From: Vincent Cunniffe (vincent at domain cunniffe.net)
Date: Wed 29 Aug 2001 - 22:20:07 IST
Dave Neary wrote:
> kevin lyda wrote:
>
>>>The same call, to a Dublin POP number for internet access, would cost
>>>an Auckland user just £3.20, for 8 hours of Internet access, dialling
>>>from Auckland across the world to a Dublin Eircom number.
>>>
>>ha! this is amazing. *please* tell me someone will hilite this.
>>i'd love to hear the reaction. "um..." is there any chance that you've
>>done this? do you have a bill you could scan in? printing this up and
>>distributing it (preferably to a few members of the press) would rock.
>>
>
> This can't be right - how could a call from Auckland to Dublin for 8
> hours cost only 40p per hour? It just doesn't make sense, when it's
> about 40p a minute to ring Auckland from here... are you sure?
Yes ;-)
I haven't used the full 8 hours, but have made a 2+ hour call to Ireland
from Auckland, offpeak. It's clearly indicated in the bill that it's
capped at $8 (~ £3.20). Their website says that the cap operates up to a
maximum of 8 hours, at which point standard charging kicks in again.
Vin
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