[Gllug] OT Internet connection

[Jason Clifford]

On Tue, 13 Mar 2007, Mike Brodbelt wrote:

> I confess to having no knowledge of how 999 services are paid for -
> where does the £1/minute come in? Are they attempting to pay for
> staffing of 999 call centers from cash extracted from telephone
> operators? I'd agree with you though - this is a clear case for
> something that should be state funded.

Yes, telephone operators are charged a rate of almost £1/min for calls 
they terminate to 999 operators and the telephone companies also have to 
provide the first line operators to answer these calls themselves.

Jason
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