Fixed price Internet phone charges announced by BT :)

[Rich Wood]

On 12 Nov 99, at 18:59, Mark Ovens wrote:

> On second thoughts, I disagree with your maths:

Bad idea :-)
 
> 	30 * 8 * 60 =3D 14400 mins =3D=3D 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 =3D 34.29 minutes per user per day.

I believe (although I am prepared to be proven wrong) that BT assume 
14 users can share one dial-in port. That is roughly what most IPS's 
use as a suitable users per not-modem ratio.

Therefore (worst case scenario) the =A3140 port could be used entirely 
by one user.

Rich
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