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> > > This is also why Eurobell can offer free calls to other Eurobell > > subscribers, but not to BT subscribers, if there was no fee the > > cable companies would have offered unmetered national calls a > > long time ago. They haven't as they open themselves up to a per > > minute usage charge, but fixed income, a position no business > > wants. > > Even though Eurobell Internet do have 01392 (and an 01293) > dialup numbers these are not free from any Eurobell lines. > > Also they have taken the marketing decision to only offer the > free calls from residential lines at certain times. > > > The reason for using 0845 numbers is to avoid long distance > > charges, not to alter the way all UK phone calls were billed > > In some cases an 0845 number can end up more expensive to call > than the other end of the country. > Particularly with mobile companies, that (presumably) do their own long distance routing, at a cheaper rate than the 0845 supplier. I guess it would cost too much for them to work out and appropiatly bill a mobile phone on a regional setting, especially when if you are talking for an hour on a phone you can go 100 miles (train, speeding), and be in completely differnt local/regional zones en-route. > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the > message body to unsubscribe. > -- Paul Weaver p.j.weaver@xxxxxxxx Manston Road, Exeter "The best way to accelerate a windows box is at 9.8 meters per second square." -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.