The Long Distance Rip-off

Saving money on the calls you make away from home is easy, if you know what to do ahead of time. Many times people let their cell phones lure them into a sense of security, just to find out that they don't work in other areas of the country, or in other countries altogether. Even worse, you use your cell phone in a roaming area and pay up to 5 times the normal price of your regular air time minutes. How do you avoid this rip-off?

Use a calling card when calling away from home

Not only will a calling card allow you to avoid roaming charges, it will allow you to call home from virtually anywhere in the world for much less than it would cost on your cellular phone plan.

Which calling card is the best?

AT&T, MCI, and WorldLink would have you believe that they are the best way to go. You can't get around their many ads and removable calling cards in virtually every airline magazine. However, we have found a card that is inexpensive and works from virtually anywhere. Introducing, the CogniCall Global Calling Card, by Cognigen Switching Technologies. CogniCall allows you to call via a local toll free number in over 61 countries around the world. Their rates are great and the dialing prompts are very easy to use.

If your travel plans are going to take you outside of your local cellular calling area, you better have a CogniCall Calling Card or brace yourself for your next cellular phone invoice! It will be a doozy!

Name	$/min	Surcharge	Billing	1.1 Minute Call	5 Minute Call
CogniCall	$0.069	None	6 Seconds	$0.076	$0.345
AccuLinQ	$0.089	None	6 Seconds	$0.10	$0.45
RoadTel	$0.085	None	6 Seconds	$0.10	$0.43
VoiceNet	$0.175	None	6 Seconds	$0.20	$0.88
Premiere Worldlink	$0.250	$0.25	1 Minute	$0.75	$1.50
AT&T	$0.330	$0.85	1 Minute	$1.51	$2.50
MCI	$0.320	$0.84	1 Minute	$1.48	$2.44