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- MERCURY - The Alternative Phone-line
- For those of you interested in saving those hard earned pennies when you
- call up your favourite bulletin board <This one ???>
- This bulletin can also be downloaded from the COMMS file area of this board.
- It is called "Mercury.lzh."
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- If you make long distance calls <over 35 miles>, you'll find that
- Mercury can make a BIG difference to the size of your phone bills.
-
- You will find it easier to keep track of your spending - your Mercury
- bill gives details of each individual call you make. AND they claim
- the customer service is better than BT.
-
- To become a Mercury customer, all you need is a Mercury compatible
- phone <look for the phone with a BLUE button on it>, you will find a
- range to choose from in the high street.
-
- The annual cost <apart from connection charges> is £8.81 INCLUDING VAT.
-
- All you do is dial 0800-424-194 and ask for an application form, when
- this arrives just fill it in and return it. Mercury will send you a
- personal PIN number which will be entered into the phone and used by
- the blue button.
- NOW FOR THE INTERESTING BIT.
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- This is a list of example savings over BT, sent to me by Mercury.
- NATIONAL CALLS
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- | ECONOMY | STANDARD | PEAK |
- 5 Minute call| BT MERCURY SAVE | BT MERCURY SAVE | BT MERCURY SAVE |
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- Birmingham - | 33.6 18.1 46.1% | 50.4 40.9 18.8% | 67.2 53.0 21.1%|
- Aberdeen | | | |
- | | | |
- Bradford - | 33.6 19.8 41.1% | 50.4 42.0 16.7% | 67.2 56.0 16.7%|
- Plymouth | | | |
- | | | |
- Glasgow - | 33.6 18.1 41.1% | 50.4 42.0 16.7% | 67.2 56.0 16.7%|
- Cambridge | | | |
- | | | |
- Liverpool - | 33.6 18.1 41.1% | 50.4 40.9 18.8% | 67.2 53.0 21.1%|
- Southampton | | | |
- | | | |
- London - | 25.2 18.1 28.2% | 42.0 40.9 2.6% | 54.6 53.0 2.9% |
- Manchester | | | |
- | | | |
- Reading - | 16.8 12.3 26.8% | 37.8 37.0 2.1% | 50.4 48.5 3.8% |
- Luton | | | |
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- These figures do NOT include VAT.
- For more information, leave a message of private mail to:
- Dave Hedrick,
- Co-Sysop of Aardvark BBS
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