Jun 30 2004
Long Distance
I absolutely refuse to pay a monthly service fee for a long distance calling plan. Even though SBC Long Distance offered a cheaper per minute rate, I opted to go with 7 cents per minute just because it did not have a monthly service charge.
Today I received a postcard from SBC in the mail. They are adding a $2 per month service fee to their 7 cents per minute calling plan. The service fee was effective on June 8. I received the postcard today, June 30. Sweet.
I refuse to pay it. It’s not so much the two bucks a month as it is “the principle of the thing.”
So I went surfing for a new plan. I found Enhanced Communications Group. Interstate (which virtually all of my long distance is) rate of 2.75 cents per minute, 6 second billing, 18 second minimum per call. No minimum monthly charges, no monthly service fee. I switched.
It’s the principle of the thing.
