1010 Long Distance
3 Cheaper Ways to Call
You'll Lose on Every Call
1010 long distance makes enough money to pay for all those cute TV commercials that generate even more profits.
1010 long distance uses an initial billing increment of 20 minutes. Those calls don't really save you money at all. In fact, it makes those who sell the 1010 long distance service smile as they haul heavy sacks of your money to the bank.
How Your are Charged
The 1010 long distance folks can certainly afford lots of cute TV commercials.
What's the 1010 long distance advantage? You get to talk up to 20 minutes for only a buck ($1).
That's 5¢ per minute for 20 minutes.
But, what if like most people you don't talk for 20 minutes?
1010 long distance is still a buck for all calls up to 20 minutes.
What if you only talk 10 minutes? It's still a buck -- now 10¢ per minute.
A 5 minute 1010 long distance call will cost 20¢ per minute. WOW!
These calling rates are too high for most calls.
And, the more of these expensive calls you make, the more money to lose.
It's your buck. And most of it is clear profit for the promoters.
Billing Increments
Most people compare how they will be charged for their calls. One important factor is the billing increment.
The question is: "How much am I charged per minute and for what fraction of a minute am I charged if I don't talk the full minute?"
Most people like to see billing increments of 6 seconds. Make a call for 2 minutes and 15 seconds and you are charged for 2 minutes and 18 seconds. That's 2 minutes and three 6 second increments.
With this service, your billing increment is not a fraction of a minute, but 20 minutes. Make a call for 2 minutes and 15 seconds and you are charged for 20 minutes.
That's just not right.
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That's OK, because sometimes I talk longer than 20 minutes -- just to get my money's worth.
It costs 7.5¢ for each extra minute. That's a billing increment of a full minute.
But wait.
There are dozens of phone services that charge less than 5¢ per minute for calls of any length--many with 6 second billing increments.
Without the cute TV commercials...
..... there are three ways you can do better for calls of any length.
As you can see, if you're using any of the 10-10 like services that have cute TV commercials, you're paying too much.
Cheap Phone Service
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