Design contest for itemising telephone bills – One hundred guilders for free!Design contest for itemising telephone billsAt the end of this year, the telephone company, KPN, will no longer send the artificial signals through their lines that calculate the costs of telephone conversations.
Signalcounters, which are currently used to calculate each student’s share of the phone bill, will no longer work. The student societies of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology & Systems have organised a contest for students to design a solution to this problem. The best entry wins fl. 2,500. Professor Jens Arnbak is a member of the jury: ”A device that registers which phone is used for how long is child’s play. But to calculate the actual costs, you must know if the call is local, national or international.” There are design conditions: The design must not interfere with the public net, and the device must be affordable. For more information visit www.teljetikken.tudelft.nl.
One hundred guilders for free!
Students, Dutch as well as international, can apply for the city of Delft’s annual rebate of one hundred guilders. The city pays this amount (de zalmsnip) to households with a minimum income. There are two conditions to receiving a zalmsnip: you must’ve been registered as a Delft citizen on January 1 of this year and you must be over 18 years old. To obtain the zalmsnip, students must fill in a special application form, available at the VSSD (student union of Delft) on Poortlandplein 6.
Design contest for itemising telephone bills – One hundred guilders for free!
Design contest for itemising telephone bills
At the end of this year, the telephone company, KPN, will no longer send the artificial signals through their lines that calculate the costs of telephone conversations. Signalcounters, which are currently used to calculate each student’s share of the phone bill, will no longer work. The student societies of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology & Systems have organised a contest for students to design a solution to this problem. The best entry wins fl. 2,500. Professor Jens Arnbak is a member of the jury: ”A device that registers which phone is used for how long is child’s play. But to calculate the actual costs, you must know if the call is local, national or international.” There are design conditions: The design must not interfere with the public net, and the device must be affordable. For more information visit www.teljetikken.tudelft.nl.
One hundred guilders for free!
Students, Dutch as well as international, can apply for the city of Delft’s annual rebate of one hundred guilders. The city pays this amount (de zalmsnip) to households with a minimum income. There are two conditions to receiving a zalmsnip: you must’ve been registered as a Delft citizen on January 1 of this year and you must be over 18 years old. To obtain the zalmsnip, students must fill in a special application form, available at the VSSD (student union of Delft) on Poortlandplein 6.
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