Guest nickcornaglia Posted January 29, 2004 Report Posted January 29, 2004 I know I've been visiting this site for well over a year but I never knew what this meant. I used to think it meant tax or something like that. What does the term tarriff mean?
Guest mcwarre Posted January 29, 2004 Report Posted January 29, 2004 It means talkplan i.e. how much per month you pay and how many free minutes you get. e.g. my tarriff is Everyday 50. It costs me 50p per day and I get 50 free minutes (off peak) every day.
Guest nickcornaglia Posted January 30, 2004 Report Posted January 30, 2004 O thanks. Your voice plan minutes dont seem that far off from ours. Depends on hown many minutes you get per month for 50p a day.
Guest nickcornaglia Posted February 1, 2004 Report Posted February 1, 2004 We dont use that term here in the US at all. Based on the description above, we just call them Voice Plans/Data Plans.
Guest martin Posted February 1, 2004 Report Posted February 1, 2004 Here you go encece : :lol: http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/tariff?view=uk It's even got the correct spelling :wink:
Guest nickcornaglia Posted February 1, 2004 Report Posted February 1, 2004 tariff • noun 1 a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports. 2 a table of the fixed charges made by a business, especially in a hotel or restaurant. 3 Law a scale of sentences and damages for crimes and injuries of different severities. • verb fix the price of (something) according to a tariff. See, I thought it meant number one. That's the definition here. But #2 would be applicable to this usage. Oh, and maybe we spell it differently here too! :lol:
Guest mcwarre Posted February 1, 2004 Report Posted February 1, 2004 Depends on hown many minutes you get per month for 50p a day.Multiply I get 50 free minutes (off peak) every day. 50 mins per day by number of days in a month :wink:
Guest nickcornaglia Posted February 1, 2004 Report Posted February 1, 2004 50p per day x 30 days = ???? minutes 50 FREE minuted per day (off peak) x 30 days = 1500 FREE minutes per month (off peak) How many regular (peak) minutes does that give you? The information above does not say does it. :roll:
Guest zeta101 Posted February 1, 2004 Report Posted February 1, 2004 http://www.orange.co.uk/talkplans/ev50.html
Guest martin Posted February 1, 2004 Report Posted February 1, 2004 Oh, and maybe we spell it differently here too! Yes, you are destroying what was once a great language. Can we have it back now please :lol: Of course the Americans have given us several words which have been adopted into our vocabulary the most common being McDonalds, Burger King, Kentucky Fried Chicked and dude :wink:
Guest nickcornaglia Posted February 1, 2004 Report Posted February 1, 2004 Man are you guys getting ripped off out there! Under T-Mobile, I can get: 2500 peak minutes (National...no long distance charges) Unlimited Nights Unlimited Weekends for US$99.00/month $19.99/month - Unlimited Data $6.99/month - 1000 text messages TOTAL = $125.98 or £70
Guest yoos Posted February 1, 2004 Report Posted February 1, 2004 One important thing... My understanding (correct me if I'm wrong people in Europe) is that Europe DOESN'T get charged for INCOMMING calls/sms when in fact we do in the USA, which sucks...
Guest awarner [MVP] Posted February 1, 2004 Report Posted February 1, 2004 Americans have given us several words which have been adopted into our vocabulary the most common Burger King :wink: Had to pull you on that one martin Burger King is actually English :lol:
Guest martin Posted February 1, 2004 Report Posted February 1, 2004 One important thing... My understanding (correct me if I'm wrong people in Europe) is that Europe DOESN'T get charged for INCOMMING calls/sms when in fact we do in the USA, which sucks... Yep, thats correct... I think the only exception is receiving International calls where the receiver has to pay for some of the call charge.
Guest martin Posted February 1, 2004 Report Posted February 1, 2004 Had to pull you on that one martin Burger King is actually English Bugger ](*,)
Guest pete1312 Posted February 2, 2004 Report Posted February 2, 2004 Bugger ](*,) I think you meant "Burger" :lol:
Guest pete1312 Posted February 2, 2004 Report Posted February 2, 2004 Yep, thats correct... I think the only exception is receiving International calls where the receiver has to pay for some of the call charge. The "receiver" only pays for incoming calls/texts etc whilst ROAMING abroad - no charge for incoming in the UK, wherever the call originates from!
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