[ILUG] Demand Dialing

[Conor Daly]

On Fri, Dec 22, 2000 at 01:24:53PM -0000 or so it is rumoured hereabouts, 
Breathnach, Proinnsias (Dublin) thought:
> Ah yes, but IIRC 1891 numbers are still on a per unit basis ...
> 
> P
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > 
> > All calls are now charged by the second, and there is a minimum charge of
> > 5p per call, so you might want to configure diald so that a call lasts at
> > least as long as 5p
> > worth, which varies of course. And then for completeness you'd need to
> > handle calls which start just before the end of one charging period and
> > carry on into the other :-)
> > 
> > 
> 
Last I checked (which was after their new price hike which they advertised
as a price cut.  Remember:  "Off-peak calls now cost 5p for 5 minutes, 6p
for 6 minutes, 7p for 7 minutes".  These are the same calls that used to
cost 11.5p for 15 minutes IIRC!  So Eircom advertise a 40% price
*increase* as a price cut!!)  Anyhow, I was doing the price comparison
between Eircom and NTL (NTL will be cheaper for me once they get their
physical network installed) and I called Eircom for clarification on
charges.  

Off-Peak local and national calls have a minimum charge of 5p.  *All*
other calls have a 11.5p minimum charge.  This includes the 1891 Internet
access numbers.  All calls are charged per second after the minimum charge
has elapsed.

So.  I have diald set up with a 7.5 minute (or whatever) initial impulse
at peak times, a 15 minute initial impulse for off-peak and per second 
thereafter.  If you're using one of the "free" dialups, you're on a local
call and the minimum charge is 5p off-peak only.  It's *still* 11.5p at
peak times!

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Conor Daly <conor.daly at oceanfree.net>

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