Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Tue, 14 May 91 19:51:11 -0400 From: Christopher Lott Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Any Calling Cards Without the 75c Per Call Charge? Message-ID: Organization: University of Maryland Dept of Computer Science Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 363, Message 9 of 10 Lines: 33 In article is written: > a little-advertised but viable long distance carrier called "Cable and > Wireless" offers calling cards with no per-call surcharge. I called their customer service number (800-486-8686). Reps are not exactly on the ball, but after some messing around, I got some information. A traditional calling card, something like a Sprint FON Card, is apparently available only once you have 1+ service or designate them as a secondary carrier. They won't set one up the way Spring and MCI will. Anyhow, I got some quotes. "Regular" long distance service (using their network from home phone): Maryland (301-69) to Ohio (614-48) night rates $.12/min (par) "Focus 3" service is geared towards businesses; rates are better in the day Above call using this service at night was about $.15/min (poor) "Travel Service" is the calling card $.80 per call fee $.49 per minute, no matter where you call (time insensitive also?) So I dunno who told you about the "no fee calling card" or whether you made a Deal, but a no-fee calling card doesn't seem to be available to me. Or maybe I was misinformed. Christopher Lott \/ Dept of Comp Sci, Univ of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 cml@cs.umd.edu /\ 4122 AV Williams Bldg 301 405-2721