Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!apple!agate!telecom-request From: adg%ukfca1.uk.ate.slb.com@sj.ate.slb.com Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Cellular Air Time Charges Around the World - Who Pays? Message-ID: Date: 20 Mar 91 07:50:57 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 25 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 222, Message 3 of 8 aiml@cs.strath.ac.uk (Alan Laird) writes: > Making a call from a British Telecom phone to a cell phone will cost > 44p/min peak and 33p/min off-peak where off-peak starts at 6.00pm Also > BT start charging almost immediately (presumably as soon as they > connect to the cellular system) so you get full charges for failed > calls (engaged, cell phone unreachable etc). > Does anyone know what Mercury charges for calls to cell phones? According to Mercury Carphone (the droid on the Mercury 2300 help desk said "We don't deal with carphones", "but......" I said) anyway, Merc Carphone, formerly the Carphone group, said it was ABOUT 33p per minute and then slammed the phone down as I was saying "That's peak rate ?". They are on 0800 373729 if you want to have a bash. What is better is that Mercury charge by the second which is what saves us the real money by using the 2300 service. I've no credit limit on my Vodac account yet. Adam Gorman Mobile 0836 731395 Solstice Systems Ltd, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 9AZ 0225 755740