Re: What about having no LD carrier on landline?

These subjects gets disussed frequently in
misc.consumers.frugal-living.
I'd look there or search the google archives.

You will be charged all the taxes for long distance, the trick is to
get a no cost long distance plan. Basically no one wants a low paying
customer, so there are usually fees for under usage of LD.

If you decide to dump your LD carrier ask for it with SBC tell them you
want NO Long Distance Carrier and add a PIC freeze to the account so
one cannot be added.
You should notify your LD carrier of the termination.
Also do not let anyone make LD calls without using a calling card dial
around or accces number, because you will be hit by extremely high
"casual dialing rates" since there is no designated LD carrier.
-
David


Something like dialing a local access number for Onesuite, Pincity can
be used for cheap LD costs.
I'm almost positive you can still make 800 number calls to access a low
cost LD carrier with a NO LD carrier designation on your Local phone
account?

David L wrote:
> Also do not let anyone make LD calls without using a calling card dial
> around or accces number, because you will be hit by extremely high
> "casual dialing rates" since there is no designated LD carrier.

At least here in SBC land, if you have NO LD carrier, an attempt to make
a toll call will go to an intercept. At least it does on my home line.
We use our cell phone for all long distance calls.

CharlesH wrote:
> David L wrote:
> > Also do not let anyone make LD calls without using a calling card dial
> > around or accces number, because you will be hit by extremely high
> > "casual dialing rates" since there is no designated LD carrier.
>
> At least here in SBC land, if you have NO LD carrier, an attempt to make
> a toll call will go to an intercept. At least it does on my home line.
> We use our cell phone for all long distance calls.

So an 800 number call will not go through with no LD carrier?
Wasn't sure, but at least local access numbers using a "calling card",
like web based pre pay, Pincity will certainly work.

I have free long dstance on my Verizon phone, but the call quality is
just not up to par with a landline, especially during high traffic
conditions, so I often use a calling card (Pincity) sometimes.
Pincity is not perfect, but for 2.5 cents a minute, including taxes,
it's a good option to cellular calls, when a call deserves the best
"VQ".
"Free LD" on a cell phone, is just poor quality prepaid calls IMO. Your
charged wether minutes are used or not.

Cellular 7PM offpeak is still useful during weeknights to call back
east, but 9PM nights make calling eastern time zones less useful, if
you want to get people still awake. 9PM nights are more like weekend
calling plans to eastern time zones.

Onesuite doesn't require or have local access numbers AFAIK, just an
800 number. Too many call quality problems, so I dumped them. The
cheapo calling card rates seem to have more problems than using a major
carrier.
-
David

David L wrote:
> CharlesH wrote:
>>At least here in SBC land, if you have NO LD carrier, an attempt to make
>>a toll call will go to an intercept. At least it does on my home line.
>>We use our cell phone for all long distance calls.
>
> So an 800 number call will not go through with no LD carrier?

800 calls are toll-free, so they go through fine. 800 calls are carried
by whichever carrier is providing the 800 number, not the LD carrier of
the caller (if any).