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Supermarket VOIP
chuckT writes "Tesco, the UK's largest supermarket chain, has announced plans to sell a VOIP handset and connection through their stores. Given that one out of every eight pounds, spent on shopping in the UK goes to Tesco, and the UK has one of the highest broadband takeup rates around, is this the end for the classic telecoms providers like BT?"
The BT service offers free calls to UK landlines at evenings and weekends, at a cost of £4.99 a month
This is totally kick-ass! Where else can you pay £4.99 to make free calls?
NOWHERE! That's where!
He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson
UK consumers will get the "pay 4.99 and have free calls" because at the moment they pay BT a standing line charge and then pay for each call (time based charging) on top....
This is exactly the kind of thing that makes people angry, move to other continents and start a Revolution against the reigning Empire.
He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson
Dude! Us Americans could be effing RICH! We have more fat and weight-gaining products than the rest of the world combined - surely we'll make more than enough to pay off our natl. debt.
P.S. Americans think the world revolves around us because it does! The fat of America actually creates its own gravitational field stronger than the Earth's, which means it rotates around us. This is also why we have so many anorexic people here, they weren't heavy enough to remain where they were because our gravity is stronger. Watch out, McDonald's stock is up...
The 'Net is a waste of time, and that's exactly what's right about it. - William Gibson