Dave wrote on Jul 14
th, 2013 at 12:09pm:
The claim is that "normal calling rates" of no greater than 6 pence per minute apply from a landline. This is a g6 number and the level of Service Charge is about the same as the aforementioned alleged highest landline bundled call rate. Therefore it is claimed that it is "normal" for landline providers to impose no Access Charge on these calls (effectively originating them at cost).
I don't think they are specifically claiming that landline providers impose no AC on these calls (ie orginate at cost). They (Family Mobile) probably don't even know what Ofcom has got planned with the confusing AC/SC as it's likely their NGN provider hasn't mentioned it until it has no choice as it's not in their (NGN provider's) interest.
I think they meant "normal" as in its not an "offical" premium number (as defined by Ofcom/Paypal) although we know it's a stealth premium rate number.
Family Mobile is obviously a MVNO and is probably so small that they aren't aware of actual charges or definitions of these type of calls as they probably just get told by the actual mobile network who they use what they, Family Mobile, will be charged for each call type and so they base their prices of the wholesale price list.
Quote:...It is surprising therefore that a telephone company which has switched to a g6 number now has decided not to lead the way by being open about its Service Charge, but rather conceal it by claiming that the bundled charge of operators who impose no Access Charge is "normal"...
My guess is that a lot of companies whether telephone company, normal companies like Sky, etc have no interest in publishing any AC/SC until they are legally obliged to and even then many will not until forced to by Ofcom/ASA.
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