WHAT DOES IT COST TO CALL LONG DISTANCE USING A DISCOUNT PREPAID PHONE CARD?
WHY Tel3 AT 2.9 CENTS A MINUTE (at any phone, any time) IS MUCH CHEAPER THAN A CARD THAT CLAIMS IT'S ONLY 1 CENT A MINUTE.
This example compares the lowest price prepaid phone card that we could locate with Tel3 prepaid flexible long distance.
THE FACTS ON PREPAID DISCOUNT PHONECARDS
A search of a discount prepaid phone card site, brought up the very best deal: a 1 cent per minute card. However, these types of cards often nickel and dime you with extra charges so that 1 cent a minute is really 4 cents to 8 cents to 15 cents a minute. Read the fine print!
This was the fine print on the lowest cost card:
$10 bought 940 minutes so the cost is really 1.06 cents per minute not 1 cent per minute
A Connection Fee of 60 cents each time you call
This charge alone means even a 30 minute call costs more than Tel3's flat 2.9 cents a minute
Taxes of 8%
Maintenance fee of 59 cents twice a month
An expiration date after which minutes expire
In addition because these charges are confusing, you will have a hard time understanding the true cost of a call
Also you do not get online management of your phone records with speed dialing and a listing of all phone calls as you do with Tel3
CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS COMPARE THE COST OF A 5 MINUTE CALL
14.8 CENTS/MINUTE FOR THE DISCOUNT "1 CENT" PHONE CARD VS.
2.9 CENTS/MINUTE FOR Tel3
Think a 5 minute call at 1 cent a minute only costs 5 cents with a discount prepaid phone card, think again -- the cost is actually 14.8 cents a minute.
DISCOUNT PREPAID PHONE CARD
Connection Fee = 60 cents
Minutes = 5 X 1.06 = 5 cents
Monthly maintenance fee = 4 cents (prorated at one call per day)
Tax (8%) = 5 cents
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TOTAL 5 MINUTE CALL = 74 CENTS OR 14.8 CENTS A MINUTECOMPARED TO Tel3 FLAT RATE PREPAID LONG DISTANCE
With Tel3 at a flat 2.9 cents a minute the call would cost:
2.9 X 5 minutes = 15 cents
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TOTAL Tel3 5 MINUTES = 15 CENTS OR 2.9 CENTS A MINUTE
COMPARE THE COST OF A 10 MINUTE CALL
8.1 CENTS/MINUTE FOR THE DISCOUNT "1 CENT" PHONE CARD VS.
2.9 CENTS/MINUTE FOR Tel3
DISCOUNT PREPAID PHONE CARD
Connection Fee = 60 cents
Minutes = 10 X 1.06 = 11 cents
Monthly maintenance fee = 4 cents (prorated at one call per day)
Tax (8%) = 6 cents
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TOTAL 10 MINUTE CALL = 81 CENTS OR 8.1 CENTS A MINUTECOMPARED TO Tel3 FLAT RATE PREPAID LONG DISTANCE
With Tel3 at a flat 2.9 cents a minute the call would cost:
2.9 X 10 minutes = 29 cents
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TOTAL Tel3 10 MINUTES = 29 CENTS OR 2.9 CENTS A MINUTE
COMPARE THE COST OF A 20 MINUTE CALL
4.5 CENTS/MINUTE FOR THE DISCOUNT "1 CENT" PHONE CARD VS.
2.9 CENTS/MINUTE FOR Tel3
DISCOUNT PREPAID PHONE CARD
Connection Fee = 60 cents
Minutes = 20 X 1.06 = 21 cents
Monthly maintenance fee = 4 cents (prorated at one call per day)
Tax (8%) = 6 cents
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TOTAL 20 MINUTE CALL = 91 CENTS OR 4.5 CENTS A MINUTECOMPARED TO Tel3 FLAT RATE PREPAID LONG DISTANCE
With Tel3 at a flat 2.9 cents a minute the call would cost:
2.9 X 20 minutes = 58 cents
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TOTAL Tel3 20 MINUTES = 58 CENTS OR 2.9 CENTS A MINUTE
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