A few questions about long distance phone service.

[TheVrolok]

I'm trying to consolidate the phone/tv/internet services at my house now that I've moved back and my father asked for help. He was thinking about canceling long distance on our house line completely as we can simply use our cell phones for the long distance calling that we do. He had a few questions that I simply don't know the answer to, and I plan on calling MCI later on today but I was curious to see if anyone here would know off the top of his head.

1) Can you still technically dial out LD and be charged a larger (than if you had a LD plan) fee? Or can you simply not dial LD?

2) If you don't have long distance service, can you still receive incoming LD calls, or are you paying the static monthly fee for the ability to receive calls as well?

2a) If you can still technically receive LD calls without a LD service, is it just some absurdly expensive rate?

3) What about 800 numbers, can you dial 'em without LD? Toll-free?

 

[Colt45]

1. you can still call, expensive.

2. of course you can receive calls.

3. you never pay for incoming on a landline. 😕

4. yes

 

[TheVrolok]

Originally posted by: Colt45
1. you can still call, expensive.

2. of course you can receive calls.

3. you never pay for incoming on a landline. 😕

4. yes

That's what I assumed. Just to clarify, you can still receive LD calls, free of charge? (again following the "all incoming are free"?). Basically, I just wanted to hear someone else echo my own thoughts to make me feel better. Thanks for responding!

 

[Pliablemoose]

I use Skype, (Skypein & Skype Pro) Cheap as dirt, unlimited calls in & out for about $6/month, great for those customer service calls that kill your cell minutes.