Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 11:15:26 +0000 (GMT) From: tj-fbsd@funbox.demon.co.uk To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Phone rates Message-ID: <tim.367E31FE.00.1533@funbox.demon.co.uk>
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Brett Glass wrote: > In England, they have a SPECIAL AREA CODE with a high per-minute > rate for nationwide services such as CompuServe. And there's NO > flat rate, anywhere. Brett, You're almost right about there being no flat rate over here, but your preceding statement is rather misleading. The 'special area code' is to enable nationwide services effectively to have a local-call rate access number from anywhere in the country. For example: I live in London, and usually access Demon (my ISP) via a London number (prefix 0171); were I to use that number from outside London, I would be charged at national call rates, which are higher. If, however, I were to use one of Demon's 0845 numbers (the 'special area code', as you put it) from anywhere in the country, I would be charged at local call rates. I used to have a second account with a different ISP, with whom I used a flat-rate number (i.e. the cost of the call was fixed, regardless of duration, or may even have been free -- I can't remember accurately), but I gave them up because technically, they sucked. Capitalism may reign supreme over on your side of the water, but British Telecom is unfortunately rather too good at sucking in the profits over here... Tim -- Tim Jackson London, England. ________________________________________________________________________ Please reply to t j @ f u n b o x . d e m o n . c o . u k To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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