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Eircom Out To Nobble VoIP With Hefty Min Call Charge From January 1st

  • 22-12-2005 4:42pm
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    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭


    Eircom has 2 levels of Minimum call charge for their VPN customers when they dial out of the VPN . Minimum call charge to Irish Landline or Mobile are at one rate while a higher Minimum call charge applies to International calls . Most VPN traffic is stuff like Tax offices talking to each other so International minimum rates are not that important .

    Eircom have decided to charge the hefty international minimum rate for 076 numbers (VoIP numbers) which is 6.35c per minute ... Even though the cost per minute is around 1c a minute in the evenings . The minimum call charge now is 3.85c . Put another way, if you ring a VoIp number in the evening Eircom will charge you for 5 mins anyway so you may as well use them up .

    This may of course create the 'perception' among VPN customers (of whom the government is the biggest) that calls to 076 are 'expensive' , wonder why ??? .


Comments

  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,362 ✭✭✭the Guru


    Sponge bob where did you get your info from ?????


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,231 ✭✭✭✭Sparky


    i think sponge bob knows people :D


  • Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 28,811 Mod ✭✭✭✭oscarBravo


    Senor Sponge, he know everybody...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 845 ✭✭✭sturgo


    Hopefully somebody will develop a wimax voip phone (that works) before the end of the year and put eircom, o2 & vodafone out of business.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,886 ✭✭✭cgarvey


    /me looks at Digiweb to come up trumps here!


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    Source Data (page 11)

    I also see that eircom will be doing a free connection promo from mid jan to end march if the wiring is in situ on your premises.


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