cheapass phone card?

[barbie gee]

Costco used to sell a cheap calling card for long distance landline use.
Basically a long-distance "dial around". It was $.0299 /minute, and could
be used for Toll Calls.

Usually, when my card was running out of money/minutes, they'd have an
option to refresh, but the card is apparently going to run itself out, and
Costco doesn't carry any cards anymore.

Yes, I know everyone uses their cellphone for this stuff now, but I'd
really like to have cheap minutes for that Luddite-in-me Land Line.

[Bruce Esquibel]

Post by barbie gee
Yes, I know everyone uses their cellphone for this stuff now, but I'd
really like to have cheap minutes for that Luddite-in-me Land Line.

Living in that ghetto area you live in, don't they have phone card stores
on every street corner?

If they are too scary to walk into, have you tried a web browser and in the
search bar, type in something like "phone cards"?

I don't know what Costco was selling but odds are you can find one cheaper
and easier to refill (via online) than what they had.

-bruce
***@ripco.com

[Crawford Sausage Company]

Post by Bruce Esquibel

Post by barbie gee
Yes, I know everyone uses their cellphone for this stuff now, but I'd
really like to have cheap minutes for that Luddite-in-me Land Line.

Living in that ghetto area you live in, don't they have phone card stores
on every street corner?
If they are too scary to walk into, have you tried a web browser and in the
search bar, type in something like "phone cards"?
I don't know what Costco was selling but odds are you can find one cheaper
and easier to refill (via online) than what they had.
-bruce

Not sure what barb was asking because she still has that X-Archive-Yes
flag set to NO. If it's about cheap phones, phone cards are a complete
and utter ripoff for predators who like to profit off of poor people.

Go to https://www.pagepluscellular.com/

I usually put on $25 every four months, sometimes only $10. That's less
than most people pay per month in taxes on their plans.

[Bruce Esquibel]

Post by Crawford Sausage Company
Not sure what barb was asking because she still has that X-Archive-Yes
flag set to NO. If it's about cheap phones, phone cards are a complete
and utter ripoff for predators who like to profit off of poor people.
Go to https://www.pagepluscellular.com/
I usually put on $25 every four months, sometimes only $10. That's less
than most people pay per month in taxes on their plans.

No, I think it was for the landline at the home-20 for long distance
calling only.

I know people that used to use those, but eventually they dropped the
landline and went cellular only.

-bruce
***@ripco.com

[barbie gee]

Post by Crawford Sausage Company

Post by Bruce Esquibel

Post by barbie gee
Yes, I know everyone uses their cellphone for this stuff now, but I'd
really like to have cheap minutes for that Luddite-in-me Land Line.

Living in that ghetto area you live in, don't they have phone card stores
on every street corner?
If they are too scary to walk into, have you tried a web browser and in the
search bar, type in something like "phone cards"?
I don't know what Costco was selling but odds are you can find one cheaper
and easier to refill (via online) than what they had.
-bruce

Not sure what barb was asking because she still has that X-Archive-Yes
flag set to NO.If it's about cheap phones, phone cards are a complete
and utter ripoff for predators who like to profit off of poor people.
Go to https://www.pagepluscellular.com/
I usually put on $25 every four months, sometimes only $10. That's less
than most people pay per month in taxes on their plans.

No, I don't have X-No Archive set to YES anymore. I will double check,
maybe I forgot to Save the change, but I'm 98.5% positive I changed that
setting here in Alpine.

I'm not asking about phones. I have a very nice smartphone, thanks. I
still have a landline, though, and I like to use it, instead of the
cellphone for my phone talking.

I have ZERO NONE NADA long distance provider assigned on my landline, so I
use an LD calling card (aka "dialaround"). It also covers band C and band
B toll calls.

[Geoff Gass]

Post by barbie gee
I have ZERO NONE NADA long distance provider assigned on my landline, so I
use an LD calling card (aka "dialaround"). It also covers band C and band
B toll calls.

I think it's just C now, I think A/B were combined into "local".

you can't recharge your old one?

what internet do you have at home? DSL or cable? if the latter, move your
phone to cable, it'll be cheaper and come with free long distance.

[smr]

Post by Geoff Gass

Post by barbie gee
I have ZERO NONE NADA long distance provider assigned on my landline, so I
use an LD calling card (aka "dialaround"). It also covers band C and band
B toll calls.

I think it's just C now, I think A/B were combined into "local".
you can't recharge your old one?
what internet do you have at home? DSL or cable? if the latter, move your
phone to cable, it'll be cheaper and come with free long distance.

buh buh buh but MY LANDLINES!!!!!

[Max]

Post by smr

Post by Geoff Gass

Post by barbie gee
I have ZERO NONE NADA long distance provider assigned on my landline, so I
use an LD calling card (aka "dialaround"). It also covers band C and band
B toll calls.

I think it's just C now, I think A/B were combined into "local".
you can't recharge your old one?
what internet do you have at home? DSL or cable? if the latter, move your
phone to cable, it'll be cheaper and come with free long distance.

buh buh buh but MY LANDLINES!!!!!

I fucken hate talking to barb when either one of us is on the mobiles
compared to the coppers. We're both rockin S3s. The quality of the
conversation is markedly inferior. I get weird echos, pitchy high freq
noise, duplexing artifacts, blah blah.

Can't stand it. Muh landlines are teh superiors.

[Michele]

Post by Max

Post by smr

Post by Geoff Gass

Post by barbie gee
I have ZERO NONE NADA long distance provider assigned on my
landline, so I
use an LD calling card (aka "dialaround"). It also covers band C and band
B toll calls.

I think it's just C now, I think A/B were combined into "local".
you can't recharge your old one?
what internet do you have at home? DSL or cable? if the latter, move your
phone to cable, it'll be cheaper and come with free long distance.

buh buh buh but MY LANDLINES!!!!!

I fucken hate talking to barb when either one of us is on the mobiles
compared to the coppers. We're both rockin S3s. The quality of the
conversation is markedly inferior. I get weird echos, pitchy high freq
noise, duplexing artifacts, blah blah.
Can't stand it. Muh landlines are teh superiors.

Might be the phones themselves. Some manufacturers cheap out on the
mic/speaker combo so the sound is shit. Quick Goog points out that
there's hardware problems that cause the shitty call quality. Is why I
like Moto. They may get shit for everything else, but they know how to
make a speaker/mic sound good.

[barbie gee]

Post by smr

Post by Geoff Gass

Post by barbie gee
I have ZERO NONE NADA long distance provider assigned on my landline, so I
use an LD calling card (aka "dialaround"). It also covers band C and band
B toll calls.

I think it's just C now, I think A/B were combined into "local".
you can't recharge your old one?
what internet do you have at home? DSL or cable? if the latter, move your
phone to cable, it'll be cheaper and come with free long distance.

buh buh buh but MY LANDLINES!!!!!

have you ever yet experienced a time when you couldn't make a call because
all the cell towers were overloaded?
Okay, yeah, maybe that's never gonna happen to you, but I actually do not
like the call quality I get from my cell compared to my crispy
clear-as-a-bell landline.

I'd also have to give up one phone number, no?

[smr]

Post by barbie gee

Post by smr

Post by Geoff Gass

Post by barbie gee
I have ZERO NONE NADA long distance provider assigned on my
landline, so I
use an LD calling card (aka "dialaround"). It also covers band C and band
B toll calls.

I think it's just C now, I think A/B were combined into "local".
you can't recharge your old one?
what internet do you have at home? DSL or cable? if the latter, move your
phone to cable, it'll be cheaper and come with free long distance.

buh buh buh but MY LANDLINES!!!!!

have you ever yet experienced a time when you couldn't make a call
because all the cell towers were overloaded?
Okay, yeah, maybe that's never gonna happen to you, but I actually do
not like the call quality I get from my cell compared to my crispy
clear-as-a-bell landline.

I was ribbing you, brabs.

For any given call, yeah, copper sounds better, but my cell phone sounds
_good enough_ (it's a phone call, not the CSO) and I'm not paying for a
landline in addition to the cell phone I _have_ to have.

I mean, seriously, who calls anyone anymore? :)

Post by barbie gee
I'd also have to give up one phone number, no?

I don't see the issue with giving up a phone number myself, but you're
probably one of those folks where more people still call you at your
home # than your cell, I imagine.

[barbie gee]

Post by smr

Post by barbie gee

Post by smr

Post by Geoff Gass

Post by barbie gee
I have ZERO NONE NADA long distance provider assigned on my landline, so I
use an LD calling card (aka "dialaround"). It also covers band C and band
B toll calls.

I think it's just C now, I think A/B were combined into "local".
you can't recharge your old one?
what internet do you have at home? DSL or cable? if the latter, move your
phone to cable, it'll be cheaper and come with free long distance.

buh buh buh but MY LANDLINES!!!!!

have you ever yet experienced a time when you couldn't make a call
because all the cell towers were overloaded?
Okay, yeah, maybe that's never gonna happen to you, but I actually do
not like the call quality I get from my cell compared to my crispy
clear-as-a-bell landline.

I was ribbing you, brabs.
For any given call, yeah, copper sounds better, but my cell phone sounds
_good enough_ (it's a phone call, not the CSO) and I'm not paying for a
landline in addition to the cell phone I _have_ to have.
I mean, seriously, who calls anyone anymore? :)

Post by barbie gee
I'd also have to give up one phone number, no?

I don't see the issue with giving up a phone number myself, but you're
probably one of those folks where more people still call you at your home #
than your cell, I imagine.

Actually, there's a small but loyal group of people who have my landline
number, and they are yakkers. No call with them is less than 10 minutes,
some go upwards to an hour. I have decent handsets, so I can clip one to
my shirt, put them on speakerphone, and get on with my life. The cell is
a pain on speakerphone, and I'm just not a fan of the earbud/microphone
thing.
Keep in mind, your sig. other lives in the same house with you, mine is 50
miles away! ;-)

I have people who try to reach me on my cellphone, but I resent having to
be toting it all around the house with me. I come home from work, and I
plug it in to charge. If I'm wandering around the house, upstairs or
whatever, and the stupid cell rings, I have to either ignore it, or run to
get it. So, I keep it on either vibrate or mute when I'm home. I prefer my
cell for texting, and web-surfing/email on the go. But for talking? nah.

[smr]

Post by barbie gee

Post by smr

Post by barbie gee

Post by smr

Post by Geoff Gass

Post by barbie gee
I have ZERO NONE NADA long distance provider assigned on my landline, so I
use an LD calling card (aka "dialaround"). It also covers band C and band
B toll calls.

I think it's just C now, I think A/B were combined into "local".
you can't recharge your old one?
what internet do you have at home? DSL or cable? if the latter, move your
phone to cable, it'll be cheaper and come with free long distance.

buh buh buh but MY LANDLINES!!!!!

have you ever yet experienced a time when you couldn't make a call
because all the cell towers were overloaded?
Okay, yeah, maybe that's never gonna happen to you, but I actually do
not like the call quality I get from my cell compared to my crispy
clear-as-a-bell landline.

I was ribbing you, brabs.
For any given call, yeah, copper sounds better, but my cell phone sounds
_good enough_ (it's a phone call, not the CSO) and I'm not paying for a
landline in addition to the cell phone I _have_ to have.
I mean, seriously, who calls anyone anymore? :)

Post by barbie gee
I'd also have to give up one phone number, no?

I don't see the issue with giving up a phone number myself, but you're
probably one of those folks where more people still call you at your home #
than your cell, I imagine.

Actually, there's a small but loyal group of people who have my landline
number, and they are yakkers. No call with them is less than 10 minutes,
some go upwards to an hour. I have decent handsets, so I can clip one to
my shirt, put them on speakerphone, and get on with my life. The cell is
a pain on speakerphone, and I'm just not a fan of the earbud/microphone
thing.
Keep in mind, your sig. other lives in the same house with you, mine is 50
miles away! ;-)

Yeah; you're my mom's age (take THAT!) and she's the last person I know who
a) has a landline and b) that I talk to at any length on the phone, outside
of work. I think at this point, though, everybody SHE'S talking to (her
sister, her best friend, etc.) is already on a smartphone.

I pay for her smartphone and her landline bill gets stupid if she calls
anywhere outside of A or B Band, so I really don't know why she keeps it
around.

As for the "smart phones are no fun to talk on", which is true, I actually
got my wife an old-fashioned banana handset thing, complete with coiled
cord, that plugs into her iPhone's headphone jack and she does all her
calls on that when she's at home. She loves it.

Post by barbie gee
I have people who try to reach me on my cellphone, but I resent having to
be toting it all around the house with me. I come home from work, and I
plug it in to charge. If I'm wandering around the house, upstairs or
whatever, and the stupid cell rings, I have to either ignore it, or run to
get it. So, I keep it on either vibrate or mute when I'm home. I prefer my
cell for texting, and web-surfing/email on the go. But for talking? nah.

You're allowed to miss a call, y'know ;)

[tert in seattle]

Post by smr

Post by barbie gee
Actually, there's a small but loyal group of people who have my landline
number, and they are yakkers. No call with them is less than 10 minutes,
some go upwards to an hour. I have decent handsets, so I can clip one to
my shirt, put them on speakerphone, and get on with my life. The cell is
a pain on speakerphone, and I'm just not a fan of the earbud/microphone
thing.
Keep in mind, your sig. other lives in the same house with you, mine is 50
miles away! ;-)

Yeah; you're my mom's age (take THAT!) and she's the last person I know who
a) has a landline and b) that I talk to at any length on the phone, outside
of work. I think at this point, though, everybody SHE'S talking to (her
sister, her best friend, etc.) is already on a smartphone.

My step-aunt had a rotary phone until like 10 years ago. She didn't want
to pay for a new phone -- the old one worked fine. This is in rural Iowa.

[barbie gee]

Post by tert in seattle

Post by smr

Post by barbie gee
Actually, there's a small but loyal group of people who have my landline
number, and they are yakkers. No call with them is less than 10 minutes,
some go upwards to an hour. I have decent handsets, so I can clip one to
my shirt, put them on speakerphone, and get on with my life. The cell is
a pain on speakerphone, and I'm just not a fan of the earbud/microphone
thing.
Keep in mind, your sig. other lives in the same house with you, mine is 50
miles away! ;-)

Yeah; you're my mom's age (take THAT!) and she's the last person I know who
a) has a landline and b) that I talk to at any length on the phone, outside
of work. I think at this point, though, everybody SHE'S talking to (her
sister, her best friend, etc.) is already on a smartphone.

My step-aunt had a rotary phone until like 10 years ago. She didn't want
to pay for a new phone -- the old one worked fine. This is in rural Iowa.

I thought you had to have that tone dialing, not the old rotary
clicky-soundy dialing?
IKFAATS.

[Geoff Gass]

Post by barbie gee

Post by tert in seattle

Post by smr

Post by barbie gee
Actually, there's a small but loyal group of people who have my landline
number, and they are yakkers. No call with them is less than 10 minutes,
some go upwards to an hour. I have decent handsets, so I can clip one to
my shirt, put them on speakerphone, and get on with my life. The cell is
a pain on speakerphone, and I'm just not a fan of the earbud/microphone
thing.
Keep in mind, your sig. other lives in the same house with you, mine is 50
miles away! ;-)

Yeah; you're my mom's age (take THAT!) and she's the last person I know who
a) has a landline and b) that I talk to at any length on the phone, outside
of work. I think at this point, though, everybody SHE'S talking to (her
sister, her best friend, etc.) is already on a smartphone.

My step-aunt had a rotary phone until like 10 years ago. She didn't want
to pay for a new phone -- the old one worked fine. This is in rural Iowa.

I thought you had to have that tone dialing, not the old rotary
clicky-soundy dialing?
IKFAATS.

try it on yer landline. I just tried on mine (RCN), didn't work. But wouldn't
surprise me if an AT&T copper line did still work with pulse.

[barbie gee]

Post by Geoff Gass

Post by barbie gee

Post by tert in seattle

Post by smr

Post by barbie gee
Actually, there's a small but loyal group of people who have my landline
number, and they are yakkers. No call with them is less than 10 minutes,
some go upwards to an hour. I have decent handsets, so I can clip one to
my shirt, put them on speakerphone, and get on with my life. The cell is
a pain on speakerphone, and I'm just not a fan of the earbud/microphone
thing.
Keep in mind, your sig. other lives in the same house with you, mine is 50
miles away! ;-)

Yeah; you're my mom's age (take THAT!) and she's the last person I know who
a) has a landline and b) that I talk to at any length on the phone, outside
of work. I think at this point, though, everybody SHE'S talking to (her
sister, her best friend, etc.) is already on a smartphone.

My step-aunt had a rotary phone until like 10 years ago. She didn't want
to pay for a new phone -- the old one worked fine. This is in rural Iowa.

I thought you had to have that tone dialing, not the old rotary
clicky-soundy dialing?
IKFAATS.

try it on yer landline. I just tried on mine (RCN), didn't work. But wouldn't
surprise me if an AT&T copper line did still work with pulse.

that's it; "Pulse"!
I actually have a very old Bell Phones Rotary phone, I might try it this
weekend, and I'll let you know!!

[Geoff Gass]

Post by barbie gee

Post by Geoff Gass

Post by barbie gee

Post by tert in seattle

Post by smr

Post by barbie gee
Actually, there's a small but loyal group of people who have my landline
number, and they are yakkers. No call with them is less than 10 minutes,
some go upwards to an hour. I have decent handsets, so I can clip one to
my shirt, put them on speakerphone, and get on with my life. The cell is
a pain on speakerphone, and I'm just not a fan of the earbud/microphone
thing.
Keep in mind, your sig. other lives in the same house with you, mine is 50
miles away! ;-)

Yeah; you're my mom's age (take THAT!) and she's the last person I know who
a) has a landline and b) that I talk to at any length on the phone, outside
of work. I think at this point, though, everybody SHE'S talking to (her
sister, her best friend, etc.) is already on a smartphone.

My step-aunt had a rotary phone until like 10 years ago. She didn't want
to pay for a new phone -- the old one worked fine. This is in rural Iowa.

I thought you had to have that tone dialing, not the old rotary
clicky-soundy dialing?
IKFAATS.

try it on yer landline. I just tried on mine (RCN), didn't work. But wouldn't
surprise me if an AT&T copper line did still work with pulse.

that's it; "Pulse"!
I actually have a very old Bell Phones Rotary phone, I might try it this
weekend, and I'll let you know!!

your cordless phone will likely do pulse, look in the options.

[Geoff Gass]

Post by smr

Post by Geoff Gass

Post by barbie gee
I have ZERO NONE NADA long distance provider assigned on my landline, so I
use an LD calling card (aka "dialaround"). It also covers band C and band
B toll calls.

I think it's just C now, I think A/B were combined into "local".
you can't recharge your old one?
what internet do you have at home? DSL or cable? if the latter, move your
phone to cable, it'll be cheaper and come with free long distance.

buh buh buh but MY LANDLINES!!!!!

I gave up a real copper loop in favor of cable a couple of years ago and it
just hasn't been an issue. I make a lot of conf calls when I work from home,
so I don't want to go cell-only.

[barbie gee]

Post by Geoff Gass

Post by smr

Post by Geoff Gass

Post by barbie gee
I have ZERO NONE NADA long distance provider assigned on my landline, so I
use an LD calling card (aka "dialaround"). It also covers band C and band
B toll calls.

I think it's just C now, I think A/B were combined into "local".
you can't recharge your old one?
what internet do you have at home? DSL or cable? if the latter, move your
phone to cable, it'll be cheaper and come with free long distance.

buh buh buh but MY LANDLINES!!!!!

I gave up a real copper loop in favor of cable a couple of years ago and it
just hasn't been an issue. I make a lot of conf calls when I work from home,
so I don't want to go cell-only.

this is an option.
I also seem to remember there's some kinda way I can join my cellphone to
my landline handsets, so maybe that would be a way to get the goodness of
the landline without giving up cellphone, til I figure out if I want to
try cable as phone provider.

speaking of which, this rain shouldn't be causing me internet troubles,
but I'm getting a lot of pauses right now, in pages loading, stuff like
that....

[Geoff Gass]

Post by barbie gee

Post by Geoff Gass

Post by smr

Post by Geoff Gass

Post by barbie gee
I have ZERO NONE NADA long distance provider assigned on my landline, so I
use an LD calling card (aka "dialaround"). It also covers band C and band
B toll calls.

I think it's just C now, I think A/B were combined into "local".
you can't recharge your old one?
what internet do you have at home? DSL or cable? if the latter, move your
phone to cable, it'll be cheaper and come with free long distance.

buh buh buh but MY LANDLINES!!!!!

I gave up a real copper loop in favor of cable a couple of years ago and it
just hasn't been an issue. I make a lot of conf calls when I work from home,
so I don't want to go cell-only.

this is an option.
I also seem to remember there's some kinda way I can join my cellphone to
my landline handsets, so maybe that would be a way to get the goodness of
the landline without giving up cellphone, til I figure out if I want to
try cable as phone provider.

a quick goog found stuff in the $50 range, usually bluetooth to a landline jack
which you could plug into your house wiring.

[barbie gee]

Post by Geoff Gass

Post by barbie gee
I have ZERO NONE NADA long distance provider assigned on my landline, so I
use an LD calling card (aka "dialaround"). It also covers band C and band
B toll calls.

I think it's just C now, I think A/B were combined into "local".
you can't recharge your old one?

nope. That's part of the annoyance, they used to let you as you began to
run low on minutes. I dial the dialaround number and tried to press "0"
to see if I'd get an automated Operator. nothin'

Post by Geoff Gass
what internet do you have at home? DSL or cable? if the latter, move your
phone to cable, it'll be cheaper and come with free long distance.

That might be an option, as I did finally go w/ cable internet, but
they're gonna have to come in under $40 a month after taxes...

I think they tried to bundle me phone and tv, and because I refuse the tv,
they couldn't help me...

[Geoff Gass]

Post by barbie gee

Post by Geoff Gass
what internet do you have at home? DSL or cable? if the latter, move your
phone to cable, it'll be cheaper and come with free long distance.

That might be an option, as I did finally go w/ cable internet, but
they're gonna have to come in under $40 a month after taxes...
I think they tried to bundle me phone and tv, and because I refuse the tv,
they couldn't help me...

it'll probably be close. I want to say it's usually $20-25 for phone plus
taxes. I see ~$17 in phone taxes on my bill. that's w/ rcn

[barbie gee]

Post by Bruce Esquibel

Post by barbie gee
Yes, I know everyone uses their cellphone for this stuff now, but I'd
really like to have cheap minutes for that Luddite-in-me Land Line.

Living in that ghetto area you live in, don't they have phone card stores
on every street corner?
If they are too scary to walk into, have you tried a web browser and in the
search bar, type in something like "phone cards"?
I don't know what Costco was selling but odds are you can find one cheaper
and easier to refill (via online) than what they had.

Actually,
1) With gentrification sweeping through here like a tidal wave, there
aren't any phone card stores around, although I did look at some cards at
the local UPS pickup station. All she had were cards for cell
pay-as-you-go minutes.
2) I did go online, and suspect I may have to make it out to a Walmart.
3) online offerings had outrageous per minute rates, nothing like the
barely 3 cents a minute I was paying.

[core]

Post by barbie gee

Post by Bruce Esquibel

Post by barbie gee
Yes, I know everyone uses their cellphone for this stuff now, but I'd
really like to have cheap minutes for that Luddite-in-me Land Line.

Living in that ghetto area you live in, don't they have phone card stores
on every street corner?
If they are too scary to walk into, have you tried a web browser and in the
search bar, type in something like "phone cards"?
I don't know what Costco was selling but odds are you can find one cheaper
and easier to refill (via online) than what they had.

Actually,
1) With gentrification sweeping through here like a tidal wave, there
aren't any phone card stores around, although I did look at some cards at
the local UPS pickup station. All she had were cards for cell
pay-as-you-go minutes.
2) I did go online, and suspect I may have to make it out to a Walmart.
3) online offerings had outrageous per minute rates, nothing like the
barely 3 cents a minute I was paying.

Look at Walmart online. They have lots of phone cards listed, maybe
one of them will be what you need.

[dye]

Post by barbie gee

Post by Bruce Esquibel

Post by barbie gee
Yes, I know everyone uses their cellphone for this stuff now, but I'd
really like to have cheap minutes for that Luddite-in-me Land Line.

Living in that ghetto area you live in, don't they have phone card stores
on every street corner?
If they are too scary to walk into, have you tried a web browser and in the
search bar, type in something like "phone cards"?
I don't know what Costco was selling but odds are you can find one cheaper
and easier to refill (via online) than what they had.

Actually,
1) With gentrification sweeping through here like a tidal wave, there
aren't any phone card stores around, although I did look at some cards at
the local UPS pickup station. All she had were cards for cell
pay-as-you-go minutes.
2) I did go online, and suspect I may have to make it out to a Walmart.
3) online offerings had outrageous per minute rates, nothing like the
barely 3 cents a minute I was paying.

I have ATT&T's copper local-only call-pack w/no long distance, (just went to
just over $14.00) but just found this on AT&T's website.....

AT&T Nationwide Calling 120(sm) Direct

Learn More & Sign Up.

Get 120 minutes of direct dialed state-to-state calls from home all day,
every day.

$14.99

Additional minutes 10¢ all the time.

10¢ all the time.

local fees/taxes unknown...dunno if this is copper or Uverse....

--Ken

[Geoff Gass]

Post by dye

Post by barbie gee

Post by Bruce Esquibel

Post by barbie gee
Yes, I know everyone uses their cellphone for this stuff now, but I'd
really like to have cheap minutes for that Luddite-in-me Land Line.

Living in that ghetto area you live in, don't they have phone card stores
on every street corner?
If they are too scary to walk into, have you tried a web browser and in the
search bar, type in something like "phone cards"?
I don't know what Costco was selling but odds are you can find one cheaper
and easier to refill (via online) than what they had.

Actually,
1) With gentrification sweeping through here like a tidal wave, there
aren't any phone card stores around, although I did look at some cards at
the local UPS pickup station. All she had were cards for cell
pay-as-you-go minutes.
2) I did go online, and suspect I may have to make it out to a Walmart.
3) online offerings had outrageous per minute rates, nothing like the
barely 3 cents a minute I was paying.

I have ATT&T's copper local-only call-pack w/no long distance, (just went to
just over $14.00) but just found this on AT&T's website.....
AT&T Nationwide Calling 120(sm) Direct
Learn More & Sign Up.
Get 120 minutes of direct dialed state-to-state calls from home all day,
every day.
$14.99
Additional minutes 10? all the time.
10? all the time.
local fees/taxes unknown...dunno if this is copper or Uverse....

the key there is "state-to-state". she needs in-state

[barbie gee]

Post by dye

Post by barbie gee

Post by Bruce Esquibel

Post by barbie gee
Yes, I know everyone uses their cellphone for this stuff now, but I'd
really like to have cheap minutes for that Luddite-in-me Land Line.

Living in that ghetto area you live in, don't they have phone card stores
on every street corner?
If they are too scary to walk into, have you tried a web browser and in the
search bar, type in something like "phone cards"?
I don't know what Costco was selling but odds are you can find one cheaper
and easier to refill (via online) than what they had.

Actually,
1) With gentrification sweeping through here like a tidal wave, there
aren't any phone card stores around, although I did look at some cards at
the local UPS pickup station. All she had were cards for cell
pay-as-you-go minutes.
2) I did go online, and suspect I may have to make it out to a Walmart.
3) online offerings had outrageous per minute rates, nothing like the
barely 3 cents a minute I was paying.

I have ATT&T's copper local-only call-pack w/no long distance, (just went to
just over $14.00) but just found this on AT&T's website.....
AT&T Nationwide Calling 120(sm) Direct
Learn More & Sign Up.
Get 120 minutes of direct dialed state-to-state calls from home all day,
every day.
$14.99
Additional minutes 10? all the time.
10? all the time.
local fees/taxes unknown...dunno if this is copper or Uverse....

hrm.
Will have to check that out.

[Bruce Esquibel]

Post by barbie gee
hrm.
Will have to check that out.

Really?

That's like 3x-4x more expensive than the phone card you were using and you
get the honor of paying them $15 a month, even if you didn't make any LD
calls that month.

You do know some of those 10-10 services are still around.

I don't have any of the bills handy but we use one because Melissa can rack
up 10+ hours a month with those teleconference things she does. I'll find one
and see later, but none of them were excessive and wasn't any 10 cents a
minute, thats for sure.

They aren't as cheap as they were at one time but at least if you don't use
it, you don't pay for anything.

-bruce
***@ripco.com

[barbie gee]

Post by Bruce Esquibel

Post by barbie gee
hrm.
Will have to check that out.

Really?
That's like 3x-4x more expensive than the phone card you were using and you
get the honor of paying them $15 a month, even if you didn't make any LD
calls that month.
You do know some of those 10-10 services are still around.
I don't have any of the bills handy but we use one because Melissa can rack
up 10+ hours a month with those teleconference things she does. I'll find one
and see later, but none of them were excessive and wasn't any 10 cents a
minute, thats for sure.

if you can find me a number that I can Google and get a card, that would
be swell.
Thanks!

[Max]

Post by barbie gee

Post by Bruce Esquibel

Post by barbie gee
hrm.
Will have to check that out.

Really?
That's like 3x-4x more expensive than the phone card you were using and you
get the honor of paying them $15 a month, even if you didn't make any LD
calls that month.
You do know some of those 10-10 services are still around.
I don't have any of the bills handy but we use one because Melissa can rack
up 10+ hours a month with those teleconference things she does. I'll find one
and see later, but none of them were excessive and wasn't any 10 cents a
minute, thats for sure.

if you can find me a number that I can Google and get a card, that
would be swell.
Thanks!

here ya go! <phone card - Google Search>

[barbie gee]

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shut up.

[Bruce Esquibel]

Post by barbie gee
if you can find me a number that I can Google and get a card, that would
be swell.

It's not a card, just a service you dial first (like 10-10-987) then 1 and
the number you want to call. The main point was if you don't use it, there
is no monthly charge or fee. It's like an on demand thing.

Fucking thing is, it looks like AT&T puts that info on the part of the bill
I usually toss (page 3) and only have one from last year and it doesn't even
have the number on it, just "telecom usa" as the carrier.

This might not fit what you are looking for in savings anyway. Like I said,
she usually is on one call for anywhere from an hour to 3 sometimes. They
charge for the initial connect, like 83 cents (I think) then maybe (from my
calculations) 7 or 8 cents a minute.

The problem there is, if it's like a 2 minute call, it'll be like 90 cents.
If it's a 2 hour call (120 minutes), it's like around $8. But since she
usually racks up 3-5 hours a week on LD, it works out cheaper for us than
any of the plans at&t offers.

Some months we don't use it at all because of the 1-800 dial-in provided by
the client, which I consider a savings with no monthly fee those months.

Also keep in mind with pre-paid cards, they don't nail you for the access
fees and taxes. The 10-10 services do. I'm sure that at&t thing for
$14.95 is the same way, $14.95 plus another $5 for the fees/taxes per month.
So if it's $20 a month total, that is actually 16 cents a minute for the 120
minutes they include, then 10 cents a minute afterwards.

I thought it was cheaper than it is, but the 10-10 looks like about half
price. I know there was one bill (for one month) that I thought was
excessive, like $86 but once I added all the minutes and came out with 1050
(or so), it didn't seem so bad.

So it's not in the same ballpark as your 2 cents a minute costco card but as
usual, beats the hell out of dealing with at&t.

-bruce
***@ripco.com

[Cydrome Leader]

Post by Bruce Esquibel

Post by barbie gee
Yes, I know everyone uses their cellphone for this stuff now, but I'd
really like to have cheap minutes for that Luddite-in-me Land Line.

Living in that ghetto area you live in, don't they have phone card stores
on every street corner?
If they are too scary to walk into, have you tried a web browser and in the
search bar, type in something like "phone cards"?

Ha!