Can I drop AT&T Long Distance, Keep Local?

 I've been paying around $5.00 a month in fees and taxes just for the
priviledge of having AT&T Long Distance service on my land line.  I
never use their LD service, preferring to use prepaid calling cards
instead. I'd like to drop the long distance part of my AT&T phone
service to save those wasted bucks, but keep the land line for local
calls and continue using calling cards for LD.  But I'm not sure it's
possible:

If there is no long distance service for my land line, can I still
call toll-free 1-(8xx) numbers from it?  I have to first call one of
those 800 numbers to place a calling card call.

And I'm assuming if I only have local service on my land line, I can
still RECEIVE long distance calls....is this correct?

 

joshhemm...@fastmail.fm wrote:

Sure you can. I have done that for as long as possible. When I need to
make a LD call out I use one of those 10-10 dial-arounds. The rates
are pretty good. Incoming calls are not affected by not taking the
AT&T LD. I also use the old pulse dial system, known as rotary. My
phone has buttons and dials the pulse. If the destination has a menu
that requires a touch tone phone, I switch the phone to tone instead
of pulse and the menu options work fine. I switch back after the
call.
The phone companies like to charge more for touch tone service when it
actually saves them money over accepting a pulse. They are caught in a
marketing conundrum and can't/won't change it. I suppose they could
continue to charge extra for the touch tone and a premium over that
for rotary service. Please don't give them any ideas. They are
overpaid already.

 
No it doesnt.


No they arent.

 

Rod Speed wrote:

 DTMF code is handled more efficiently partly due less need for a
buffer between pulsed numbers. The result is a faster call with less
line time overall. It adds up over millions of calls.

 In article


Yeah, especially when those millions of calls are all made by one person.
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