"andy" <andy.ggrps@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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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[/color]
the[color=blue]
> 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[/color]
£1[color=blue]
> 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 ...

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Sure...

I think you have got it exactly right. When providing the "invoice address"
prior to being able to make a payment into an account, if you choose France
as the country, it will give you a French premium rate number to use (I
understand this only works from France Telecom lines) with the 0.56 euro
rates with 120 free days (on those Betamax operations that provide 120
days).

I am quite surprised and amazed that voipcheap.com are offering 90 days on
the UK premium rate! Wow... quite good even! I am pleased you found and
mentioned that.

I "kind of like" the top-up by mobile thing but it does seem like a bit of a
chronic rip-off to me... probably not so or to bad if you have excess
(mobile) credit you need to use up... but charging you ~ £5 for a
significantly lower amount of credit and then telling you you will only get
60 free days when the going number of free days for a top-up of 5 Euros is
120 seems a little rich....

Hope that is helpful or useful and bye for now.


Best wishes,



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