The hotline influenza A is a premium rate number - December 12, 2009
Get information on influenza A has a cost. The association of consumer UFC-Que Choisir has revealed that the site made available by the government to answer questions on influenza A was paying. Flu Info Call (0825 302 302) is charged 15 cents per minute from a landline. And the call is even more expensive for a laptop, or a box, numbers starting with 0 825 is not included in the packages.
For the association, more shocking still, however, that the budget minister Eric Woerth had decided to ban premium rate numbers. In 2007, he stated that all jurisdictions would be reachable at local rates (1.4 cents per minute off-peak), is ten times cheaper. "The ideal would be to choose a number by 09 which provides the same tariff to all the world," explains Cyril Brosset, journalist for the UFC-Que Choisir.
Arrested, the government is justified to the association. In his defense, he said the number chosen for the hotline is in fact a takeover, since it is set up for avian flu in 2006. The idea was a priori to be operational as soon as possible. The ministerial letter also states that the State does not withdraw any enrichment of this service. Only the operator France Telecom has collected money in exchange for the free availability of the line. A bonus which the operator would have happened by the association.