Re: Phone cards in London

"tim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> If calling from a public pay-phone all cards should have
> a 'hidden' surcharge.

My experience is with phone cards in my own city, where I have access to
numerous landlines, and still find that certain phone cards have hidden
connection fees. What is your scope when you say "all cards should have a
'hidden' surcharge" ? London, the UK or phone cards anywhere?

> The pay-phone network runs at a loss, subsidisied by the
> owners of land-lines.  The telco though that it was a bit off
> that people without phones should: arrive, use a public-pay-phone
> (with a calling card) and not make a penny contribution to the
> provision of that phone. So they asked for a surcharge to be
> applied. Fortunately, the regulator agreed.

Here, I assume you're talking about London. It still leaves me wondering why
phone card companies would neglect to mention such a surcharge. I don't see
any harm in mentioning a fee associated with a product if all competitors
are forced to charge the same fee.

Richard