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Section 2:Call Charges & Exchange Line Services

Part 5:ValueCall Services


Subpart 1:ValueCall Services

CALL CHARGES FOR 09 NUMBERS

Ofcom may introduce changes in regulation which will affect call charges to 09 numbers. This may result in changes to Call Charges and other changes to terms and conditions.

ValueCall is BT's national “premium rate" service. It enables customers, to earn revenue from calls made to their services by third parties.

Managed Service involves the Customer renting capacity on BT equipment sited on BT premises. The Customer is responsible for providing BT with the recorded information. BT's answering equipment can be accessed directly using a tone-signalling telephone via BT's Remote Update facility.

An Enhanced Management Service offering Televote services is also available. This offers the ability to answer high volumes of simultaneous calls via standard announcements.

09x is the prefix allocated by BT for the provision of:

  • (i) Controlled Services as defined by the BT Licence; and
  • (ii) Services within the categories referred to in the current PhonepayPlus, ( formerly ICSTIS ), Code of Practice.

For the purpose of this Part the following definitions apply:

Customer - is the BT customer providing these services

Callers - are those calling these services

Call Charge(s) - price charged to the caller by BT or Other Network Operator

Choice Number - a Service Number identified by BT (including a number designated by BT as Gold, Silver or Bronze) and/or specifically requested by the Customer. A non-standard rate of rental may apply.

ValueLink - A ValueLink is a direct link from the BT TeleMarketing Services platform into the customer's premises equipment. ValueLinks can only be used for one way traffic transmission from the BT Telemarketing Services platform and can only carry inbound traffic (ValueCall, Freefone 0800, BT 0845, BT 0870 or BT Contactcall 0871). ValueLinks were formerly known as ValueCall AccessLines.

Site - is a location at which a ValueLink connects to a customer's premises or equipment.

Architectural Change - This is a change which results in an increase or decrease in the size of a customer's Call Routing Plan.

TERMINATING ABROAD (TA)

This service enables customers to have UK originated ValueCall calls to be terminated at an overseas destination.

Eligibility

Service can only be delivered to business lines.

Pricing Information

Delivery of ValueCall services can be either by a dedicated ValueLink or may be terminated on nominated numbers (i.e. via PSTN or ISDN Lines) - Delivery to Number (DTN).

Delivery to Number



Description

Per number, or per 100 Number DDI Block of Numbers

Exc VAT

Inc VAT

£

£

Connection Charge

25.00

29.38

Translation Charges, e.g. move of premises

25.00

29.38

Additional Charge Fast Track change of number on existing gradings

100.00

117.50

Fast Track provision on new numbers (in addition to standard charges)

100.00

117.50

Fast Track - Please refer to the Additional Information section for a description of this service.

ValueLinks

Connection and rental charges for ValueLinks are dependent upon whether the Customer has premises located within a `Home Zone'. The Home Zones are the BT Charge Groups, which contain one of the following locations:

Aberdeen, Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Milton Keynes, Newcastle, Nottingham, Peterborough, Plymouth, Poole, Sheffield, St Albans, Stafford, Slough, Telford, Worcester, Glasgow, Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Cambridge, Bristol, London, Guildford, Portsmouth, Southampton, Leicester, Reading, Norwich and Oxford.

Customers ordering ValueLinks for a new site must order a minimum of 30 Digital Lines. The connection cost for a new site covers the provisioning of 30 lines.

Long term contracts are no longer available.

The minimum contract term for ValueLink is 12 months.

For ValueLinks the maximum allocation of a range of ValueCall numbers is dependent upon the number of lines ordered :-

5-19 lines - a maximum of 10 numbers.

20 to 29 lines - a maximum of 20 numbers .

30 to 499 lines - for each complete multiple of 30 lines 100 numbers up to a maximum of 900 numbers.

5000 to 2999 lines - 1000 numbers per complete multiple of 500 lines up to a maximum of 5000 numbers.

Connection Charges



Description

ValueLinks within Home Zone

ValueLinks outside Home Zone

Exc VAT

Inc VAT

Exc VAT

Inc VAT

£

£

£

£

New Site Connection Charge - First 30 lines

1400.00

1645.00

4725.00

5551.88

Additional Numbers or Lines - Per Line

60.00

70.50

315.00

370.13

Change of Account details, per account, per line, e.g. change of company name or address.

N/A

N/A

250.00

293.75

Shift of first 30 lines

1400.00

1645.00

N/A

N/A

Shift of 31st line and above - per line

30.00

35.25

N/A

N/A

Customers with a ValueCall service may terminate their Telemarketing calls - (Freefone 0800, BT 0845, BT 0870 or BT Contactcall 0871) on their ValueCall terminating equipment. The following charges will apply: Telemarketing number connection, number rental, Option fee and Call Charges; ValueLink line rental.

Rentals

Long Term Contracts are no longer available.

ValueLinks Within Home Zone:



Description

Rental per quarter

Exc VAT

Inc VAT

£(pq)

£(pq)

Per line

27.50

32.32

ValueLinks Outside Home Zone, Per Line:

Up to 25km Radial Distance - Fixed Charge £54.00 (exc VAT): £63.45 (inc VAT) per quarter

  • Plus
  • £2.65 (exc VAT): £3.11 (inc VAT) per km or part per quarter

Over 25km Radial Distance - Fixed Charge £120.00 (exc VAT): £141.00 (inc VAT) per quarter

  • Plus
  • £1.50 (exc VAT): £1.76 (inc VAT) per km or part in excess of 25km per quarter

ValueLink Facilities:

ValueCall Enhanced Mid Call Diversion, per line - £7.50 (exc. VAT), £8.81 (inc. VAT) per quarter.

Please note, this is is not available for new supply.

ValueLink Per Occasion Charges



Description

Charge

Exc VAT

Inc VAT

£

£

Change in grading or configuration or service, per line - No longer available for new supply.

50.00

58.75

Change in signalling, per line - No longer available for new supply.

125.00

146.88

Change of numbers on existing gradings per consecutive group of 10 numbers, or part

210.00

246.75

BT barring and restoring access by Callers to the Service, per consecutive group of 10 numbers, or part

210.00

246.75

Additional Charge for Fast Track change of number on existing gradings

100.00

117.50

Fast Track provision on new numbers (in addition to standard charges)

100.00

117.50

Connection and Rental Charges (Choice Numbers) - ValueCall



Description

Connection Charge

Rental

Exc VAT

Inc VAT

Exc VAT

Inc VAT

£

£

£(pq)

£(pq)

Per Choice Number

300.00

352.50

50.00

58.75

Managed and Enhanced Managed Services

Managed Service



Description

Rental per quarter

Exc VAT

Inc VAT

£(pq)

£(pq)

Passive service (30 lines or under) - No longer available for new supply.

3000.00

3525.00

Passive service (31 lines plus - per line) - No longer available for new supply.

50.00

58.75

Interactive Service - per line (Customer must have 30 passive services or under to enable upgrade to interactive service) - No longer available for new supply.

75.00

88.13

Ancillary Charges:



Description

Per Occasion Charge

Exc VAT

Inc VAT

£

£

Data Capture - first block of 100 data capture boxes

0.00

0.00

Per subsequent block

25.00

29.38

Service Change - per request including PIN changes.

50.00

58.75

Enhanced Managed Services

Broadcast and Televote services include the provision of a ValueCall number or the re-routing of a nominated number for the duration of the contract.

Broadcast



Description

Connection Charge

Rental Charge

Exc VAT

Inc VAT

Exc VAT

Inc VAT

£

£

£(pq)

£(pq)

Broadcast Service, per number

POA

POA

POA

POA

Broadcast Service is available for all BT Inbound Services National Number Groups (NNG) except Universal Freefone and International Freefone services. A single Broadcast Service consists of one (1) Service Provider Audio File (SPAF). Pre-announcement options are available. Free of charge pre-annoucements are not available on all number ranges.

The service options selected are specified on the Customer Requirements Form.

Any work to be performed by BT in connection with Broadcast Service, including the loading of an announcement, will be undertaken during the hours of 0800-1700 hours UK time Monday to Friday, excluding UK Bank and public holidays unless otherwise agreed.

Service Provision

Closed User Groups

The Service can be configured for Closed User Groups. This facility requires callers to enter a 4 digit code to access the Service. BT will supply the Customer with the appropriate code(s) before the Service Start Date.

Loading and Updates

The main announcement (but not pre-announcements) may be loaded or updated by:

(i) the Customer via Remote Update (RUD) or the web interface; or

(ii) BT using a recording supplied by the Customer.

Customer recordings must be of a good quality and, in particular, must be audible to the caller without background noise and distortion.

Unless otherwise agreed, recordings supplied to BT must be in the following format: C-ITU (CCIT) G.711 8 khz, 8-bit, mono A-law wave files. The wave files can be supplied to BT either as email attachments or on compact disc (CD).

The announcement will be available to callers on completion of the loading procedure.

The updating of an announcement via RUD is limited to one update per day

Duration

The total call duration of the Broadcast Service is limited to 240 seconds. This includes:

  • ring tone
  • closed user group
  • pre-announcement duration
  • pre pre-announcement duration
  • main announcement duration x number of plays

Call Terminating Capacity

Broadcast Service is limited to a maximum of 15,000 simultaneous calls.

Televote Services

Connection per campaign: £250.00 (exc. VAT): £293.75 (inc. VAT)

Rentals:



Description

Rental per day

Rental per month

Exc VAT

Inc VAT

Exc VAT

Inc VAT

£(pd)

£(pd)

£(pm)

£(pm)

Televote Service, per number

15.00

17.63

100.00

117.50



Description

Rental per quarter

Rental per year

Exc VAT

Inc VAT

Exc VAT

Inc VAT

£(pq)

£(pq)

£(pa)

£(pa)

Televote Service, per number

270.00

317.25

975.00

1145.63

Call-Payments

These schedules show the amounts disbursed by BT to the Customer from the call revenue collected by BT. Individual Call Payments are calculated on a per second basis. In each calendar month, call minutes are accumulated across all numbers and the payments below are applied. ValueCall payments will be rounded down to the nearest half penny where the calculated call price does not fall on a half-pence or whole penny.

Charges paid for by the caller for ff and p per minute rates are quoted inc VAT as rounded up to the nearest penny.

Payment for ValueCall Terminating Abroad (Poa)

ValuePlan Plus Packages

Contracts for ValueCall services are now issued on a volume commitment basis. Any customer not wishing to commit to an annual volume contract may use the ValueCall service, but will receive Call Payments at the ValuePlan plus Standard Rate only. Customers wishing to take advantage of the higher Call Payments may only do so if they commit to an annual volume contract. These contracts will have a target i.e. the customer must achieve, as a minimum, a set number of minutes for example, 1 million or 6 million minutes during the contract year.

The level of commitment for the contract will be set at the level agreed between BT and the customer, although the customer may be asked to produce some evidence of their ability to achieve the selected number of minutes. Bonuses may be awarded if the targets are exceeded during the relevant period and Underachievement Charges will be applied if the annual target of minutes is not achieved during the contract year.

The 10 million minutes and above Payment rate on application (POA). £1.50 Fixed Fee call POA.

Call Payment Rates ValuePlan Plus Packages

Payment Per Minute





Call Rate

Pence per

Minute (ppm)

Standard Rate

1M p.a.

6M p.a.

Exc VAT

Inc

VAT

Exc VAT

Inc

VAT

Exc VAT

Inc

VAT

pence

pence

pence

pence

pence

pence

10p pm

3.39

3.98

3.51

4.12

3.75

4.40

15p pm

6.53

7.67

7.31

8.58

7.55

8.87

20p pm

10.03

11.78

10.51

12.35

11.35

13.33

25p pm

13.58

15.96

13.88

16.31

15.20

17.86

30p pm

14.41

16.94

15.01

17.64

16.69

19.61

35p pm

17.14

20.14

17.86

20.99

18.88

22.18

40p pm

21.24

24.95

21.96

25.80

23.70

27.84

45p pm

26.13

30.70

26.91

31.62

28.71

33.73

50p pm

28.52

33.52

31.82

37.39

33.32

39.16

55p pm

30.93

36.34

34.53

40.57

37.47

44.02

60p pm

33.28

39.11

37.06

43.55

40.66

47.78

65p pm

37.48

44.04

41.14

48.34

43.90

51.59

70p pm

41.36

48.60

45.92

53.96

48.44

56.92

75p pm

44.72

52.55

50.72

59.60

52.58

61.79

80p pm

48.72

57.24

52.62

61.83

55.08

64.72

85p pm

52.72

61.95

56.02

65.82

57.04

67.02

90p pm

56.74

66.67

60.10

70.61

61.78

72.59

95p pm

60.68

71.30

64.52

75.81

66.74

78.42

100p pm

64.06

75.27

68.80

80.84

71.86

84.44

110p pm

71.87

84.45

74.87

87.97

76.97

90.44

120p pm

79.30

93.18

82.90

97.41

84.70

99.52

130p pm

84.52

99.31

87.52

102.83

91.72

107.77

140p pm

90.49

106.33

95.59

112.32

99.79

117.26

150p pm

98.12

115.29

103.76

121.92

107.90

126.78

Payment Per Call - the Payment Reduces If the Call Is Over 60 Seconds





Fixed Fee (ff) Service

Standard Rate

1M p.a.

6M p.a.

Exc VAT

Inc

VAT

Exc VAT

Inc

VAT

Exc VAT

Inc

VAT

pence

pence

pence

pence

pence

pence

10p ff.

3.05

3.58

3.17

3.72

3.35

3.94

15p ff.

5.72

6.72

6.44

7.57

7.16

8.41

20p ff.

9.64

11.33

10.12

11.90

11.26

13.24

25p ff.

13.64

16.02

13.94

16.37

15.26

17.93

30p ff.

14.43

16.96

15.03

17.67

16.71

19.64

35p ff.

16.80

19.74

17.52

20.59

18.90

22.21

40p ff.

20.85

24.50

21.75

25.55

23.01

27.04

45p ff.

24.84

29.18

25.80

30.31

28.14

33.06

50p ff.

28.59

33.60

31.89

37.47

33.39

39.24

60p ff.

31.63

37.17

35.23

41.40

38.65

45.41

75p ff.

42.51

49.95

46.11

54.18

47.25

55.52

90p ff.

53.87

63.29

55.55

65.27

56.15

65.97

100p ff.

62.62

73.58

67.24

79.00

70.24

82.53

150p ff.

POA

POA

POA

POA

POA

POA

For Fixed Fee Services, the following reductions in Call Payment Rates apply to calls beyond 60 seconds duration:-





Fixed Fee (ff) Service

Charge per Second applicable for calls over 60 seconds duration

Pence per Second

Exc VAT

Inc VAT

p

p

10p ff.

0.45

0.529

15p ff.

0.50

0.588

20p ff.

0.50

0.588

25p ff.

0.50

0.588

30p ff.

0.55

0.647

35p ff.

0.60

0.705

40p ff.

0.65

0.764

45p ff.

0.70

0.823

50p ff.

0.75

0.882

60p ff.

0.90

1.058

75p ff.

1.12

1.316

90p ff.

1.32

1.551

100p ff.

1.46

1.716

150p ff.

2.18

2.562

BT 0870, BT Contactcall 0871 call minutes can be accumulated with ValueCall call minutes and used towards achieving the contracted volume for ValuePlan plus Packages.

Televote minutes may also be included towards the successful achievement of targets in the ValuePlan plus Packages.

  • The following features are part of the ValuePlan plus Commitment Packages at no extra charge:
  • - EnhancedCall InformationDetail Statistics reportson nominatedavailable numbersonline via our internet web service.
  • - Mid Call Diversion and Customer Access Manager facilities if required. - No longer available for new supply.
  • - All translation changes.
  • - Connection of additional ValueLinks to current site.
  • - Providing new and disconnecting old numbers for services which are moved to a higher call charge.
  • - The shifting of ValueLinks within or between Home Zones.
  • - Enhanced Raw Call Data.

0901 198 Call Payment Rate (Ff0 Chargeband)

0901 198 is used solely for Televote. Calls are terminated after 10 seconds.



Per call

Exc VAT

Inc VAT

p

p

ValueCall 0901 198 service

5.45

6.404

0901 44/0906 44 Call Payment Rate (G1 Chargeband)

0901 44 & 0906 44 are used for Wireplay.



Per call

Exc VAT

Inc VAT

p

p

Call duration of 5 minutes or less

0.00

0.000

Call duration of more than 5 minutes

3.00

3.525

PLUS: per second after 5 minutes

0.01

0.012

Advanced ValueCall Features and Enhanced Information Statistics

Advanced Features

Advanced ValueCall Features are available. For Connection and Rental Charges for individual features, see Section 2 Part 6

Advanced ValueCall Features are only available to customers who do not use DDI.

The following charges are deducted from the Call Payment rate.



Description

Charge - per second for each charge rate period

Exc VAT

Inc VAT

p

p

Scheme 1 - is no longer available for new supply

0.033

0.039

Scheme 2

0.016

0.019

Enhanced Information Statistics

Enhanced Information Statistics comprise the following reports:-

ValueCall ValueLink Lines - Weekly Report on usage of the customer's group of lines

ValueCall Managed Service - Weekly report on usage of each of the customer's ValueCall numbers.

ValueCall DTN - Weekly report on usage of each of the customer's ValueCall numbers

Weekly summaries and monthly information are available on all live ValueCall numbers. A week runs from Saturday to Friday.



Description

Set-up Charge

Charge per Quarter

Exc VAT

Inc VAT

Exc VAT

Inc VAT

£

£

£(pq)

£(pq)

Basic Reports.

N/A

N/A

Nil

Nil

Value Plan Standard Customers per number

N/A

N/A

100.00

117.50

Floppy Disk for each set of 5 reports (maximum 5 numbers), above 5 numbers no extra charge.

N/A

N/A

50.00

58.75

On-Line reports via the Internet per number or user (maximum 5 numbers), above 5 numbers no extra charge.

25.00

29.38

25.00

29.38

Revenue Reports



Description

Set-up Charge

Charge per Quarter

Exc VAT

Inc VAT

Exc VAT

Inc VAT

£

£

£(pq)

£(pq)

CD Rom Delivery

N/A

35.00

41.13

Customer definable timeslots Time of Day/Effective Call Duration - Initial Set Up

100.00

117.50

Customer definable timeslots Time of Day/Effective Call Duration - Subsequent Changes

100.00

117.50

Customer definable timeslots Time of Day/Effective Call Duration - Change of number for reports.

50.00

58.75

Customer definable Enhanced Geography Report - Set Up

100.00

117.50

Customer definable Enhanced Geography Report - per change in definition

100.00

117.50

Repeat Call Analysis

- Telemarketing services EIS: CLI based Repeat Call Analysis. This report analyses call traffic to a customer's telemarketing service number in terms of the calling line identity of the calls. The report shows how many CLI's succeeded in getting a response and how many CLI's failed to get through. The report also analyses repeat calling patterns to the number based on the CLI information for calls.

25.00

29.38

Raw Call Data - per number, only supplied as part of the overall EIS package.

0.00

0.00

35.00

41.13

General Conditions

Service is provided under the Conditions for ValueCall Service (previously known as The Terms and Conditions for Callstream) for contracts entered into on or before 19 May 2008. Contracts entered into after 19 May 2008 will be subject to BT Business Communications Service (Telemarketing Services). In addition the following apply:

  • 1. The prefixes 0900, 0901, 0906, must only be used for types of services other than those specified in Condition 2, with the exception of Live Fortune Telling services which must notify BT of their intention to operate Live Fortune Telling services and pay BT a deposit in accordance with the ValueCall Live Fortune Telling deposit policy.
  • 2. BT will not be liable to pay a Call Payment to the Customer unless a Call Payment Threshold of £500.00per month is achieved. BT reserves the right to withdraw the Service and terminate the Contract immediately following written notice where the Customer fails to achieve the Call Payment Threshold for three consecutive months in any 12 month period.
  • 3. The minimum period of service for Managed Service is 3 months.
  • 4. BT 0870, BT Contactcall 0871 Service can only be provided over ValueCall ValueLink Lines if the customer has a
  • - contract with BT for the provision of ValueCall service or
  • - contract with BT for the provision of ValueCall Managed Answering service or
  • - contract with the provider of a Bureau Service for the use of capacity on the ValueCall lines that the provider of the Bureau Service rents from BT.
  • 5. At the end of the initial Minimum Period, the contract continues until terminated by the Customer or BT in accordance with the Contract. A further Minimum Period does not apply to ValueCall Committed Call Contracts.
  • 6.Charges
  • (a) Payment Processing Fee
  • Please see Section 15Part 12sub part3 for details of the payment processing fee referred to in the Service Schedule.
  • (b) Late Payment Charge
  • Please see Section 15Part 12sub part3 for details of the late payment charges referred to in the Service Schedule.

7. Service Level and Fault Management

For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

'Qualifying Fault' means a continuous total loss of the ability to use the Service provided to the Customer under the BT Contract for BT Business Communications Service (Telemarketing and Valuecall Services).

'Working Hours' means the period 0800-1700 hours UK time Monday to Friday, excluding UK Bank and public holidays. Work will be carried out only during Working Hours unless otherwise agreed.

Service Level

1. If the Customer reports a fault in Service in accordance with clause 2.2 of the Service Schedule, BT will respond within 4 Working Hours of receipt of a fault report, by carrying out one or more of the following actions:

  • (a) providing advice by telephone, including advice, where appropriate, as to tests and checks to be carried out by the Customer;
  • (b) where possible, carrying out diagnostic checks from BT premises; or
  • (c) visiting the Site or a point in BT's network only if BT's action under paragraphs 1 (a) and (b) does not result in the fault being diagnosed or cleared and where such a visit is considered necessary by BT.

2. BT will take all proper steps to correct the fault without undue delay.

Service Level Guarantee

This Service Level Guarantee forms part of the Contract for the Service.

If BT breaks this Service Level Guarantee other than through circumstances outlined in paragraph 4, the Customer will be entitled to compensation as described in this Service Level Guarantee.

1. BT's Guarantee

Subject to paragraph 4 below, BT guarantees:

a). to provide the Customer with the Service by the date that BT has agreed with the Customer

b). to correct a Qualifying Fault reported to the Fault Helpdesk within five Working Hours of the Customer reporting the fault to BT; and

2. What Customers can claim

2.1. If BT is late in providing the Service or repairing a Qualifying Fault, the Customer can claim either Daily Rate Credit or Actual Financial Loss.

a). Daily Rate Credit

The Daily Rate Credit is £25.00up to a maximum amount equal to one full year's rental due under this Contract. However, Customers claiming this are not entitled to claim actual financial loss in addition. If the Customer claims Daily Rate Credit, it does not have to prove any loss.

b). Actual Financial Loss

(i). Actual financial loss is the amount the Customer has lost as a direct result of BT not keeping its guarantee. If the Customer claims this, it will have to show BT proof of its loss.

(ii). The maximum amount BT will pay the Customer per year of this Contract is specified in the table below:



ValueCall Committed Call Volume

Maximum amount per year of this Contract

ExcVAT

£

Between 1,000,000 and 23,999,999 minutes

£30000.00

Between 24,000,000 and 35,999,999 minutes

£35000.00

Between 36,000,000 and 47,999,999 minutes

£40000.00

Between 48,000,000 and 99,999,999 minutes

£50000.00

Between 100,000,000 and 124,999,999 minutes

£60000.00

Between 125,000,000 and 249,999,999 minutes

£70000.00

Between 250,000,000 and 349,999,999 minutes

£80000.00

350,000,000 minutes and over

£180000.00

3.Payment of Claims

BT will normally deduct any amount that BT owes to the Customer under this guarantee from the Customer's next phone bill, however in some circumstances BT will pay actual financial loss payments by cheque.

4.Application of this Guarantee

4.1 This Service Level Guarantee does not apply if someone other than BT at the Customer's Sites has caused the fault, if BT asks for access to the Customer's Sites and the Customer does not allow this, or if BT reasonably asks for other help and the Customer does not provide it.

4.2 The Customer will not be entitled to compensation if BT does not keep this guarantee because of something beyond BT's reasonable control

4.3 This Service Level Guarantee does not apply to:

(a). other licensed operators networks and platforms;

(b). service disruption through network congestion or planned maintenance on any networks or platforms supporting the Service, or any problem on any network or platform other than the Telemarketing Service Network;

(c). any trial period of the Service, or for Service or any part of the Service which has a Minimum Period of less than 12 months.

4.4 The Guarantee does not apply if:

(a). the fault reporting processes for the Service (as advised by BT from time to time) are not followed

(b). the Qualifying Fault occurred as a result of a failure by the Customer to comply with the terms of this Contract;

(c). the Qualifying Fault occurred as a result of suspension of the Service in accordance with the terms of this Contract.

4.5 Only measurements carried out by BT will be used in determining whether or not this Service Level Guarantee is applicable

5. Making a Claim

5.1 The Customer must make its claim in writing within 4 months of when the Service is provided, repaired or disconnected.

5.2 BT's contact phone number and address are shown on the Customer's bill

ValuePlan Plus

Minimum Period of Service

All ValuePlan plus packages will run for a period of 12 months (1 year) from the date of access. The contract will be renewable on the anniversary of the date of access. For this purpose the date of access is defined as the date of first service and Customers who do not wish to commit to a volume contract may do so. However they will only have access to the Standard Rate of Call Payments and must commit to a 12 month minimum period of service.

Migration From Existing Packages

Customers who currently have a ValuePlan contract may if they wish move to a ValuePlan plus Package. They may do this without incurring termination or Underachievement Charges associated with that ValuePlan.

ValuePlan Plus Package Volumes

The ValuePlan plus package volume will be set by negotiation with the customer. It is important that, to avoid incurring Underachievement Charges, the correct level of likely volume achievement is selected. In some cases, BT may ask for some evidence of the customer's ability to achieve the selected volume level and BT reserves the right to refuse access to a package if there is no evidence available to support a request.

Over Achievement Bonuses

If a customer exceeds their target volume achievement level and reaches the equivalent target of the next ValuePlan Plus package, they he will be entitled to an over achievement bonus. Please note the higher Call Payments will not be applied retrospectively.





Customer Commits to

Delivers

>2.7m

>8.5m

Exc VAT

Inc VAT

Exc VAT

Inc VAT

£

£

£

£

1 M

36000.00

42300.00

6 M

56000.00

65800.00

Over achievement bonuses will be payable 6 weeks after the annual contract completion date i.e. at 12 months 6 weeks after the contract commencement date.

Underachievement Charge (Uac)

At each anniversary of the Service Start Date the total duration of all Calls over the previous 12 months will be calculated (`the Achieved Minutes Figure'). Unless the Achieved Minutes Figure is greater than or equal to 90% of the Committed Call Volume, a UAC will apply as detailed below.

The UAC in pence will be calculated using the following formula:-

  • (Achieved Minutes Figure X PPM) + (Shortfall X 1.2). The result divided by 100 will give you the UAC in pounds.
  • PPM is the relevant pence per minute set out in table 1 below and varies depending on the Committed Call Volume and the % by which the Achieved Minutes Figure has failed to reach the Committed Call Volume.

Table 1. Appropriate pence per minute (PPM) rates.





Committed Call Volume (CCV)

Achieved Minutes Figure

Up to and including 25% of CCV

Up to and including 50% of CCV

Up to and including 84.99% of CCV

85% to 89.99% of CCV

90% or over of CCV

Exc VAT

Inc VAT

Exc VAT

Inc VAT

Exc VAT

Inc VAT

Exc VAT

Inc VAT

Exc VAT

Inc VAT

p

p

p

p

p

p

p

p

p

p

1m

0.94

1.105

0.94

1.105

0.94

1.105

0.47

0.553

N/A

N/A

3m

2.34

2.750

0.92

1.081

0.92

1.081

0.46

0.541

N/A

N/A

6m

2.01

2.362

0.52

0.611

0.52

0.611

0.26

0.306

N/A

N/A

10m

2.49

2.926

0.75

0.882

0.36

0.423

0.18

0.212

N/A

N/A

15m

2.56

3.008

0.80

0.940

0.44

0.517

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

20m

2.67

3.138

0.83

0.976

0.39

0.459

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Over 20m

2.67

3.138

0.83

0.976

0.39

0.459

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

The shortfall is 90% of the CCV less the Achieved Minutes Figure.

  • Example:
  • If a customer commits to 1 million minutes and achieves 80% of commitment, the UAC would be calculated as follows;
  • 800,000 X (0.94) + 100,000 X (1.2) = 872000p = £8720.00.

Note the same charges will be levied in the event of early termination. Please see the Early Termination section below for details.

To avoid the risk of underachievement charges existing business should not be set at significantly higher commitment levels unless evidence is supplied supporting the additional volume required for the contract level.

Where the Customer terminates under clause 6.3 (b) of the Conditions because BT has increased the charges or has changed the Contract in either case to the Customer's significant disadvantage, the Committed Call Volume for the Contract Year in which the termination takes place will be the Committed Call Volume divided by the number of months of that Contract Year prior to the date of termination.

Underachievement Charge (UAC) applicable to Bespoke or flexible contracts signed before 12 July 2004. Please see relevant Sub Part within this Part.

Contract Revision

A customer may opt to downgrade his contract to a lower commitment level. This will be allowed only once during the standard 12-month contract period. However the contract may not be downgraded by more than 2 levels, for example it may be moved from 20 million minutes down to 10 million minutes. This must be done before the end of month 6 of the contract. Any submissions to downgrade after the 6-month period will not be accepted.

If a contract is downgraded, then the lower Call Payment Rate will be applied for the remainder of the 12-month contract. Over achievement bonuses will not be paid to customers who downgrade and then over achieve at the new commitment level. However underachievement charges will be applied if the new target is not achieved in total over the contract period.

A ValuePlan plus Package may also be revised upwards at any time during the contract period. The customer will however be expected to fully achieve the new minute target and the commitment package will not be pro-rated for the outstanding period. If the customer upgrades from a 10 million minute package to a 15 million minute package, they will be expected to deliver the 15 million minutes within the original 12 month time frame. The Call Payments will be made at the new rate for the remainder of the contract and will not be applied retrospectively. BT reserves the right to ask for some evidence of the ability to achieve the new commitment and reserves the right to refuse the upward revision if there is no evidence available to support a request.

If a customer believes that they can deliver more than their existing volume target level and has achieved a pro rata volume consistent with their volume target, they may sign a new 1 year contract for that higher level before the original contract termination date occurs. However BT reserves the right to ask for some evidence of the ability to achieve the new commitment before allowing any such change and BT reserves the right to refuse the upgrade. In these cases no over achievement bonuses will be paid on the original contract.

Early Termination

Should a contract be terminated at any time, the customer may be liable for an Early Termination Charge. This charge will be based upon the number on minutes achieved at the time of termination against the contract volume commitment and will be the same as the Underachievement Charge for the relevant target.

A ValuePlan contract may be terminated without a termination charge if a ValuePlan plus contract is signed.

If a ValuePlan plus contract is terminated within the first 6 months, the charge payable will be calculated as contract target minus the allowed two band reduction (see Contract Revision), against the number of minutes achieved at the termination date. A contract for 20 million minutes would be downgraded to 10 million minute and the charge payable would be calculated by measuring the achieved minutes against this 10 million minute level.

If the contract is terminated after the 6 month period then no such downgrading will be allowed and the charge payable will be for the full contract volume versus actual volume achievement.

Migration Path for Rationalisation of Commitment Contracts for Companies Within the Same Company Group or When Taken Over.

  • BT will permit migration of ValuePlan plus Contracts where customers with existing contracts are:
  • (a) The same company;
  • (b) A part of the same group of companies; or
  • (c) Where an existing ValueCall customer obtains a 50% or more holding in an existing ValueCall customer and they wish to rationalise their contracts.
  • In such cases if the customers wish to consider migration, the following conditions apply:
  • 1. If the total of the customers' minimum commitments from existing contracts equals the minimum commitment level of an existing contract band, the customers may migrate to a contract with that minimum commitment level.
  • 2. If the total of the customer's minimum commitments from existing contracts falls between two commitment levels then the customer may choose to migrate onto the lower of those two levels.
  • In either case, the customer will not incur early termination charges and the combined contract year will begin at the commencement of the current year either of:
  • (a) The contract of longest duration where the contracts are of different duration; or
  • (b) The larger existing contract where both of the contracts are for the same duration; or
  • (c) The older of the existing contracts where both contracts are for the same duration and volume.

In all cases, the terms and conditions for the revised combined contracts will apply.

Alternatively, customers may choose to retain the existing individual contracts and migrate at the appropriate revision dates following the principles set out above.

In the event that two companies have combined contracts and then cease to be one entity, (e.g. there ceases to be a 50% or more shareholding by one company in the other), then it will be the responsibility of the customer holding the combined contract to advise BT accordingly. In such circumstances, commitments will have to be separated and appropriate under achievement or early termination charges may become necessary.

Additional Information

Fast Track Provision

The following ValueCall services are available on a 'Fast Track' basis subject to the payment of the charge shown. This is payable in addition to any standard charges for the service.

(i) Provision of a single new ValueCall number delivered to an existing ValueLink Line or DTN service.

(ii) Change of delivery from one existing termination point to another for an existing single ValueCall number.

(iii) Provision of a single new ValueCall number to an existing termination point with switch based value added services of one of the following types:

(a) Geographic Call Sharing

(b) Proportional Call Sharing

(c) Geographic and Proportional Call Sharing

(iv) The breakout of one number from a standard number range routeing to an existing termination point (which may be owned by the customer or may be owned by a third party answering calls on behalf of the customer) with or without switch based value added services (see (iii) above).

BT will provide the service/s requested within 6 working hours of BT's written acceptance of the order. If BT fails to achieve this target and it is BT's fault, the 'Fast Track' charge will be waived. BT shall have no other liability to the customer for failure to achieve this target. ValueCall Fast Track service is only available to customers who already have ValueCall service from BT.

ValueLink Lines Outside Home Zone:

The radial distance for ValueLink Lines Outside the Home Zone is calculated on straight line radial distance between the customer's premises and the nearest charging node at either London, Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol, Cambridge, Guildford, Leeds and Glasgow.

Call Charges

For information on the call charge rates for individual number codes see Section 2 Parts 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 & 17

Underachievement Charge (UAC) applicable to Bespoke or Flexible contracts signed before 12 July 2004.

Customers who fail to achieve their volume targets by more than 10% for the 1 million, 3 million and 6 million packages and by more than 15% for the 10 million, 15 million and 20 million packages will be subject to an Underachievement Charge. These charges are displayed below.





Customer Commits to

Delivers

<900k

<2.7m

<5.4m

Exc VAT

Inc VAT

Exc VAT

Inc VAT

Exc VAT

Inc VAT

£

£

£

£

£

£

1M

5000.00

5875.00

3M

11000.00

12925.00

18000.00

21150.00

6M

14000.00

16450.00

28000.00

32900.00

20000.00

23500.00

10M

17000.00

19975.00

37000.00

43475.00

37000.00

43475.00

15M

20000.00

23500.00

47000.00

55225.00

58000.00

68150.00

20M

23000.00

27025.00

54000.00

63450.00

73000.00

85775.00





Customer Commits to

Delivers

<8.5m

<12.75m

<17m

Exc VAT

Inc VAT

Exc VAT

Inc VAT

Exc VAT

Inc VAT

£

£

£

£

£

£

1M

3M

6M

10M

28000.00

32900.00

15M

60000.00

70500.00

48000.00

56400.00

20M

83000.00

97525.00

83000.00

97525.00

47000.00

55225.00

CSS Codes for Underachievement Charges