Inexpensive long distance.  Cheap long distance! Great the cheapest national calling card and direct calling rates can be found within the advice on this page. Other inexpensive long distance calling advice, calling nationally or internationally,is also on this page.

   

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Ways to keep in touch when placing long distance phone calls within America

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After having a lot of success helping people find the cheapest rates on calling internationally, I decided to put up a page with information about the cheapest long distance rates when calling within America.

As with the international calling page, the advice for the cheapest calling within America can be found on this page.  If you want the best rates on cheap international and national calling cards, as well as airfares, be sure to check out the links on this page marked with a cheap long distance advice picture 3

1.  Do call
Use a calling card!  Contrary to popular belief, the phone company will not give you very good rates on calling nationally or internationally.  Chances are, if you're using one of the big phone companies, (AT & T, MCI WorldCom, Qwest, etc) you are not getting the cheapest rates for calling within America. 

To get the cheapest rates, you can check out the links to the right, or use the calling card search box below.  The search will get you the best priced calling card from Noblecom, which has calling cards for virtually every country in the world.  The links to the right highlight the best national rates on phone cards.  If you know of any others (or have had any problems with any of these) please use the email link at the bottom of this page and email me.

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Do You need an International Calling Card for when you go abroad?
Do you need an inexpensive rate for a call you need to make from where you are now?  Try this search for some great calling cards and great rates!

 
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The other option is to change your long distance carrier to one which offers you better rates on local, national, and international calls.  One of the best ways to find out if your long distance can be cheaper is to use Cognigen's best rate calculator.  The strive4impact Cognigen site will find the cheapest long distance provider for your specific phone number, location, and calling situation when you click the link below.

Note:  Not calling is not recommended and not a good idea if you want people to think you're still alive.  If you are faking your own death to escape a crazy ex, AT&T bill collectors, over-involved parents, or defaulted student loans, then not calling is okay.  Otherwise, call your people.  They'll love to hear from you!

 

2.  Have your loved ones set up a 1-800 #.

I don't know really anything about this.  Talk to AT&T or Qwest if you want to try it.  I would however recommend the using calling card over this.  Calling with a calling card within America may seem a bit ridiculous when you're calling from your own home, but if it saves you 5 cents or more per minute, isn't it worth it?  Especially for calls that you're making from someone else's home?

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What can you do with 2.9 cents? Call the US from anywhere in the world.  

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3Get a cell phone

Sprint PCS, even though some people complain about the company, has a great plan for nationwide long distance.  You have probably heard about the all digital, nationwide network from that wierdo guy in the TV ads.  It works like this... you pay your monthly fee for a certain number of minutes during the day and a certain number of minutes during nights and weekends, and then your calls are not charged additionally for any long distance calls you make.  It's a good plan if you make a lot of long distance calls, especially nights and weekends.

Note:  Be careful not to exceed your minutes.  Sprint does not offer you much graciousness when you exceed your time limit.  My charges when I go over my minutes are something like 40 cents/minute.

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4. 1016868 
(Updated 9/20/02: I couldn't fit all of the 1016868 information on this page.
Click here for better and more complete information about 1016868 and dial around plans)

Just like with international calls, 1016868 works for calls within America.  
To use this in the states, you have to call from a phone which is registered to someone (can't be a pay phone), and it can't have long distance blocking on the service. 

Calling Nationally
Dial 1016868 first.  Then dial 1, and the number.  Simple as that.  An example would be 1016868 + 1+(303) 555-5555

(Calling internationally)
Dial 1016868 first.  Then the international calling number (011 from the US), then the country code, then the phone number.  So calling Germany would go something like this.  1016868, then 011, then 49, then the number. 
Without this number, dialing long distance to Germany directly, my parents were charged over (overcharged) $1.00/minute.  When they used this number, it became 9 cents/minute.

(Updated 9/20/02: I couldn't fit all of the 1016868 information on this page.
Click here for better and more complete information about 1016868 and better dial around plans)


If you have friends who would be interested in reading the discounted long distance advice offered on this page, you can tell them about this page.

5. 10-10-220

If you haven't seen the ads, you either don't have a TV, don't turn your TV on, or are somewhere in hiding.  (Living with Elvis no doubt--not that there's anything wrong with that...Elvis was a great performer; it's just that he's dead now.)  1010220 is supposed to save people a buck or two--that's what the advertisements say.  I've used it, and it's convenient, but the calling cards are still generally cheaper.  If you don't have a good (and I emphasize good because there are lots of bad ones out there) calling card like the ones offered on this page and can't get access to one, either 10-10-220 or 1016868 are your best bets.

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And in case you missed the best calling card search above, here it is again.
Do You need a Calling Card for when you go abroad?
Try this search for some great calling cards and great rates both nationally and internationally!

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