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All references to BT Business One Plan apply equally to BT Business One Plan Plus and BT One Plan Traditional unless otherwise stated. Changes to the Reward eligibility have been made - please refer to ?Benefits of BT Business One Plan Traditional? below. See also Special Notice 07/13 Withdrawal of End of Contract Period Credit, Reward Credit & Reward payments. |
Definitions |
Definitions are detailed in the standard terms and conditions for BT Business One Plan which can be found at : http://www2.bt.com/static/i/btretail/panretail/terms/index.htm and Section 56 Part 20 Subpart 1. |
Description |
BT Business One Plan Traditional is a converged pricing package which enables customers to consolidate specified fixed calls and rental spend. Terms and Conditions apply including a 12 or 24 month Commitment Period. Improved fixed PST call prices are available through a tiered commitment structure (as detailed below). A Reward applies as detailed below under ?Benefits of BT Business One Plan Traditional?. |
Eligibility & Qualifying Services |
BT Business One Plan Traditional is available to all business customers provided that they: a) Commit to an annual Committed Spend within one of the spend bands (which are referred to as Tiers) listed below. b) Have contracts with BT for at least one of the services listed below (the `Qualifying Services'). |
The Qualifying Services |
BT Business PSTN Access Line (including BT Business Value PSTN and BT Business Critical PSTN) - See Note 1 & 2
ISDN-ISDN 2e, ISDN2, ISDN30 - See Notes 1, 2 and 3
Featureline
Featureline Compact
Featureline Corporate
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Note 1 - The customer must retain at least one of the Qualifying Services throughout the Commitment Period (including any roll over of the Commitment Period or Subsequent Commitment Period) in order to be eligible for BT Business One Plan Traditional. |
Note 2 - Business PSTN and ISDN lines (including ISDN2e, ISDN2 and ISDN30) provided under a Contract to which Standard Charges apply. Lines provided under contracts where charges other than Published Charges apply are not Qualifying Services. |
Note 3 - ISDN cannot be provided over the same access as Broadband. |
Termination of a Qualifying Service Where the ending or modification of a Standard Contract causes a Qualifying Service to be withdrawn from the Inventory and as a result:
a) there is no longer a Qualifying Service in the Inventory, the BT Business One Plan Traditional contract will end immediately and BT will apply the reconciliation charges set out below as appropriate; or
b) the customer retains at least one Qualifying Service but the number of Qualifying Services is reduced, the BT Business One Plan Traditional contract will continue until the next Spend Measurement Date. If on the next Spend Measurement Date the Total Contributory Spend is less than the Adjusted Nominal Committed Spend, BT will apply the reconciliation charges set out below as appropriate and may also end the BT Business One Plan Traditional contract.
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Committed Spend |
The Customer must commit to a Committed Spend per annum within one of the (Tiers) below (which are exclusive of VAT). The stated minimum for each Tier is the Nominal Committed Spend. The Customer will benefit from the call Prices shown in tables at the end of this Part ; Non Rollover Contracts* |
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*These are contracts which will not rollover to a Subsequent Commitment Period. At the end of the Commitment Period the following will not apply: (a) A Subsequent Commitment Period; (b) The Committed Spend and associated reconciliation charges (for the avoidance of doubt any reconciliation charges due for the Commitment Period will apply); Contracts dated before the 20th August 2012 - these Contracts include a Reward details of which are set out below under ?Benefits of BT Business One Plan Traditional?. Rollover Contracts** Rollover Contracts are not available to customers who have 10 or less employees.
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**These are contracts which will rollover to a Subsequent Commitment Period (to which the Committed Spend will apply) upon expiry of a Commitment Period or a Subsequent Commitment Period unless the Customer ends the Contract between the sixth day before the end of a Commitment Period or Subsequent Commitment Period and the 28th day after the end of a Commitment Period or a Subsequent Commitment Period. |
Eligible & Contributory Spend. |
1) Rental and call spend (excluding VAT) on the Qualifying Services |
2) Rental and call spend (excluding VAT) on the following: BT MeetMe ( UK and Global) bridge access spend, Inbound & Outbound MeetMe call charges ( excluding VAT) billed at least one month prior to the Spend Measurement Date, -IDC Call Charges made using the International Direct Connect product. |
Non-Eligible & Contributory Spend |
IDC Call Charges made using the International Direct Connect product will contribute towards the Non-Eligible & Contributory Spend. |
BENEFITS OF BT BUSINESS ONE PLAN TRADITIONAL |
As per BT Business One Plan with the following exception:
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The discount on the standard rental as set out in BT Business One Plan will not apply. Customers will be charged the standard applicable rental for services provided within BT Business One Plan Traditional. |
RECONCILIATION CHARGE |
Customer Achieves the Adjusted Nominal Committed Spend |
As per BT Business One Plan |
Customer Does Not Achieve the Adjusted Nominal Committed Spend |
For £200and £500 Tiers |
Where on the Spend Measurement Date the Customer's Total Contributory Spend is below the Adjusted Nominal Committed Spend the Customer will pay a reconciliation charge of 100%of the difference between the Total Contributory Spend and the Adjusted Nominal Committed Spend. All reconciliation charges which are below £10.00 will be waived off by BT. |
For all other Tiers |
As per BT Business One Plan |
Termination Before the End of the Commitment Period or a Subsequent Commitment Period |
As per BT Business One Plan |
Reconciliation Charge and Migration |
As per BT Business One Plan |
Migration |
As per BT Business One Plan |
Conditions |
This numbering relates to the numbering in the Conditions section of the BT Business One Plan price list entry. |
1) BT Business One Plan is provided under the Contract for BT Business One Plan, including the BT Business One Plan Price List entry as amended by this Price List entry. |
Exclusions |
As per BT Business One Plan |
BT Business One Plan Traditional Charges |
Notes: |
Dialled Call Charges Any rental and calls types not listed below will be charged in accordance with the Standard Contract. See General Notes Section Dialled Call Charges for details of Call Duration and Call Charges rounding. |
The application of minimum call charges Minimum Call Charge applies. (See General Notes) |
Where a minimum call charge is applicable the minimum call charge applies once the call has been connected. Where the charge for the call exceeds the minimum call charge the charge for the call is applied rather than the minimum call charge. |
The following tables show the prices applicable for BT Business One Plan Traditional |
Calls to Inland (Local and National) Geographic destinations (1) |
Table A: Local and National Call Prices
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Changes to this product from 1st May 2016 may be to the significant detriment of some customers |
(1) Includes calls charged at g21 rate and shown as 11 under Categorisation for Customer Options in Section2Part 11 |
Table B : Access Charge for calls to 084, 087, 09 & 118 numbers. Non geographic call services ? see Notices 2015 - 10/15 - Changes to charges for non-geographic calls (084, 087, 09 and 118) on business fixed lines The Access Charge for calls to Non geographic numbers ? 084, 087, 09, & 118 - will be set at the same rate as the national geographic call. |
Table C: Fixed to Mobile Calls
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Table D: International Direct Dialled (IDD) Call Prices |
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See Table H for a list of countries by IDD chargeband. |
Table E: International ISDN 64k/Bits Data Calls For BT Business One Plan Traditional prices, chargebands and list of countries for International ISDN 64k/bits Data Calls see BT Business One Plan - Section56 Part20BT Business One Plan, BT Business One Plan Plus & BT Business One Plan Traditional. |
See Table I for a list of countries by International ISDN 64k/bit chargebands. |
Table F : Prices for International Direct Dialled (IDD) Calls to Mobile Telephones |
Other IDD Mobile destinations. |
IDD calls to some mobile telephones and other special and higher rate services registered in foreign countries will be charged at 30.00p (ex VAT)/36.00p (inc VAT) per minute more than the equivalent pence per minute price shown in Table D above for an IDD call to a fixed telephone in that country. Full details of the destinations and number ranges to which this applies are shown at Section 2Part 17 |
Prices for Calls From Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland |
Calls from Northern Ireland to fixed telephones in the Republic of Ireland will be charged at the appropriate Inland rate. Calls from Northern Ireland to mobile telephones registered in the Republic of Ireland will be charged at the same rate as calls from the rest of the United Kingdom to mobile telephones registered in the Republic of Ireland. |
Table G - BT Text Prices |
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* each text message is limited to 160 characters. Where a request is made to send a text which exceeds 160 characters the message will be delivered as multiple messages each up to 160 characters length. Each text will be charged at the rate appropriate to the destination telephone.
** Texts to premium rate services are not currently available. |
Please see Section 2Part 1Sub-Part 4`BT TEXT' for further information relating to the BT Text service. |
Table H - International Chargebands for PSTN and ISDN Calls. |
Applicable to PSTN and ISDN calls for BT Business One Plan Traditional except for International ISDN 64k/bits Data Calls.
For list of countries for International Direct Dialled (IDD) Data Calls see BT Business One Plan - Section56 Part 20BT Business One Plan, BT Business One Plan Plus & BT Business One Plan Traditional
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Table I - Chargebands for International ISDN 64k/Bits Data Calls. |
For list of countries for International ISDN 64k/bits Data Calls see BT Business One Plan - Section 56Part 20BT Business One Plan, BT Business One Plan Plus & BT Business One Plan Traditional |