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Ok, thanks for the info.

Regards, Sean

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In article <19991115.0059.28875snz@dsl.co.uk>, bhk@dsl.co.uk (Brian
{Hamilton Kelly}) wrote:


> On Sunday, in article <1R1J5FAZnzL4EwWo@scout.demon.co.uk>
>      chris@scout.demon.co.uk "Chris Wilkinson" wrote:
>
>> In article <942606455.10439.0.nnrp-10.c2de856e@news.demon.co.uk>,
>> Ferigan Sean <seanf@sbus.demon.co.uk> writes
>> >Hi,
>> >   I'm not sure if these are the correct groups but...
>> >
>> >I have a BT easicom 1000 email phone and am wondering if it is possible to
>> >get it to connect to demon for email?
>> >
>> You are right, wrong newsgroup.  Try asking in alt.cellular or
>> alt.cellular.??something??
>
> Um, NO.  The phone to which he refers is a fixed (land-line) phone.
> AIUI, the e-mail is a special provider for that alone, and calls are
> charged using some peculiar new tariff which has a per-minute element AND
> a fixed charge (i.e. not a *minimum* charge).
>
> There has been some mention in uk.telecom, which is most certainly a more
> relevant forum than your suggestions.  (If the phone HAD been a cellular
> one, then uk.telecom.mobile would also have been more relevant than
> getting stuck with a pile of Merkins who don't even use the same
> underlying concepts on their mobile networks.)
>
> --
> Brian {Hamilton Kelly}                                         bhk@dsl.co.uk
>     "But we're a university.  We /have/ to have a library!..."said Ridcully,
>          "What sort of people would we be if we didn't go into the library?"
>     "Students", said the Senior Wrangler, morosely. [TP: The Last Continent]
>