I live only four miles from the southern extremity of my local phone service area. When I call customers south of there I have to pay 6 cents a minute (business rate). They have to pay 25 cents per call (residential rate) to call me. I use my business line as my home phone too. A few weeks ago I got a call from one of those telemarketers and it was a company (IDS Telecom) that offers an alternative local phone service. Since they promised a 20% reduction in the regular services, plus a very slight reduction in long distance rates, I decided to give them a try. Since then, I have had two other similar calls from other such companies, including AT&T, which have offered up to a 50% reduction in regular services. But I had already switched to the first one. Today I got my first bill. It was OK, but those taxes still take a bite. About 20% of the total. Anyone else had good or bad experiences switching to alternative local phone service providers? Wally Scherer Palm Beach County, FL (Now switching to touch screen voting!) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Send e-mail (TEXT ONLY!) to: <WallyTS@iname.com> My personal web page: <http://www.geocities.com/vienna/2411> My business web page: <http://www.angelfire.com/biz6/afinetune>
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