News Reader wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> This is a bit of a joke post but still...
>
> A little digging, and a little more time in the evolution of the Finarea /
> Betamax services (particularly their VoIP outings), and more importantly the
> evolution of their customers and customer base...
>
> ... reveals that phone top-ups (how long for I wonder... still)... from
> France are at the rather bargaineous rates of ... (hold your breath ... **
> Drum Roll **)...
>
> Phone Call Charged @ ? 0.56 // You Receive: ? 0.38 // And a joyous 120
> free days!!
>
> The UK phone top-up used to be / started off at £1.50 for something like £1
> credit and 120 free days ... they shortly thereafter refined that down to
> same monetary amounts but only 14 free days.[/color]

Could you explain this a little more?

I hadn't looked at topping-up the account until a few days ago, as I
hadn't really used it, but now a voipcheap.com account says

Please select an amount::
You pay Credit you receive You will receive
£* 1.50 £* 1.19 90 Freedays!

Do you mean that if you enter a French number as the source of the
top-up, you get a French premium rate number to call for the amounts
above? Or does this only apply to some accounts?

The best recent credit method for these accounts has been p-sms from
easyMobile promotional credit. I wish I'd caught on earlier ...