On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 10:16:59 +0100, "Gareth" <hotmail.com@dgareth.spm>
wrote:

>
>"Mike" <mike@kempston.net> wrote in message
>news:2sju839lmno48825tcn14h946f5vtvhld0@news.kemp ston.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 Your comment is based on an outdated and obsolete definition of the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?

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