my ot rant, happy tuesday, phone bill, 1 collect call Options

[rhodyguy]

on the way to jp's i made a collect call from a pay phone. the 3 minute call cost $19.80!!! $3.30 for the actual call. $7.00 for the operator fee. $9.50 for the OWNER of the pay phone. what a racket!!! so i call ZERO PLUS DIALING which turns out to be the billing co. then i get the info for LEGACY LD INTL INC. turns out they are the long distance provider. so i asked "who owns the phone"? " due to our privacy agreement we cannot provide than info". rude people and i wasn't in the mood. the customer service people that work for those 2 co's have the worst jobs in the world. dealing with VERY PISSED off people for 8 hours a day. oh, after the numerous taxes were tacked on, the total was $22.14. i was one angry guy yest am. "did you ask the operater how much it would cost before you called?", "no, how much would that of cost me?", "$7.00". (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)

kevin

[tat2dphreak]

since we are sooooo totally off topic here I'll continue down that road.

I'm looking for a cell company that can offer me:
1. Unlimited Long Distance (I am an MCI neighborhood customer)
2. No Roaming
3. Unlimited Nationwide Direct-Connect
4. Free Incoming Calls
5. Free Nights & Weekends
6. 700-1000 minutes

I want all that for $50-85 / month. If I could get that I would drop the hard line (I think).

I would need all that plus DSL before I would drop my hardline...

I get unlimited long distance, a full package of all the bells and whistles I never use and DSL for $50 a month (but I get a sweet deal b/c I work here) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Verizon called me about a year ago, said "we can switch you to our local network, give you unlimited LD for only $99/month" I said I can do better already... they said "HOW?!" ... "I'm a manager at SBC" ... "thank you, have a nice day"

never got a call again (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)