Wondering if long-distance service is worth the cost. Q. We make local calls on our landline telephone. To avoid extra charges for toll and long distance calls, we make those on our cell phone.

Long Distance Service Complaints Triple. By ABC News. July 13, 2000, 10:18 AM. ... not allconsumers may be aware of the best long-distance calling optionsfor them.

It was 1892 when the American Telephone & Telegraph Company (aka: AT&T) first built an interconnected long-distance telephone network. The new system reached from Chicago to New York. However, at ...

Phone rates on the rise: The largest long-distance carriers have been steadily increasing rates. But bargains still abound. May 15, 2003: 10:39 AM EDT ...

Meanwhile, local phone companies such as BellSouth Corp. and Verizon Communications Inc., which were spun off from AT&T two decades ago, have been freed to sell long-distance service in many states.

Startec launched its business in 1990 by offering discounted long-distance phone service to the Washington area's growing community of Indian immigrants, who were paying nearly $2 per minute to ...

One important note is that while you will need a phone number or account to use most of these apps, you won’t find extra charges on your cellphone bills if you’re using them for long-distance ...

Talk.com will begin selling local and long-distance phone service in the Bay Area today, forging ahead into a market where others are retreating. The Reston, Va., firm's move comes as Sprint and ...