"Taming The Confusion Of Long
Distance Phone Companies" 

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There are over 1,200 long distance phone companies for the telecommunications phone customer to choose from today. There are changes every day to this number of companies. We read about it in the news all of the time, but our minds skim over the tidbits that do not seem to concern us.

Why should we care if "ABC" went out of business, or "DEF" bought out "GHJ"? After all, our company is "XYZ", so it does not pertain to us. I also does not help that these articles contain bland headlines when they might mean something to us, such as "XYZ and PQR Accept A Line Sharing Price Amendment".

The amount of information out there is overwhelming to the average telecommunications customer, and is just too much to assimilate. The technicalities mean nothing; the bottom line of how much we pay to our long distance phone companies is the only thing that really seems to matter.

The passing of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 opened the floodgates to the volume of options available to the telecommunications customer. It was only a trickle at first, one that did not seem to make an initial difference in the rates and plans of telecommunication services for the individual.

Where the difference finally became the most noticeable were in the access, rates, and plans of the long distance phone companies that sprang up to offer lower rates than ever before.

In order to sort through the confusing inundation of information, it helps the telecommunications customer to understand some basic principles of long distance phone companies.

First of all, despite some of the claims that are made regarding the quality of long distance calls, there is actually little or no difference. For the most part, the 1,000 plus smaller long distance phone companies, as well as the major ones, use the same lines to transport the signals of your calls. Rates and services should be the primary concern.

As long as you, as the customer, pay attention to these two simple items, the confusion becomes a lot more manageable.

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