Last night I stayed in Albany again at a Ramada Inn. It was $12 a night more expensive and each local call was free for the first 15 minutes and 5 cents a minutes thereafter. Of course when you're online you just sign off and back on to beat the charges. The Motel 6 has free local calls (no matter how long and I've certainly put that to the test) and don't charge for 800 numbers like some of the other hotels seem to be.