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- WELCOME TO "TEUERKOM"!
-
- RCN presents you Teuerkom, a freeware application, that enables you to keep
- an eye on your phone charges when calling from or within Germany with the Deutsche Teuerkom -- sorry: Telekom -- AG. Teuerkom "knows" about the new
- tariffs that are in effect in Germany since January 1, 1996.
-
-
- TEUERKOM
-
- Who's not familiar with the following situation: Since January 1, 1996, almost
- everyone tries to minimize his or her phone charges. Of course, you could have
- a stop watch at hand when you call somebody, but it does not show you how many
- Pfennig or Deutschmark you have spent already--especially not if it's a long
- distance or even international call where your phone bill would rise faster
- than you could calculate the fees!
-
- That's where Teuerkom comes in: you activate its timer at the beginning of a
- call, and you stop it when you're finished. During the call, Teuerkom shows you
- exactly how long you are talking already, how much time remains until the next
- unit is charged, and the amount you will have to pay for the call up to this
- moment.
-
- Teuerkom offers you several features that extend by far the comfort an ordinary
- call-fee counter might offer:
-
- * The complete range of domestic and international rates of the German
- Telekom is supported. With a mouse-click, you switch between the
- different domestic rates resp. the destination countries for your call.
-
- * All public holidays -- and the "family day" on February 25, 1996,
- announced to appease the public after the troubles that occured on
- Jan 1st, 1996, when the public branch exchanges were upgraded to the new
- billing software -- will be taken into account.
-
- * For each rate (city, region 50, region 200, long distance and
- international) you can set a different visual and/or acoustic alarm that
- reminds you in time when the next unit is about to begin.
-
- * Teuerkom provides for charge (pre-)calculation, too: simply choose the
- corresponding rate or country and enter the expected or measured duration
- of your phone call -- Teuerkom instantly displays the charge you will
- have or would have to pay.
-
- * Integrated into Teuerkom is a "total fee" counter whose value is updated
- automatically after each call. The "grand total" is preserved beyond the
- single sessions with Teuerkom.
-
- * Simple command line management for controlling from other programs like
- PPP.
-
- * It is possible to switch the tariff zone during the call.
-
- * The timer can be configured to auto-start and/or auto-stop after
- hiding/unhiding the application.
-
-
- Teuerkom is in its "beta" phase now; some features are still missing but will
- be added with the next released versions, including:
-
- * Better Online Help
- * Support of other tariffs (e. g. for handies)
- * API for invocation by other programs
- * support for hardware in order to enable the user to dial a number
- from within Teuerkom
-
- Teuerkom will be available for all four NEXTSTEP platforms (Motorola, Intel,
- HP, and Sun). The most recent version of Teuerkom can be found at the following
- locations:
-
- ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT/new/productivity/apps
- ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/platforms/next/Tools/Phone
-
-
- Teuerkom is FREEWARE! You may do what you want with this application, but you
- are not allowed to modify or sell Teuerkom without prior consent of RCN.
-
- Realtime Computing and Nets
- Flotowstrasse 2
- D - 12203 Berlin
- Germany
-
- TEL + 49 30 834 01 07
- FAX + 49 30 834 01 08
-
- email info@rcn.mind.de
-
-
-
- Version history
-
- 0.94.0 - first public beta
-
- 0.95.0 - a simple commmand line management was added
- display for "money per minute" was added
- preference field for hiding Teuerkom after launch was added
- Growing German Online-Help
-
- 0.96.0 - Delay option for syncronising with other programs was added
- Bug in command line management was fixed
- Growing German Online-Help
-
- 1.00.0 - New tariffs after July 1, 1996 are implemented
- Vis-A-Vis and EuroCity tariff are now supported
- Remain time and costs are displayed at the application icon
- if Teuerkom is hided (still beta)
-
-
- ABOUT RCN
-
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