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Fri 08 Aug 2008Eircom changes 'will increase' cost of calls
INDEPENDENT TELECOMS advisory service MinuteBuyer claims that Eircom's introduction of call set-up charges at the beginning of the month will increase the cost of an average business phone call by 50 per cent.
MinuteBuyer's research indicates that the average business call - whether to a local, national, mobile or international number - is of 2.19 minutes' duration. Before Eircom's introduction of a 4.92 cent set-up charge on all calls a local call of this length cost an Eircom customer 9.35 cent.
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