Charging to the nearest minute

[TheJokersCard]

So if you make a call thats 1m 35s they will charge you for 2m. Is it only VM that do this or do BT/Sky.

[Kymmy]

Actually your title is wrong, they charge per minute and part of a minute so they always round up.. so a call of 1m 10s would be 2 minutes

Call durations are accurate to plus or minus 1.1 seconds and rounded up to the next minute.

[BenMcr]

BT do it as well http://www.bt.com/pricing/current/Ge...001_d0e219.htm

Duration Rounding - All Residential Customers
The duration of the following call types will be rounded up to the next whole minute

Inland geographic Calls (including g21 rate, 0870 and ISDN64k calls)
Calls from Northern Ireland to the Irish Republic
Calls to Channel Islands
Fixed-to-mobile calls (excluding ISDN 64k)
International Calls (including calls to international mobiles but excluding ISDN 64k and satellite calls e.g Inmarsat)
The above call types from Private Payphones

[TheJokersCard]

So basically you are paying for an extra 50s onto the bill.

[Kymmy]

Yes which is exactly what you agreed in your contract and you'll find that most phone companies do exactly the same..

[Mullington]

Good old rip off Britain. We do it because others do it attitude

[Peter_]

Originally Posted by Mullington

Good old rip off Britain. We do it because others do it attitude

You will find virtually every telecoms worldwide always round up to the nearest minute and never down.

Some light reading that makes it look a lot better.

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=e...page&q&f=false

[myutopia]

http://shop.o2.co.uk/tariffSmallPrint#PayMonthly

6. Unless otherwise stated, call prices include VAT, are quoted by the minute, and are charged in one second increments. Each call is charged excluding VAT and then rounded-up to the nearest penny. VAT is then added to the total of all charges on your bill.