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26/09/2006
BT to increase pay phone charges
The cost of calls made from BT pay phones is to increase to a minimum of 40p from November, the company has announced.
The change means that users will will now pay 40p for a 20-minute phone call, compared to the current rate of 30p for 15 minutes.
BT said that the increased costs would help to maintain all of their 63,500 pay phones.
The widespread use of mobile phones has seen the use of pay phones fall by 47% since 2000. Now, only 23,000 of BT's pay phones are profitable, but the company said that the phones are still well-used in remote and rural areas.
A spokesperson for BT said that the firm had a "social obligation" to provide telephones, even though they were loss-making.
The spokesperson said: "We have pledged to provide pay phones particularly in remote and rural communities where many people rely on them."
(KMcA/EF)
The change means that users will will now pay 40p for a 20-minute phone call, compared to the current rate of 30p for 15 minutes.
BT said that the increased costs would help to maintain all of their 63,500 pay phones.
The widespread use of mobile phones has seen the use of pay phones fall by 47% since 2000. Now, only 23,000 of BT's pay phones are profitable, but the company said that the phones are still well-used in remote and rural areas.
A spokesperson for BT said that the firm had a "social obligation" to provide telephones, even though they were loss-making.
The spokesperson said: "We have pledged to provide pay phones particularly in remote and rural communities where many people rely on them."
(KMcA/EF)
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