At 07:49 AM 9/10/98 +1000, you wrote:
>There are even parts (ie most) of the world where the "pounds sign" is not
>available on the keyboard and the screen can interpret an incoming pounds
>sign as "#". (A GP-UK posting that came today has the "#" sign, others do
>not). I am told that in programming circles "#" is referred to as the "pound
>sign".
>
>Of course the Euro will fix all that!!
>
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>Stephen Crawshaw
>Autralia
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One of the better of the many cheap tele services now available answers one's
call-up with: ''Enter the country code and number you want, followed by the
pound key". Have tried in vain telling them English phones don't have a pound
key.
Talking of such services, I followed up what I think was originally a spam on
GP-UK and now have a little box on the wall that passes local and free calls
thru to BT but intercepts all the rest (national as well as overseas) and,
allegedly, decides for itself which is the cheapest route for them from 14
possibilities. The itemised bill at the end of the month shows the putative
savings over BT standard charges. I don't claim that its rates are necessarily
all that much better than BT's after you have claimed family five and business
ten and Tues/Thursday/Saturday discounts, but at least there is nothing to
dial, nothing to remember, no application to BT for this or that discount, no
down payments, and, as I say, it covers national as well as international
calls
which I think most of the cut-pice do not do, and is trouble free. Costs UKP20
for the box and UKP1.75 per month charge. Recommended.
Senior Lurker
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