Supermarket VOIP

chuckT writes "Tesco, the UK's largest supermarket chain, has announced plans to sell a VOIP handset and connection through their stores. Given that one out of every eight pounds, spent on shopping in the UK goes to Tesco, and the UK has one of the highest broadband takeup rates around, is this the end for the classic telecoms providers like BT?"

Ahh those marketing geniuses!

[digitaldc]

The BT service offers free calls to UK landlines at evenings and weekends, at a cost of £4.99 a month

This is totally kick-ass! Where else can you pay £4.99 to make free calls?
NOWHERE! That's where!

HI can I have two cans of soup and 100 minutes..

[frinkacheese]

Of course, Tesco are likely just re-selling somebody else's network like most other VoIP players seem to do. So far they do Insurance, Tellys, Voice and banking services.. They will be operating small brothels [bbc.co.uk] next..

Huh?

[BMonger]

Given that one out of every eight pounds, spent on shopping in the UK goes to Tesco

People in the UK exchange their fat for goods and services based on how much they weigh? Weird.

warning: kidding

Re:kinda crap but makes sense in the UK

[digitaldc]

UK consumers will get the "pay 4.99 and have free calls" because at the moment they pay BT a standing line charge and then pay for each call (time based charging) on top....

This is exactly the kind of thing that makes people angry, move to other continents and start a Revolution against the reigning Empire.

Re:Huh?

[kadathseeker]

Dude! Us Americans could be effing RICH! We have more fat and weight-gaining products than the rest of the world combined - surely we'll make more than enough to pay off our natl. debt.

P.S. Americans think the world revolves around us because it does! The fat of America actually creates its own gravitational field stronger than the Earth's, which means it rotates around us. This is also why we have so many anorexic people here, they weren't heavy enough to remain where they were because our gravity is stronger. Watch out, McDonald's stock is up...

Re:kinda crap but makes sense in the UK

[sgt101]

The funniest thing I heard for a while was the discussion about the "British Day" that Gordon Brown mooted recently. My friend proposed that we should celebrate it on the 4th July... Why? Well, that's the day that the US celebrates independence and complete separation from the British state and nation, and so should we, so should we...