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Heyltslori
Moderator
09-15-2001
| Monday, September 12, 2005 - 5:14 pm
My mom has been using a prepaid calling card to make all of her calls at home. She got it from someone who was a Sam's Club member and it was something like 4 cents/min. She was always just able to add extra minutes with her credit card, but now they want to charge a $25 per re-charge fee. Does anyone know of any other reliable prepaid phone cards (for a land line phone, not a cell phone) or of any good 10-10 codes?
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Halfunit
Moderator
09-02-2001
| Monday, September 12, 2005 - 6:02 pm
Lori, are her calls mostly intrastate or state to state? How many minutes/hours would you say she uses a month? And lastly, will mom not consider a cell phone?
ETA: Ok, I have an impatient kitten bugging me so I'll throw out my suggestions blindly. (<--- no eyes, lol) My personal favorite 10-10 code is 10-10-987. I also have Opex Communications attached to my landline at home in case I forget to 10-10. Overall though, I use my cellphone to make long distance calls as I have a national calling plan.
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Heyltslori
Moderator
09-15-2001
| Monday, September 12, 2005 - 8:25 pm
Half, she mostly calls intrastate. She uses about 400 min. per month, and she really can't use a cell phone because she lives in the middle of nowhere and there isn't any coverage. I'll check out those two things you mentioned. Thanks!! 
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Monday, September 12, 2005 - 8:58 pm
Has she checked whether her local phone company has a calling plan that might work as well? Ours does something like 400 mins of intra and state-to-state calls for a flat rate of $10.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, September 12, 2005 - 8:58 pm
We have a 10-10 code thingie through our phone company. Since we rarely make long distance calls we have no long distance at all. The only time we've ever used the 10-10 is if we're out of town, our cells are dead, and we need to check in at home. For what we use it, it's cool and doesn't cost us too much, though if it's something she'd use a lot I'm not sure how great it'd be. helpful, aren't I? lol
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, September 12, 2005 - 11:05 pm
We have not had a long distance carrier for years. We just finally got sick of them nickel and diming us to death, then charging us for not using the service, so we said AMF. The first word is Adios, and the MF is well, MF, one or two words, depending on preference. I used to use 10-10 numbers for long distance then they started screwing around with adding charges onto those too and changing the rates all the time. Now I only use Costco card, and it is the best deal around. About three cents a minute for US calls, and very reasonable rates for Canada and overseas. You can recharge it by phone for three cents a minute. Yay Costco!!! And if you don't have a Costco near you, try checking Costco.com. They might sell them on there, haven't checked. Edit: Yep, you can buy them at Costco.com. $19.99 700 minutes.
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Heyltslori
Moderator
09-15-2001
| Tuesday, September 13, 2005 - 12:58 am
Juju that is perfect and will work great for her. I just went to Costco.com and bought one for her. They only charged me a buck for not being a member...still an excellent price and a super deal! Thank you so much! Thank you all for your help...I really appreciate it. 
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, September 13, 2005 - 8:01 am
Yay!!! I knew that would be perfect. It is perfect for me. Other than having to dial all those numbers when using it. On our home phones we just have the dialup number programmed into memory 1 and the PIN programmed into memory 2.
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Heyltslori
Moderator
09-15-2001
| Tuesday, September 13, 2005 - 8:14 am
That's exactly what she does too, Juju! I told her about this card and she said to thank you. (and the AMF thing made her laugh) 
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Saturday, September 17, 2005 - 10:51 am
Heyltslori or anyone with access to the internet, Have you ever checked out One Suite? I've been using it for long distance for almost three years and am very happy with it. Calls within the U.S. are either 2.5 cents plus the cost of a local call or 2.9 cents per minute depending.... Their international rates don't look too bad either. Bells and whistles go with it. Check it out. Basically it's like a phone card, but it's all set up on the web site.
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