Phone bills, etc. (not technical)

[John Ross]

Hi Wally,
I have a rural clientele, so I opted for a toll free number.
It costs me $12 per month, and 10c a min (Cdn).
I have had good results with it, and never regretted, getting it.
It is only for my Province, (State), but I don't want to travel
any further afield, anyway.
It is worth at least checking out.
I even got to pick my # it is 1-877-577-4266, and that ends up
being 1-877-JRPIANO.
Regards,
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
piano.tech@ns.sympatico.ca
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wallace Scherer" <p003520b@pb.seflin.org>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 6:52 PM
Subject: Phone bills, etc. (not technical)


> 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!)
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