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From: cmylod@oracle.nl (Colum Mylod)
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Subject: Re: Equivalents of 800/900/976/911 Numbers in the Netherlands
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Minor corrections and a bit extra to the article <12935@accuvax.nwu.edu> 
hansm@cs.kun.nl (Hans Mulder) now follows.  Stay on the line!

>if it begins	it costs
>06-0...		free
>06-11		15 to 30 c/min		equivalent of 911
>06-320...	50 c/min.

 06-340...      same
 06-350...      same

>06-321...	3 to 40 c/min
>06-399...	3 to 40 c/min
>06-4...		free
>06-5...		peak: 105 c/min		mobile telephones
>		weekend: 62 c/min
>06-8...		3 to 40 c/min
>06-9...		50 c/min.

Generally, dial-a-sex type calls are 06-3 ...  while "respectable" if
costly calls such as weather reports are 06-9 ... The confusing bit is
that the number length varies from short (0611) to medium (060402) to
very very long (see below!).

>There is no 06-[3589] blocking for residential customers.  They do
>provide 06-blocking for PBXs.  This also blocks 06-11.

According to the 'phone book I have, residental blocking IS available,
cost is a once-off f35 (~US$18). PBX blocking cuts off any 06 numbers,
but PTT-blocking just cuts 06-320, 06-340, 06-350 and 06-9. Bad idea
to cut 06-11 even if it costs. How many countries charge for calls to
their emergency numbers? I envision someone in a panic at a payphone
while some car victim is bleeding and the caller madly searching for
coins so that an emergency call can be made.

One aspect of the 06 service is that all mobiles are grouped under
06-5...  numbers. This includes carphones, pagers, cellular. A number
I came across for a high-pressure cleaning firm must count as the
world's most-clicks call for pulse-dialers. Don't call it unless you
want to do business. It is given in a guide as "06520000000", which
makes 93 clicks total! Yes, that's seven zeros on the end.


Colum Mylod      cmylod@oracle.nl     The Netherlands     Above is IMHO