Re: Euphony
@Ash: the current rate card is (suggest right-click and 'save as') And yes, once you're with them, any national no. (incl N.I.) should be 'free' (i.e. included in your monthly €9.99) — presuming of course that they answer and deal with your call in under 60 minutes! :\
DECT means Digital Electronic Communication Telephony — basically a wireless 'phone that transmits digital rather than analog sound — so better clarity & range, depending on the 'phone. LIDL are selling a basic one from next Thursday for [broken link removed], God bless 'em! (Argos probably aren't far behind...)
@FatherD: Yeah, strange that..! Just had a look on the website and noticed that in the (very
undetailed) details they have a little *proviso inserted about '*residential voice only' — see my earlier rant .
But now when you go to download their (still incomplete, and misleading) rate card, you get the old Talk3000 card, updated to say 'effective as and of 1st July 2004' and with a stipulation that:
* Talk3000 customers receive 1500 Local and 1500 National offpeak free minutes per month, the first 10 minutes of the call are free, subject to standard terms and conditions, after which current competitive Euphony local rates apply. These rates supercede any previously published. Monthly service charge of €5 (inc. VAT) — yet the Flash-animated 'leader' still goes on about 'unlimited chat for just 10 yoyos a month! [etc.].
— Whereas my 'older' TalkNow rate card — also headed 'effective as and of 1st July 2004' offers just that — and makes no mention of their 90% mark-up on non-geographic numbers... or exclusions on calls to ISP numbers, even 'geographic' ones.
These b***ards really
are making it up as they go along...! :mad
If I were you — and if you have the patience?

— I'd ring them up — on the Freefone 1800 357 142 number, of course —and ask for the TalkNow rates. Let us know what they say...!
As for
moi — I
definitely feel a Comreg/ASAI complaint coming on...
Dr. M.