cmylod@oracle.nl (Colum Mylod) (08/29/90)
It's interesting all those opinions on premium-line/900 numbers, but
they are for profit and no-one NEEDS to dial them in any case. But
what if you do? From the Quotes section of "The Sunday Tribune" dated
19 August:
"Calls to this line are charged at 25p per
minute cheap rate and 38p per minute all
other times."
- British Foreign Office answering ma-
chine for concerned relatives of those
trapped in the Gulf.
(These are the charges for the BT 898 service, not the normal trunk
charges.)
Colum Mylod cmylod@oracle.nl The Netherlands Above is IMHO
[Moderator's Note: Isn't it pretty rotten when someone wants to make a
profit from a family's concern and grief about their loved one? PAT]John Slater <johns@scroff.east.sun.com> (08/31/90)
In article <11451@accuvax.nwu.edu>, cmylod@oracle.nl (Colum Mylod) writes: |> "Calls to this line are charged at 25p per |> minute cheap rate and 38p per minute all |> other times." |> - British Foreign Office answering machine for concerned relatives |> of those trapped in the Gulf. |> |> (These are the charges for the BT 898 service, not the normal trunk |> charges.) Yes, this didn't go unnoticed over here. This is particularly unreasonable (to say the least) when you conside that the information line for business people concerned about events in the Gulf was at normal toll rates. We don't have an equivalent of the US dial-900-and-we'll-charge-what- we-feel-like service, which is probably just as well in the light of the above. "Calls to this line are charged at five pounds for a friend, ten pounds for a blood-relative or twenty pounds for a spouse ..." John Slater Sun Microsystems UK, Gatwick Office