[LINK] RFI: Change in Telstra Timed-Call Charges

[Roger Clarke]

On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 4:19 AM, Roger Clarke 
<<mailto:Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au>Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au> wrote:
>That's an 11% increase for a call that clicks just over 4 minutes.
>And it's a 100% increase in the time-cost for the large numbers of
>sub-30-second calls.


At 8:41 -0800 17/2/11, Scott Howard wrote:
>It's been a very long time since I've paid Telstra for an STD call, 
>but based on their website it looks like the standard rates are 
>20-25 cents/minutes, with a 0.45 cent flag fall.
>Thus the just-over-4-minute call would have previously been 
>(4.5*0.25+0.45=)  $1.58, where it will now be (5*0.25+0.45=) $1.70. 
>That's an 8% increase, not 11%
>For the sub-30-second it's previously (0.5*0.25+0.45=) 58 cents, 
>where now it's (1*0.25+0.45=) 70 cents.  That's an increase of 21%, 
>not 100%.
>Am I missing something?
>(Prices from 
><http://www.telstra.com.au/homephone/call_types_rates/std_calls.html>http://www.telstra.com.au/homephone/call_types_rates/std_calls.html)

I accepted the figures in the letter at face-value.

"For example, an STD call on Homeline Complete, Plus or Advanced is 
currently charged at 10 cents per 30-second block.  This is changing 
to 20 cents per one-minute block".

Note that my figures were for "time-cost", not the full call-cost. 
The 45-cent call connection fee is unchanged.


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