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On Sun, 18 Mar 2001 00:30:21 +0000, - <a@b.c> wrote:

>Is there a time limit on surftime? E.g. I'm with Demon, must I
>disconnect every 60 mins & then reconnect to avoid being charged? Or
>can I stay connected as necessary.

You can stay connected.
--
Mark @ home - http://www.chater.demon.co.uk
Imps / Davrians / Surftime with 128K ISDN / a qmail patch

In article <3ab41279.350498189@192.168.1.253>, Mark Chater
<reject@chater.demon.co.uk> writes
>On Sun, 18 Mar 2001 00:30:21 +0000, - <a@b.c> wrote:
>
>>Is there a time limit on surftime? E.g. I'm with Demon, must I
>>disconnect every 60 mins & then reconnect to avoid being charged? Or
>>can I stay connected as necessary.
>
>You can stay connected.
>--
Well, you *can* stay connected, yes.  But after the first sixty minutes
you will be charged at 1p per minute.
-- 
Tom

On Sun, 18 Mar 2001 11:15:48 +0000, Tom Ruben <tom@truben.demon.co.uk>
wrote:

>In article <3ab41279.350498189@192.168.1.253>, Mark Chater
><reject@chater.demon.co.uk> writes
>>On Sun, 18 Mar 2001 00:30:21 +0000, - <a@b.c> wrote:
>>
>>>Is there a time limit on surftime? E.g. I'm with Demon, must I
>>>disconnect every 60 mins & then reconnect to avoid being charged? Or
>>>can I stay connected as necessary.
>>
>>You can stay connected.
>>--
>Well, you *can* stay connected, yes.  But after the first sixty minutes
>you will be charged at 1p per minute.

On voice calls using BT Talk Together or BT Talk & Surf Together.

In article <3ab49d6d.16399244@news.demon.co.uk>, phil henry <phil.henry@
telcore.demon.co.uk> writes
>On Sun, 18 Mar 2001 11:15:48 +0000, Tom Ruben <tom@truben.demon.co.uk>
>wrote:
>
>>In article <3ab41279.350498189@192.168.1.253>, Mark Chater
>><reject@chater.demon.co.uk> writes
>>>On Sun, 18 Mar 2001 00:30:21 +0000, - <a@b.c> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Is there a time limit on surftime? E.g. I'm with Demon, must I
>>>>disconnect every 60 mins & then reconnect to avoid being charged? Or
>>>>can I stay connected as necessary.
>>>
>>>You can stay connected.
>>>--
>>Well, you *can* stay connected, yes.  But after the first sixty minutes
>>you will be charged at 1p per minute.
>
>On voice calls using BT Talk Together or BT Talk & Surf Together.
>
>
Yes, I think you are right.  Looking at the small print again, as far as
I can make out the 1-hour limit applies to voice calls only.  Apologies
if I misled anybody
-- 
Tom

In article <zSu4VQAkjJt6EwOZ@truben.demon.co.uk>,
	Tom Ruben <tom@truben.demon.co.uk> writes:
> Well, you *can* stay connected, yes.  But after the first sixty minutes
> you will be charged at 1p per minute.

News to me.  Can you provide a reference for that, please?

Chris.

In article <zSu4VQAkjJt6EwOZ@truben.demon.co.uk>, Tom Ruben 
<tom@truben.demon.co.uk> writes
>In article <3ab41279.350498189@192.168.1.253>, Mark Chater
><reject@chater.demon.co.uk> writes
>>On Sun, 18 Mar 2001 00:30:21 +0000, - <a@b.c> wrote:
>>
>>>Is there a time limit on surftime? E.g. I'm with Demon, must I
>>>disconnect every 60 mins & then reconnect to avoid being charged? Or
>>>can I stay connected as necessary.
>>
>>You can stay connected.
>>--
>Well, you *can* stay connected, yes.  But after the first sixty minutes
>you will be charged at 1p per minute.

Is that correct?  I thought that only applied for local voice calls. 
I'm reading through the small print for BT talk and Surf (which I 
subscribe to) and it says "The zero pence per minute rates for Local 
calls within BT Talk and Surf Together are intended for voice calls and 
apply for the first hour of each call (after which standard BT rates 
apply)"
-- 
David Bentley

In article <zSu4VQAkjJt6EwOZ@truben.demon.co.uk>
           tom@truben.demon.co.uk "Tom Ruben" writes:

> In article <3ab41279.350498189@192.168.1.253>, Mark Chater
> <reject@chater.demon.co.uk> writes
> >On Sun, 18 Mar 2001 00:30:21 +0000, - <a@b.c> wrote:
> >
> >>Is there a time limit on surftime? E.g. I'm with Demon, must I
> >>disconnect every 60 mins & then reconnect to avoid being charged? Or
> >>can I stay connected as necessary.
> >
> >You can stay connected.
> >--
> Well, you *can* stay connected, yes.  But after the first sixty minutes
> you will be charged at 1p per minute.

Bollocks[tm].

The question was about the BT SurfTime product.  Not their rip-off Talk
Together product (which gives free *geographic* *voice* calls of up to
60mins duration, with the proviso that these calls are not connected to a
an ISP's modem, determined by the number of said modem appearing in a
list that BT maintain).

-- 
Brian {Hamilton Kelly}                                          bhk@dsl.co.uk
    "We have gone from a world of concentrated knowledge and wisdom to one of
    distributed ignorance.  And we know and understand less while being incr-
    easingly capable."                          Prof. Peter Cochrane, BT Labs

In article <984939197snz@dsl.co.uk>, Brian {Hamilton Kelly}
<bhk@dsl.co.uk> writes

>Not their rip-off Talk Together product

In what way do you think it a rip- off?
-- 
Andy Mabbett 

  Just created:
        uk.current-events.foot-and-mouth

In article <e0R1U+DeJUt6EwY3@pigsonthewing.org.uk>
           andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk "Andy Mabbett" writes:

> In article <984939197snz@dsl.co.uk>, Brian {Hamilton Kelly}
> <bhk@dsl.co.uk> writes
> 
> >Not their rip-off Talk Together product
> 
> In what way do you think it a rip- off?

In that nowadays very few people seem to make enough local calls to
justify the charge; even with a teenager in the house, gabbing all the
time, he's either calling on *his* mobile, or calling a mobile from the
BT line (but gets jumped upon when he does).

The whole *** Together concept is flawed horribly, compared with the
former Premier Line service.

-- 
Brian {Hamilton Kelly}                                          bhk@dsl.co.uk
    "We have gone from a world of concentrated knowledge and wisdom to one of
    distributed ignorance.  And we know and understand less while being incr-
    easingly capable."                          Prof. Peter Cochrane, BT Labs

In article <e0R1U+DeJUt6EwY3@pigsonthewing.org.uk>, Andy Mabbett
<andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk> writes
>In article <984939197snz@dsl.co.uk>, Brian {Hamilton Kelly}
><bhk@dsl.co.uk> writes
>
>>Not their rip-off Talk Together product
>
>In what way do you think it a rip- off?
Because it excludes 0845 numbers which are in other contexts defined as
local calls.
-- 
Hugh E

Brian {Hamilton Kelly} wrote in message <984973975snz@dsl.co.uk>...

>In that nowadays very few people seem to make enough local calls to
>justify the charge; even with a teenager in the house,

several families I know are saving between 20 and 70 pounds a month.

Not everyone is in an area where mobile phones are reliable, or are
on the 1p/min type rates which Orange ED50 offers :)   Peter.