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Subject: Re: my new FONCARD
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Date: Wed, 30-Sep-87 11:49:00 EDT
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> Date: Mon, 28 Sep 87 13:36:47 edt
> From: sr16+@andrew.cmu.edu (Seth Benjamin Rothenberg)
> Subject: Re: my new FONCARD

> Reading the fine print, I found that the FONCARD is valid only
> for calls on Sprint's Fiber Optic Network(FON).  To use the 
> FON costs roughly twice what it costs to use the regular nextwork.
> I threw mine out.  
> Seth Rothenberg
> sr16@andrew.cmu.edu

I just called a customer service representative at US Sprint (phone 
number is 1-800-531-4646, if anyone else wants to call) and asked
about the FONCARD and cost.  I learned that the FONCARD can be used
just like any other telephone credit card, and that, just like any
other credit card, there is a surcharge for using it.  The surcharge
for inter- and intra-state calls is $0.55.  Evidently, MCI and AT&T
have higher surcharges for inter-state calls.  

For those of us who have been old, loyal GTE customers, this $.55 
surcharge is new, but I guess unavoidable, since all the other
long distance companies charge surcharges.

I complained about the new access code, and the CSR indicated that
US Sprint is receiving a lot of complaints, but, as I expected, he
indicated that the long access codes are for our security -- to 
prevent unauthorized use of credit cards.