################################################################ # # This is a kppp ruleset for Eircom (formerly Telecom Eireann) # for standard national calls (NOT special-rate Internet 1891 calls). # # Unbelievably, Eircom has now dropped the former (ludicrously # irrelevant) distance-based charge-bands on direct-dialled calls. # They still remain for operator-connected calls but these are # (a) a rarity and (b) unusable for modems anyway. Calls in Ireland # are therefore in one of the following categories: # # 1. Local calls # 2. Special-rate Internet calls (ISPs with 1891 numbers) # 3. National calls (ie all other trunk or long-distance calls) # # Note that some Telcos offer special deals of a fixed-rate per-month # charge which gives you unlimited, uncharged local calls in off-peak # times. At other times, your standard Telco rates apply. # # "Local" is as hard to define as in any other Telco administration, # as it can cross area codes, even when they are in different regions, # in order to allow people to call their neighbours 100 yards away # even though they may technically be in an area code which would # normally qualify as "long-distance", because such calls don't go # onto the trunk, just the local exchange. # # Note all values here include Value-Added Tax at 21% current # at 31-Dec-1999 # # Peter Flynn ################################################################ name=Ireland_Eircom_National # Define IEP (Irish Pounds) to be used as currency symbol # ??? There is no way to define the currency code AND the symbol !!! # WARNING this will have to be changed to EUR from 2002-01-01 currency_symbol=£ # Define the position of the currency symbol. # (not absolutely needed, default is "right") # ??? Curious default, why not left, which is _way_ more common? !!! currency_position=left # Define the number of significant digits. # (not absolutely needed, default is "2" currency_digits=2 # NOTE: rules are applied from top to bottom - the # LAST matching rule is the one used for the # cost computations. # It costs 11.5p the moment a call connects. This covers the first # 69.01 secs (peak hours, 8am-6pm M-F) or first 103.64 secs (evenings) # or 10 mins (weekends). Yes, they calculate to the 1/100th sec... per_connection=0.115 # Therefore the minimum cost is the same as the per-connection cost minimum_costs=0.115 # Therefore the first 69 secs costs this much no matter what. flat_init_costs=(0.115,69) # A pity there's no peak/offpeak differential for this one. # All subsequent charging is done per-second, based on the unit # charge of 11.5p for 69.01 sec (peak hours) or 11.5p for 103.64 sec # (evenings) or 11.5p for 600 sec (weekends), which works out at # £0.0016664/sec, £0.00110961p/sec, and £0.0001916667p/sec # respectively...that's what they claim, anyway. # Rather than expect kppp to check the rate every second and add # tiny fractions, I've expressed these rates in terms of the amount # needed to clock up half a penny (or the closest amount exceeding # that value obtainable by multiplying the per-second rate by an # integer). Not a whole penny, because you may be damn certain the # bean-counters will round up half-penny amounts to the nearest # whole penny anyway (anal-retentive, are we? :-) # Thus the base rate for peak-time calls is £0.004999 for 3 secs # (0.115 / 69.01 = 0.0016664251 / 0.005 = 0.3332850 inv = 3.0004) # evenings is £0.0055481 for 5 secs # (0.115 / 103.64 = 0.00110961 / 0.005 = 0.2219220 inv = 4.5060869565) # and weekends is £0.005175 for 27 secs # (0.115 / 600 = 0.0001916667 / 0.005 = 0.0383333 inv = 26.086956522) # so accounting should happen in approx 1/2p increments... # OK, here we go... # Because of the need to detect time-of-day as well as initial-period, # this default should never actually get applied, but we assume that # connections are made in the peak rate period... default=(0.004999,3) # PEAK-TIME CALLS are 8am to 6pm Mon-Fri, so after flat_init_costs # this rule should apply: on (monday..friday) between (08:00..18:00) use (0.004999,3,69) # EVENING CALLS are 6pm to 8am Mon-Fri # This needs to supersede the flat_init_costs on time, because that # only applies to the first 69.01 secs of PEAK-TIME calls on (monday..friday) between (00:00..08:00) use (0.115,104) on (monday..friday) between (18:00..23:59) use (0.115,104) # Thereafter the per-second rate applies after the first 104 secs on (monday..friday) between (00:00..08:00) use (0.0055481,5,104) on (monday..friday) between (18:00..23:59) use (0.0055481,5,104) # WEEKEND CALLS are midnight Friday to midnight Sunday # This needs to supersede the flat_init_costs on time, because that # only applies to the first 69.01 secs of PEAK-TIME calls on (saturday..sunday) between (00:00..23:59) use (0.115,600) # Thereafter the per-second rate applies after the first 104 secs on (saturday..sunday) between (00:00..23:59) use (0.005175,27,600) # KNOWN HOLIDAYS are all at weekend rates # New Year's Day on (01/01) between (00:00..23:59) use (0.115,600) on (01/01) between (00:00..23:59) use (0.005175,27,600) # St Patrick's Day on (03/17) between (00:00..23:59) use (0.115,600) on (03/17) between (00:00..23:59) use (0.005175,27,600) # Easter Monday on (easter+1) between (00:00..23:59) use (0.115,600) on (easter+1) between (00:00..23:59) use (0.005175,27,600) # May Day (Bealtaine) on (05/01) between (00:00..23:59) use (0.115,600) on (05/01) between (00:00..23:59) use (0.005175,27,600) # Christmas Day and St Stephen's Day on (12/25) between (00:00..23:59) use (0.115,600) on (12/25) between (00:00..23:59) use (0.005175,27,600) on (12/26) between (00:00..23:59) use (0.115,600) on (12/26) between (00:00..23:59) use (0.005175,27,600) # This file should be refreshed every year to take account of the # moveable public holidays we inherited from the British practice, # known as "Bank Holidays" (originally the quarter-days when banks # had to close for accounting purposes, but now almost unpredictable). # These happen several times a year, always on a Monday. Dates # for 2000 are June 5th, August 7th, and October 30th. # The exact dates are known several years in advance and are fixed # by the Taoiseach's Office and the Dept of Local Government. # They are NOT the same days as British Bank Holidays, which are # fixed on a different basis. # June Bank Holiday 2000 (in lieu of Oimelc/Imbolc, which was in Feb) on (06/05) between (00:00..23:59) use (0.115,600) on (06/05) between (00:00..23:59) use (0.005175,27,600) # August Bank Holiday 2000 (Lughnasa) on (08/07) between (00:00..23:59) use (0.115,600) on (08/07) between (00:00..23:59) use (0.005175,27,600) # October Bank Holiday 2000 (Samhain) on (10/30) between (00:00..23:59) use (0.115,600) on (10/30) between (00:00..23:59) use (0.005175,27,600) # No automatic account is taken of Transference, when a fixed public # holiday occurs on a weekend, which means the following Monday becomes # a holiday in compensation. (1/1/2000 is a good example!!) # Transfer New Year's Day holiday 2000 to first working day afterwards on (01/03) between (00:00..23:59) use (0.115,600) on (01/03) between (00:00..23:59) use (0.005175,27,600) # None of the other fixed holidays in 2000 needs this doing. # When Christmas occurs on a Saturday (and St Stephen's Day therefore # on a Sunday), ONLY the following Monday is a holiday, not the Tuesday # as well (sorry, guys :-)