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# Monthly Service - Jun 17 thru Jul 16
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#
#LOCAL LINE
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# Quantity
#
#
# 1.
# Community Caller Plus Ind Line
# 1
# 18.75
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#
# 2.
# Inside Wire Protection
# 1
# 7.50
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#
# Total Monthly Service
# 26.25
# Total Surcharges and Other Fees
# 7.23
# Total Government Fees and Taxes
# 3.32
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# Total Plans and Services
# 36.80
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#
LONG DISTANCE (AT&T)
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# Monthly Service
#
# Item
#
# No.
# Date
# Description
#
# 4.
# 06-10
# One Rate Nationwide 5 Cents Preferred Mthly Fee
# 3.95
# Surcharges and Other Fees
#
# 9.
# Carrier Cost Recovery Fee
# 1.49
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#
# 10.
# Federal Universal Service Fund Fee
# .50
#
#
# Total Surcharges and Other Fees
# 1.99
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# Government Fees and Taxes
#
# 11.
# NC - State/Local Tax
# .42
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#
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# Total AT&T Long Distance Service
# 7.26
#
I ditched my local telco as I was paying about $40/month to MCI (and that included only 200 min of LD) and I went with ViaTalk VoIP where I got a deal for 2 years @ $199 (plus tax). My monthly cost is approx. $9.25 and it includes all the LD I can use, plus a ton of other features that would have been extra from the telco.
About $42/month to AT&T for two numbers (distinctive ring for the 2nd) not including long distance. I use a calling card from Costco for long distance at 3 cents a minute because I don't make a lot of long distance calls.
Use Vonage. $24.95 / month, with Taxes and other graph and corruption fees the true cost is $30.95. That is UNLIMITED long distance and short distances as well. It also comes with all the frills of caller ID and sender ID less if you so want and a whole host of other seldom/never used phone features. Had it for over 4 years now and the phone bill only went up once because a Federal tax rate went up.
However, you do need RoadRunner or other high speed INTERNET to take advantage of Vonage. It is VoIP service but is a cheap option if you already have a high speed INTERNET connection you are paying for.
It's true that with any VoIP service you should have a cell phone just in case there's a power outage. Even a cheap prepaid/no contract cell phone will suffice. That's what I have as I don't use a cell phone very often and it made no sense for me to be paying $40/month for cell service I wasn't using.
Thanks all. I am going to look into Vonage and other VOIP companies.
One last question: How much do you pay for a dry loop connection if you use VOIP?
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