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- From: sysnet@cc.newcastle.edu.au (David Morrison)
- Subject: Re: Billing Pulses, Tytel Phone
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.140409.1@cc.newcastle.edu.au>
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- Sender: news@seagoon.newcastle.edu.au
- Organization: University of Newcastle, AUSTRALIA
- References: <Bxxpw5.EM3@syd.dms.CSIRO.AU>
- Distribution: aus
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 03:04:09 GMT
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- In article <Bxxpw5.EM3@syd.dms.CSIRO.AU>, stuarta@syd.dms.CSIRO.AU (Stuart Andrews) writes:
- > The plot thickens... The phone also asks for the area code in which is is
- > operating so that when it catches you dialing a STD code, it can use
- > that and an internal data-base to work out the distance and thus the call
- > charge.
-
- If it uses STD area codes to work out charging, then its prices cannot be very
- accurate. Charging is based on distance, not on area codes. You can dial a
- "local" number, ie, no area code, and still pay STD rates.
- --
- David Morrison, Manager, Networks and Comms, Uni of Newcastle, Australia
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