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From: bicker@hoqax.att.com (Brian Charles Kohn)
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Subject: Re: AT&T Calls Cheaper Using Neighbor's Phone?
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Date: 12 Jul 90 16:26:13 GMT
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Albert@endor.UUCP (David Albert) wrote on 12 Jul 90 00:21:44 GMT.: 

 => joel@fps.com (Joel Broude) writes:
 => >Now that long distance calls made from a remote phone using the AT&T 
 => >card receive a 10 percent discount, it would seem to be cheaper to make 
 => >some calls remotely rather than from home.
 => You're absolutely right, except of course that you don't *have* to leave
 => home in order to use your AT&T Universal Card.  With the fee currently
 => at $0.80, as long as your call would have been more that $7.20 normally,
 => it's worth using the Card.

Neat!  I was thinking about how Reach Out America would work out with
all this ... but then I wondered, do Universal Card Calls apply to Reach
Out America?  I guess not.

How does all this fit together now?  Does the Calling Card option to
Reach Out America just save you money on the setup charge, or on the
call as well?  (I think only on the setup charge.)

I just called ... and I was wrong.  My calling card calls ARE covered
under Reach Out America (now) ... so it seems like there never any
reason for me to use my Universal Card for phone calls.  Of course I'm
paying $10.75 per month for that service ... but since I never have
any time left unused (I used seven hours last month) it's well worth
it before considering calling card calls.  The WORST discount I get
now on calling card calls is 10%, the same as the Universal Card
discount.

BTW, I was right about Universal Card calls not counting towards Reach
Out America.

I like the no-fee-forever aspect of it though!


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