www.telebright.comhere is a tool that compares all the available long distance carriers and shows you what's cheaper. It's interesting to know exactly how the big carriers screw us over. For instance: taxes, billing increments and fees are shown. I found it from looking at the Consumer Reports website here. I think you can actually check what facilities the different carrier have. Whether or not they have their own facilities, or are just selling the bigger long distance carriers same product at a different price. Empowering stuff. I showed it to a friend that calls family in Zimbabwe (of all places) often. He switched his carrier immediately after a little research. I hope you like it.
Long distance comparison tool used by Consumer Reports
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Interesting link. I didn't see the long distance carrier I use, Vartec http://www.vartec.com/
I like vartec because its 5 cents a minute, 7/24 any time any day in state or out. If you live in california they have a special plan that has a 15 cent minimum per call (i.e. calls that are 1,2,3 minutes are all billed at 15 cents, any longer and its 5 cents a minute, 5 mins is 25 cents, 10 mins is 50 cents, etc). No monthly fee, no other fees at all, no nothing else to pay.
If you DONT live in California its 50 cent minimum unfortunately (1-10 minute calls are 50 cents each, anything else is 5 cents a min). Thats the one disadvantage.
I know there are places out there that give slightly less per minute, like 4.5 cents per minute, but most of those require you to jump through various hoops like paying through visa, monthly fees if your calls drop below a certain amount, or whatever (vartec shows up on your regular phone bill). We've used them for over a year, my grandparents have used them for like 5 years now. Never any other fees than 5 cents per minute on calls, no surcharges or anything.
Just my 2 cents (well 5, hehehe).
I like vartec because its 5 cents a minute, 7/24 any time any day in state or out. If you live in california they have a special plan that has a 15 cent minimum per call (i.e. calls that are 1,2,3 minutes are all billed at 15 cents, any longer and its 5 cents a minute, 5 mins is 25 cents, 10 mins is 50 cents, etc). No monthly fee, no other fees at all, no nothing else to pay.
If you DONT live in California its 50 cent minimum unfortunately (1-10 minute calls are 50 cents each, anything else is 5 cents a min). Thats the one disadvantage.
I know there are places out there that give slightly less per minute, like 4.5 cents per minute, but most of those require you to jump through various hoops like paying through visa, monthly fees if your calls drop below a certain amount, or whatever (vartec shows up on your regular phone bill). We've used them for over a year, my grandparents have used them for like 5 years now. Never any other fees than 5 cents per minute on calls, no surcharges or anything.
Just my 2 cents (well 5, hehehe).
If you have cable modem, you can use it for an incredible deal on long distance - $40 per month for long distance AND LOCAL service too !!!!!! No hidden charges, taxes, surcharges etc! Voice clarity is awesome! Check it out at Vonage DigitalVoice
That's really only useful if you pay that much or more per month already on long distance/local. For me, its $20 a month local, then usually around $10 or less long distance at 5 cents a min. Maybe we are atypical
basically I pay $3.00 /month for world monthly plan and $0.16 /min 7/24 7days with Qwest calling to Japan. That site telebright.com said qwest charges $0.48/min. Bunch of bull. I switched to Sprint for like $0.24/min a couple years ago and then before I knew it they were charging like $0.55/min. I called and they said it was "promotional" for 13 months only. Bunch of liars...never go back to them again.
Taxes/Surcharges Amount Federal Excise Tax 1.95 Property Tax Surcharge 0.27 TRS & Universal Serv Fund 5.38 CA PUC Fee Surcharge 0.01 CA Relay and Comm Surcharge 0.03 CA High Cost Fund Surcharge 0.10 CA Emergency 911 Fund 0.04 CA Teleconnect Fund Surcharge 0.02 CA ULTS Surcharge 0.08 Q.world monthly plan fee 3.00 Total Taxes & Surcharges $10.88
My long distance used to be $200 - $250 now it's only $55 - $65/month.
forgot to say I pay $0/month (cuz billed via cc) for $0.05 anywhere in US and $0.07/min calls within California.
Taxes/Surcharges Amount Federal Excise Tax 1.95 Property Tax Surcharge 0.27 TRS & Universal Serv Fund 5.38 CA PUC Fee Surcharge 0.01 CA Relay and Comm Surcharge 0.03 CA High Cost Fund Surcharge 0.10 CA Emergency 911 Fund 0.04 CA Teleconnect Fund Surcharge 0.02 CA ULTS Surcharge 0.08 Q.world monthly plan fee 3.00 Total Taxes & Surcharges $10.88
My long distance used to be $200 - $250 now it's only $55 - $65/month.
forgot to say I pay $0/month (cuz billed via cc) for $0.05 anywhere in US and $0.07/min calls within California.
Mr. Bass,
Thanks for the correction on the Qwest rates. Either Telebright is a scam, or just uninformed. But I like a ballanced and informed dialog, either way.
Keir
Thanks for the correction on the Qwest rates. Either Telebright is a scam, or just uninformed. But I like a ballanced and informed dialog, either way.
Keir
It has been on this forum over and over ...
www.onesuite.com has calling cards for 2.9 cents per minute.
There is no monthly fee, no monthly minimum, minutes do not expire, no hidden costs at all, just 2.9 cents per minute.
Check your bill. Divide what you ACTUALLY pay by the number of minutes you were billed for. I bet it is a LOT more than 2.9 cents per minute. The only hassle is that you have to dial a 1-800 access number. But benifiet is that you can use any phone in the country. (Pay phones have a 40-50 cent fee).
-4nger
www.onesuite.com has calling cards for 2.9 cents per minute.
There is no monthly fee, no monthly minimum, minutes do not expire, no hidden costs at all, just 2.9 cents per minute.
Check your bill. Divide what you ACTUALLY pay by the number of minutes you were billed for. I bet it is a LOT more than 2.9 cents per minute. The only hassle is that you have to dial a 1-800 access number. But benifiet is that you can use any phone in the country. (Pay phones have a 40-50 cent fee).
-4nger
Actually onesuite minutes do expire after 6 months, but they will roll it over if you purchase more minutes. I've been using onesuite for about a year now and haven't any problems. Voice quality is usually excellent to US or Canada.
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