AT&T Calling Cards
Dear [Lynn],
I was (and still am) using the AT&T calling card, which you can purchase at Sam’s Club. 1000 minutes cost $42 these days. These minutes are true minutes (one calling card minute equals one actual “wall clock” minute) as long as you are making calls within the continental US, and you’re not calling from a payphone. When you make payphone calls with the card, depending on who operates the payphone from which you’re calling, they deduct three to six minutes as soon as the person at the other end of the call picks up. So, a one-minute call from a payphone will cost you seven card minutes. But really, that’s not so bad, as the payphone surcharge amounts to about a quarter per call. If you don’t have a Sam’s near you, I can pick some cards up for you and call you with the numbers – you don’t need the actual card in your possession to make calls so long as you have valid card numbers to key in. That is true, unless you’re using one of those payphones that requires you to swipe the card. But those seem rare (at least around here).
Tom