Fixed price Internet phone charges announced by BT :)

[Mark Ovens]

On Thu, Nov 11, 1999 at 08:59:54PM +0000, Mark Ovens wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 11, 1999 at 10:58:56AM -0000, Wood, Richard wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Richard Smith [mailto:rsmith at trltech.co.uk]
> > > Sent: 11 November 1999 10:30
> > 
> > > Not quite.
> > > 
> > > Based on 14 people sharing access to a single port, BT will charge the
> > > ISP 10 UKP per month.
> > 
> > Thats 10 UKP per user per month.
> > 
> > A port will cost 140UKP, BT suggest that this port will support 14 users.
> > That 140UKP provides an average 8 hours usage per day (probably 244 hours
> > per month), with extra usage being charged at "less than 1p per minute".
> > 
> > The 30 days of 8 hours at 140 UKP works out at a cost of 1p per minute for
> > the included time.
> > 
> 
> You're right. I nevered bothered doing the maths. Guess I was too excited by
> 

On second thoughts, I disagree with your maths:

	30 * 8 * 60 = 14400 mins == 144 UKP @ 1p per min

*but* thats for the port is it not? So if the port supports 14
users is that not 1/14th p per minute, i.e. 14400 * 14 ? Or do they
not mean 14 users for 8 hours per day? I doubt it as that would
work out at 8 / 14 * 60 = 34.29 minutes per user per day.

> 	"which might include unlimited dial-up calls to the Internet
> 	for a single monthly fee."
> 
> > Allowing for ISP's overheads and a sensible contention ratio, it doesn't
> > actually work out that cheap.
> > 
> > There is also a minimum provision of 10,000 ports.
> > 
> 
> Where does it say that?
> 
> > Rich
> > 
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