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On 7 May 1998 01:34:36 , Paul Womar wrote:
> David Bolt <dbolt@my-ste.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > Those that have paid a year in advance probably have a yearly contract,
> > whereas those that are paying monthly probably only have a monthly contract
> > and, as such, could have the charges varied on a month-by-month basis.
> > Then again, they may work on the basis that the contract, is renewable
> > yearly although payments are accepted monthly.
> 
> Demon have previously said that the contracts are yearly but anyone who
> wishes to pay monthly (and providing they don't want a VAT invoice) can
> do so.  If it was a monthly contract I would think it would be illigal
> to refuse to issue a VAT invoice monthly.

I've just re-read the small-print and I'm not sure how this is figured. At
one point it says the subscriptions are on an annual basis, with monthly
payments available. At another point it says that subscriptions are on an
"ongoing basis for a fixed charge." This is almost as if they've fixed the
price in stone, meaning they won't charge more than a TAM. Then again...

> > I
> > don't think they would go to this extreme (hopefully) as it would cost them
> > a lot informing each customer in advance of a price change, just so said
> > customer could decide whether they wanted to continue with the altered
> > rate.
> 
> Scottish Power/Telecom also have [part] ownership of Prestel and
> Scotland On-Line, I don't think either have charges of above TAM and
> they don't even have the economies of scale which Demon should have.

Do the users of Scotland On-Line/Prestel have the same charge as Demon, or
is it higher or lower? If it's not the same, I think it is quite probable
that either their charges are altered to match Demons, or Demons will be
altered to match Scotland On-Line/Prestel.

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Regards,
     David.                             Email: dbolt@my-ste.demon.co.uk
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