ISP Information:
An API designed to help inconsistent TCP/IP stacks talk together and be accessed properly by Windows 3.x programs.
ISP Glossary:
Windows Sockets - wollman@lcs.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman) writes: In article , John Higdon wrote: Who on earth pays more than five or seven cents a minute ANY time of the day anymore? Most people do. Hell, even I do -- I don't make enough long-distance calls from my land-line to make more than a basic plan worth my while. Cell calls cost me $0.40 a minute, but I've never in two years used more than my monthly allowance.Well, if you want to only pay $0.06/min. for long-distance calls, justgo to Wal*Mart and get one of those AT&T PrePaid Phone Cards. I'vehad one for a while (I keep it in my wallet). I found it to be veryhandy when I've been away from home. Shoot, I even use it when I'm athome for making long distance calls.You can even purchase these from Wal*Mart's web site (A 500 minuteAT&T PrePaid Phone Card for $30.00 plus tax, for example. Or, if youwant to pay even less per minute, they have a 1000 minute AT&T PrePaidPhone Card for $49.00 plus tax.).Upside:- $0.06/min.- You can always find out how much time you have left on the card (bycalling the access number, then selecting option 9). (Or you can usethat plus my trick, which is to keep track of the time left using asmall sticky note on the card.)- When I get low on time, I can add more time at any Wal*Mart. Usingcash, if I want to. Or I can use a credit card and add more timeover the phone.- No expiration date. This means that it does not matter if I makeless than one long distance call a month, I'm still only paying$0.06/min. and I don't have to worry about the card expiring!Downside:- There is a surcharge for calling from payphones, because the accessnumber is a toll-free number. I suppect that if I really wanted toknow what the surcharge was before I called from a payphone, I couldfind out by calling the (toll-free) Customer Service number.- Be prepared to dial lots of digits. You'll have to dial 25 digitsbefore you dial the Area Code plus The Number you're calling.- One minute billing. Bummer, dude.- You've got money tied up in your AT&T PrePaid Phone Card, which isnon-refundable after you add more time to your card. (Big deal. Iusually only add 250 minutes ($15.00) when I need more time. Or,for $4.98 plus tax, I could add 83 minutes to my card.)Yes, I know about abtolls.com, etc., but I wanted something I coulduse both when I traveled and when I was home. So far, this is it.Disclaimer: I do NOT work for Wal*Mart or AT&T, I'm only a customer.But then, I'm might just be preaching to the choir, here.Later,leelam@yahoo.comHey! What kind of psychic needs Caller ID?- from a "Laugh Parade" cartoon by Bunny Hoest & John Reiner, "ParadeMagazine", 1999-12-26
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