On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 07:12:23PM -0400, Tim Wheeler wrote:
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> > ====[ On Wednesday 08 May 2002 04:56 pm, Joseph Key wrote: ]====
> > > I think I might dump my line at home for this thing.  I'm sick of
> > > figuring out long distance charges for my 3 roomies, and our phone bill
> > > is like $80
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> > a
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> > > month now anyway.
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> > I'd just drop long distance from the phone and make everyone get phone
> > cards. You can get cards at Sam that work out to less then 4 cents a min.
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> I was curious about this.  I have phone card (I believe it's from Sam's Club) 
> that was bought at 2.5 cents/minute and recharges at 3.5 cents/minute.  I've 
> heard you have to pay a fee to not have a long distance carrier.  I'm in 
> college at the moment so I wouldn't know.
> 
> Tim

Well, my only experience is with Qwest.  In actuality, _someone_ has to be
your long-distance carrier.  If you don't pick anyone, Qwest just charges
you somewhere in the neighborhood of $.50 - $.60 per minute for long
distance calls.  They don't charge you any extra fees.
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