"Mike" <mike@kempston.net> wrote in message
news:2sju839lmno48825tcn14h946f5vtvhld0@news.kemps ton.net...
> On Sat, 7 Jul 2007 07:24:16 +0100, Jon <spam@jonparker.plus.com>
> wrote:
>
>>ALi@Junkbox.com declared for all the world to hear...
>>> 0871 is a premium number
>>
>>No, it isn't.
>
> Oh, yes it is!
>
> Your comment is based on an outdated and obsolete definition of the
> term "premium number". 0871 is charged at a premium (higher) rate
> than ordinary numbers, therefore it's a "premium [rate] number".
>
> Saying otherwise is in the same class of confusion-marketing as saying
> that 0870 is "national rate" and 0845 is "local rate" whereas, in
> fact, there ain't no such thing any more.

0871 is not a premium rate number according to any sensible definition of
the term premium. Your argument is circular. T-Mobile charges 10p a minute
for calls to 0871 (hardly premium) and Virgin similarly charges 15p a
minute. If you define premium according to the nonsensical charges that some
operators - such as Orange - inflict upon customers for calling an 0871
number then you are correct. The question remains however - why is Orange
charging 35p a minute for all 0871 numbers?

Gareth.