SW Bell used to have a branded Visa Card, and they let you use it to pay your phone bill. If I remember correctly, I received a 2% kickback, er uh, I mean rebate when I used the Visa to pay my phone bill.

Very short lived program. SWB or SBC whatever it is this week got in a little hot water over the whole thing and had to discontinue the credit card and the rebate. I seem to remember some regulators had some problems with them issuing a credit card and the rebate program on using the card for the phone bill. I got the card just for the rebate and somewhere in a drawer somewhere is a Visa card with a bell logo on it. Maybe it will be worth something on Ebay one of these days.

They do have a pay by phone or pay online service but I think they only do direct-withdrawel from your checking account. I'll let Southwestern Hell get their grubby little hands on a visa card, but the thought of them accessing my checking account is way, way too frightening.