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Article #140Re: Surftime phone numbers
From: Malcolm Muir
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2001 14:09
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2001 14:09
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On Tue, 6 Mar 2001 11:13:42 +0000 (UTC), David Taylor <davidt.yadt@co.uk> wrote: >On Tue, 06 Mar 2001 10:42:01 GMT, in <slrn9a9fno.22o.malcolm@muir-et5.staff.demon.net>, Malcolm Muir <malcolm@demon.net> wrote: >> >> On Mon, 05 Mar 2001 23:41:04 +0000, Timothy Lyons <timl@kulath.demon.co.uk> wrot >> e: >>> >>>Thanks for the reply, Malcolm, but that doesn't really explain why . >>> >>>I should make it clear that I pay the BT Surftime (e&w) fee. >>> >>>When you say you charge more for working day access to recover costs, how >>>do you get more for when I choose to access Demon via the g4 number during >>>the day? >> >> We don't get more, but you have an incentive to 'clear the connection' >> and not tie up resource at our end since you are paying 'by the >> second'. >> > >I was about to say that using the G5 number would be charged by the second >too, for Premier Connect users, because they only have Surftime Evenings & >Weekends... Which would mean it'd be nice to let them to connect during the >day to enjoy the slightly cheaper rate.. > >But of course, then someone could sign up for Surftime Anytime + Demon >Premier Connect, and sit online 24/7.... Which is of course exactly what Demon Premier Connect Plus allows and of course why it costs a premium ! -- Malcolm S. Muir Demon Internet Sunderland 322 Regents Park Road England London N3 2QQ
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10f989,3a3ec47a61bdd162 X-Google-Attributes: gid10f989,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-03-06 06:10:03 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!isdnet!grolier!dispose.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!muir-et5.staff.demon.net!malcolm From: malcolm@demon.net (Malcolm Muir) Newsgroups: demon.ip.support.mac Subject: Re: Surftime phone numbers Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2001 14:09:24 GMT Message-ID: <slrn9a9rsj.6nv.malcolm@muir-et5.staff.demon.net> References: <timl-ya02408000R1802012346390001@news.demon.co.uk> <B6B612B99668140348@10.0.1.2> <slrn991nt1.sqi.malcolm@muir-et5.staff.demon.net> <timl-ya02408000R0103012248310001@news.demon.co.uk> <slrn99uspb.vs4.malcolm@muir-et5.staff.demon.net> <timl-ya02408000R0503012341040001@news.demon.co.uk> <slrn9a9fno.22o.malcolm@muir-et5.staff.demon.net> <982gp6$1cqs$1@gattaca.yadt.co.uk> Reply-To: malcolm@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Host: muir-et5.staff.demon.net X-NNTP-Posting-Host: muir-et5.staff.demon.net:194.159.240.6 X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 983887764 nnrp-08:17189 NO-IDENT muir-et5.staff.demon.net:194.159.240.6 X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net User-Agent: slrn/0.9.6.2 (Linux) Lines: 34