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Comparing telephone call rates

I got so used to using One Tel that I decided to over-ride British Telecom as the default landline provider. Despite the cheap international call rates (3 pence per minute to US and 2p to the Netherlands all hours of the day), One Tel is unable to deliver cheap mobile or non-geographic calls (0845 and 0870 numbers). So-called non-geographic calls are meant to be cheaper than normal calls. Depending on the time of day and the way I make such calls, I should use BT or my mobile. Here follows a brief analysis (data from web sites and from my phone calls to them yesterday.)

From One Tel landline:

STG pence / minute	Peak M - F 8am to 6pm	Off-peak M - F 6pm to 8am	Weekend F 6pm to M 8am	Connection Charge
to UK landline - local calls	2.5p	1p	1p	3p (per call)
to UK landline - national calls	2.5p	2.5p	2.5p	3p (per call)
to a mobile phone	20p	15p	8p	5p (per call)
to 0845 number	4p			3p (per call)
to 0870 number	8p			3p (per call)

From One Tel mobile:

STG pence / minute	Peak M - F 8am to 7pm	Off-peak M - F 7pm to 8am	Weekend F 7pm to M 8am	Connection Charge
to Vodafone, OneTel mobile	15p	5p	5p	None
to other mobiles	40p	30p	30p	None
to a UK landline	15p	10p	6p	None
to 0845 number	try it and see			None
to 0870 number	try it and see			None

From BT landline: [Use call pricer]

STG pence / minute	Peak M - F 8am to 6pm	Off-peak M - F 6pm to 8am	Weekend F midnight to Sun midnight	Minimum charge
to BT cellnet	18.9p	13.16p	2.35p	5p
to vodafone	19.93p	10.22p	3.98p	5p
national call	8p	4p	2p	5p
local call rate	4p	1.5p	1p	5p
to 0845 number	local call rate			5p
to 0870 number	local call rate			5p

all prices include VAT of 17.5%

The conclusion is that I should use BT if I'm making non-geographic calls.

8 April 2003 Tuesday

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