Best Calling Plan
Jun 17, 2001 | 1:21 am
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Best Calling Plan
Hi,
I recently moved houses. I am looking to sign up with a long distance provider. I make several calls to India, and several domestic State to State calls.
Does anyone know of any good deals, i.e. rates and miles, and which provider you recommend?.
I look forward to your replies.
Thank You Very Much,
Rajesh
I recently moved houses. I am looking to sign up with a long distance provider. I make several calls to India, and several domestic State to State calls.
Does anyone know of any good deals, i.e. rates and miles, and which provider you recommend?.
I look forward to your replies.
Thank You Very Much,
Rajesh
Jun 17, 2001 | 7:40 am
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I agree with tmorse6570 that for domestic calling the calling cards from Costco (and Sam's Club, too) are the way to go. Just over 4 cents a minute, you only get charged for the minutes you use, and no extra federal, state, and local taxes added (these can up to 50% or so on top of the advertised rate per minute). Also, if you have to call on the road these cards don't have a "connection fee" per call like the ones from the major long distance companies (usually around $0.80 to $1.25 per call). I am not sure about Costco, but with the Sam's card you can "re-charge" the card by calling in and buying more minutes using a major credit card, and there is no sales tax charged.
Jun 17, 2001 | 7:03 pm
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I bought a prepaid Costco Sprint phone card yesterday for $19.99/480 min (4.2 cents/min). I have never renewed one as someone nicely noted, and have bought a total of 7-8, as the cents/min rate for each newly stocked Costco cards keeps dropping.
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Jun 17, 2001 | 7:28 pm
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Unbeatable domestic (2.9 cents/min) and international long distance rates at www.onesuite.com
Jun 17, 2001 | 8:09 pm
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4 partners have a fishing cabin in colorado, only used mid june - oct. we used to ask everyone to use calling card, but have changed to aol plan. 5.95/ for 2 lines + 5 cents/minute. we tell all guests to just pick up phone & call. works great. we have 1 line w/callwaiting & one for fax & laptops. personally, i use sam's pre paid card for calls on the road & international. less than 5 cents/ min after tax for domestic & reasonable for int'l [ 35 cents/min to swaziland].
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Jun 20, 2001 | 9:34 am
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I just signed on with EverDial, www.everdial.com.
No monthly fee whatsoever, and 4.9 cents state to state 24hrs a day. I also locked in 8 cents a minute to the UK/Ireland 24hrs a day. Billed in 6 second increments, not rounded to the next minute. It took a couple of months of research to find these guys with these rates.
Worth a look.
No monthly fee whatsoever, and 4.9 cents state to state 24hrs a day. I also locked in 8 cents a minute to the UK/Ireland 24hrs a day. Billed in 6 second increments, not rounded to the next minute. It took a couple of months of research to find these guys with these rates.
Worth a look.
Jun 20, 2001 | 10:29 am
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Go with the onesuite calling card, it's less then you can get with a long distance company (it's 2.9 cents per minute, and depending on where you are calling in India it can be as low as 35 cents per minute). No monthly minimum, etc.
If doing internet service as a dial up connection. get the AT&T 7/7 offer, seven cents per minute and internet access for $7/month.
If doing internet service as a dial up connection. get the AT&T 7/7 offer, seven cents per minute and internet access for $7/month.
Jun 20, 2001 | 1:14 pm
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Call MCI/Worldcom and explain your projected calling patern. They'll set you up with a very inexpensive plan, send you some calling cards & give you 5,000 FF miles on most airlines. If after 5 months you try to leave, they will again give you 5,000 FF mile to retain you as a client.
Pay the bill once a month with a Delta/AmEx card and get double miles from AmEx plus 5 miles per dollar from MCI for every dollar spent.
Pay the bill once a month with a Delta/AmEx card and get double miles from AmEx plus 5 miles per dollar from MCI for every dollar spent.
Jun 20, 2001 | 3:08 pm
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I plug my satisfaction with IDT ( http://www.idt.net ).
* 5-6 cents/min domestic (depending where you live)
* inexpensive international (7 cents/min to Sweden)
* SIX-SECOND BILLING
* One account is $7.95/month, but you have have as many phone lines associated with that account
Their GlobalCall pre-paid calling card is a pretty good deal, too. But I'm tempted with that CostCo card.
Cheers,
Lawrence
* 5-6 cents/min domestic (depending where you live)
* inexpensive international (7 cents/min to Sweden)
* SIX-SECOND BILLING
* One account is $7.95/month, but you have have as many phone lines associated with that account
Their GlobalCall pre-paid calling card is a pretty good deal, too. But I'm tempted with that CostCo card.
Cheers,
Lawrence
Jun 20, 2001 | 5:33 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Originally posted by clanson:
Call MCI/Worldcom and explain your projected calling patern. They'll set you up with a very inexpensive plan, send you some calling cards & give you 5,000 FF miles on most airlines. If after 5 months you try to leave, they will again give you 5,000 FF mile to retain you as a client.
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Call MCI/Worldcom and explain your projected calling patern. They'll set you up with a very inexpensive plan, send you some calling cards & give you 5,000 FF miles on most airlines. If after 5 months you try to leave, they will again give you 5,000 FF mile to retain you as a client.
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Jun 20, 2001 | 6:11 pm
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The best rates I have found are at
http://www.onesuite.com/
You keep your long distance carrier in place
and use an 800# to "dail around". For more
thoughts on this refer to FlyerTalk thread:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum...ML/001897.html
FWIW I have always had the monthly fess
waived by the major carriers.
http://www.onesuite.com/
You keep your long distance carrier in place
and use an 800# to "dail around". For more
thoughts on this refer to FlyerTalk thread:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum...ML/001897.html
FWIW I have always had the monthly fess
waived by the major carriers.
Jun 20, 2001 | 9:36 pm
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You can do some comparison shopping at http://abtolls.com/ for a plan that best suits you.