bbb_uk wrote on Aug 26
th, 2008 at 7:13pm:
0844/0845/0870 are 20p/min 0871 are 50p/min OfcoN state that BT has SMP and as such some things BT still require the ok from OfcoN (although most things probably don't now)! So surely OfcoN approval was sought before raising the cost to such an extent. Regardless of what some people think, i believe it's a bit reasonable for BT to have a slighly higher costs for calls from payphones compared to landline but in this case they are grossly over-pricing the NGNs.
Thing is we all know that OfcoN don't give a damn about what us consumers pay or think.
You obviously missed the Ofcom consultation proposing that BT be allowed to set a range of variable payphone box charges to see how it affected demand in different areas.
I know someone who responded to that consulation.
I see that one consultation was actually for a non uniform tariff for geographic charging but the start of the slippery slope and all that kind of thing........
See
www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/pcb/I believe this whole ripoff 084/7 payphone pricing strategy is reliant on the monstrous charges levied for 084/7 and them not being the same as 01/02/03 not being shown in the phone box. All the marketing there goes on about how cheap it is to make a long national rate phone call (while conveniently forgetting to mention that 084/7 are not charged at these rates)
I see only there were only four responses to that consultation and BT was one of them. At least one member of this forum made the effort though. Futile and completely ignored by OfCoN though it of course undoubtedly was.
Also what is the betting that an FOI to Ofcom would reveal the percentage of 084/7 calls made on a payphone to be far higher than from a domestic landline number. Think tourists and people looking for a room for the night or needing to speak to the gas company etc, etc, etc.