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H-NET H-NET H-NET H-NET H-NET H-NET H-NET H
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E ** H-Net Magazine ** E
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H Volume One, Issue 1, File #15 of 20 H
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E MERCURY off-peak phone charges,approx. E
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H-NET H-NET H-NET H-NET H-NET H-NET H-NET H
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If you're a hacker (UK) who has big phone bills (over 90 pounds a quarter) then you should become a MERCURY subscriber - if your not already that is!
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The benefits are fabulous, all the calls are logged with times - you could work
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out the average cost per minute of calling your favourite bbs!
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Off-peak (after 6pm and at weekends) charges per minute are roughly half those
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of BT's
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You can choose whether you pay your bill every month or every 3 months. I have
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found that monthly payments are the easiest to cope with.
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The staff are much more helpful and professional.
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MERCURY is the ONLY main competitor to BT at the moment - and I would rather
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pay my money to Mercury than BT!
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It makes line traces more difficult as MERCURY doesn't like to collude with
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BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLC (BT). A short background to this attitude comes
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from Mercury's early days when BT gave them loads of hassle. BT is the Main
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phone network in the UK - in about 1984 Mercury began to challenge this stance.
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But BT have to approve (by law) any equipment attached to their network. So any
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of the equipment that Mercury sent to BT to be approved was repeatedly rejected
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for extremely trivial reasons (perhaps something to do with the fact that if you
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had a piece of equipment rejected you had to have it resubmitted along with the
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hefty fee again). Mercury knew what BT were up to and didn't like it a bit!
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* Off-peak rates! list compiled by Bauderline, 21st April, 1990 *
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MINUTES COST MINUTES COST MINUTES COST
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1 4.1P 21 86.1p 41 168.1p
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2 8.2p 22 90.2p 42 172.2p
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3 12.3p 23 94.3p 43 176.3p
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4 16.4p 24 98.4p 44 180.4p
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5 20.5p 25 102.5p 45 184.5p
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6 24.6p 26 106.6p 46 188.6p
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7 28.7p 27 110.7p 47 192.7p
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8 32.8p 28 114.8p 48 196.8p
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9 36.9p 29 118.9p 49 200.9p
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10 41.0p 30 123.0p 50 205.0p
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11 45.1p 31 127.1p 51 209.1p
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12 49.2p 32 131.2p 52 213.2p
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13 53.3p 33 135.3p 53 217.3p
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14 57.4p 34 139.4p 54 221.4p
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15 61.5p 35 143.5p 55 225.5p
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16 65.6p 36 147.6p 56 229.6p
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17 69.7p 37 151.7p 57 233.7p
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18 73.8p 38 155.8p 58 237.8p
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19 77.9p 39 159.9p 59 241.9p
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20 82.0p 40 164.0p 60 246.0p
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[Hackernet BBS,LEEDS,UK(0532)557739, 24hrs. Home of H-Net Hacking magazine]
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