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Hi All:
I ordered a new land line last week and requested Sprint as the LD carrier. When I called Sprint yesterday to ask for a flat rate package, Sprint said no new LD accounts! Without Sprint, there seem to be few options but the relatively astronomical Innovative .10 and .7 per minute rates. Does anybody have another LD carrier that I can call? Innovative was not aware of any besides Sprint and a company out of Puerto Rico that seems to have gone out of business. I'm in limbo, though. I've made LD calls on the new phone and according to Innovative they are billing through to Sprint (no Innovative LD charges showing). Maybe I'll wait and hope to get a Sprint bill, then ask them to give me a package...
Thanks,
Islandlola
Posted : December 12, 2007 1:46 pm
Who is your cell carrier?
We have Sprint and received a land line LD plan thru our cell plan. 50 free minutes and then something ridiculously cheap thereafter.
If you have Sprint you should give them a call.,
Posted : December 12, 2007 1:58 pm
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Hi Onika:
Sprint is one of my cell carriers. (I also have ATT cellular, but they no longer do regular residential LD, just VOIP, which I also have. As you can see, I've got several phone options covered...). I have an excellent Sprint LD plan for my other STT land line, but alas, Sprint tells me that while they will keep me as an LD customer on that line (they probably have to as per the FCC or something), they WILL NOT offer new LD service as of last week.
Ilo
Posted : December 12, 2007 4:48 pm
We skip the trouble of dealing with a long distance phone company and just use a calling card. I don't know if this would suit your needs or not, but it's perfect for us. We have the 800 number and calling card number programmed into our cordless phone so there's no need to remember all those numbers each time you want to make a call, and the card can be recharged with a credit card over the phone.
Posted : December 12, 2007 5:28 pm
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Hi Andrea:
Thanks for your suggestion. May I ask, what calling card company do you use?
Best,
Islandlola
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Posted : December 12, 2007 8:49 pm
Walmart and Costco cards are pretty inexpensive to reload.
Posted : December 12, 2007 9:34 pm
We've had it so long, I'm not even sure anymore, but the friendly recorded voice always reminds me to shop at Sam's Club before they connect my call. I remember seeing extremely inexpensive calling cards at Wal Mart in the states as well.
Posted : December 13, 2007 6:00 pm