| Andy Pandy 2005-05-30, 5:45 pm |
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"Steven M. Scharf" <scharf.steven@linkearth.net> wrote in message
news:VpHme.10679$M36.4277@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net...
> Maybe a UK person, can post what the total costs would be for a typical plan
> as outlined below, including the termination charges, as I did for the most
> expensive U.S. carrier:
>
> Verizon
> Americas Choice UK Plan
> 100 Peak Outgoing, In-Network Mobile to Mobile: 0
> 100 Peak Incoming, In-Network Mobile to Mobile: 0
> 100 Peak Outoging, Mobile to Landline: $10
> 100 Peak Incoming, Landline to Mobile: $10
> 100 Peak Outoging, Mobile to Out-of-Network Mobile $20
> 100 Peak Incoming, Out-of-Network Mobile to Mobile $20
> 100 Off-Peak Outgoing, Mobile to Landline 0
> 100 Off-Peak Incoming, Landline to Mobile 0
> 100 Off-Peak Outgoing, In-Network Mobile to Mobile 0
> 100 Off-Peak Incoming, In-Network Mobile to Mobile 0
> 1000 minutes
> $60
> Average Price Per Minute $0.06
>
> The monthly plan is $40, and I added $20 for the cost to the calling party
> to/from an out-of-network mobile phone, at $0.10 per minute, since we are
> trying to find the total cost.
>
> I tried doing this for a UK plan, and came up with £105.00, using the OFCOM
> termination fee limit, but I'm sure that this is too high.
It'll depend so much on what plan the incoming caller uses. Also it is possible
to be a "phone tart" and get a very cheap contract and phone, by switching
contracts every year. The networks are so desperate to sign people up that they
offer retailers big bonuses for every new customer, which some retailers use to
offer cashback to the customer.
I'll have a go using Orange ED50 plus 1899, the best value indirect access
telco. I need to guess the average call length, say 5 minutes (so 100 mins is 20
calls). Also off-peak is different between weekdays and weekends - so I will
assume half and half.
100 Peak Outgoing, In-Network Mobile to Mobile: £10.60 [1]
100 Peak Incoming, In-Network Mobile to Mobile: £10.60 (charged to
caller)
100 Peak Outoging, Mobile to Landline: £0.60
100 Peak Incoming, Landline to Mobile: £10.60 (charged
to caller)
100 Peak Outoging, Mobile to Out-of-Network Mobile £10.60
100 Peak Incoming, Out-of-Network Mobile to Mobile £10.60 (charged to caller)
100 Off-Peak Outgoing, Mobile to Landline 0
100 Off-Peak Incoming, Landline to Mobile £6.60 (charged to
caller)
100 Off-Peak Outgoing, In-Network Mobile to Mobile 0
100 Off-Peak Incoming, In-Network Mobile to Mobile 0
1000 minutes
Plus £15 per month for the ED50 contract.
£75.2
Average Price Per Minute 7.52ppm
[1] 1899 price. Not sure if Orange to Orange peak calls are cheaper than 10ppm
on ED50.
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Andy
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