

I don't believe that to be true.

Well, there you go.

Excluding other interconnect costs, levies, etc etc.,

1xxx daytime is between 0.4677 and 1.1301p depending on distance evening is between 0.2137 and 0.5174 weekend is between 0.1683 and 0.4074

What this means for an average operator is costs of around 0.8/0.4/0.3p (day/evening/weekend) per minute to get the call in from the BT network.

LInus

On reflection, as they are obviously using VOIP, perhaps they are hoping to build up a huge userbase then clean up when the whole of BT switches to VOIP.

I'm not sure how that would work, but within the next two or three years, all the balls will be thrown into the air, and how they come down may be very different to what ewe expect.

Having a few million signed-up customers may mean a good long-term profit.

In article , snipped-for-privacy@despammed.com writes

It appears that this morning they are back charging by the minute from the 1p connection and free call they had on the go yesterday:(

Then how do you explaine this then Tony !!

************************************************************* 15-09-2004 11:52:19 02081140073 3:00:05 £0.01 15-09-2004 14:54:05 02081140073 0:35:39 £0.01 ************************************************************* Wombat

See thread '18866.co.uk' started at 14:16 today in this newsgroup.

snipped-for-privacy@batnet.net wrote: > On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 10:01:28 +0100, tony sayer > wrote: > > > >> It appears that this morning they are back charging by the minute >> from the 1p connection and free call they had on the go yesterday:( >> > > Then how do you explaine this then Tony !! > ************************************************************* > 15-09-2004 11:52:19 02081140073 3:00:05 £0.01 15-09-2004 14:54:05 > 02081140073 0:35:39 £0.01 > *************************************************************

Read the thread on uk.telecom (only, not x-posted; I don't know which group you're reading this thread on) entitled "18866.co.uk". It appears access via the 18866 prefix is still 0p/min (with a 1p connection charge) but it's 0.5p/min (and 14p to mobiles) via the 0808 dialin.

aa wrote: > " snipped-for-privacy@batnet.net" wrote: > > >> On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 10:01:28 +0100, tony sayer >> wrote: >> >> >> >>> It appears that this morning they are back charging by the minute >>> from the 1p connection and free call they had on the go >>> yesterday:( >> >> Then how do you explaine this then Tony !! >> ************************************************************* >> 15-09-2004 11:52:19 02081140073 3:00:05 £0.01 15-09-2004 14:54:05 >> 02081140073 0:35:39 £0.01 >> ************************************************************* >> Wombat > > > See thread '18866.co.uk' started at 14:16 today in this newsgroup.

"This newsgroup" being uk.telecom for that thread. This thread is xposted to uk.telecom, alt.consumers.uk-discounts.and.bargains, uk.telecom.mobile and uk.finance.

The newsgroup I refer to being 'uk.telecom'. Sorry I didn't spot the cross-posting.

In article , snipped-for-privacy@batnet.net writes

Search me M8, that's what the lady sez on the phone, half a pee per minute!...