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I recently switched to VOIP but kept my old POTS line for back-up.
I use the VOIP for all my LD calls. Am I correct that even though I'm
not using my 3rd party LD provider that I had with my POTS service
that I'm still paying some form of a month connection fee to the POTS
provider?
Any idea what the fee is called.
Thanks for any advice.
Bob
[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: What does the monthly bill from your
local telco say about it? If you are getting some sort of monthly
recurring minimum charge, then that third-party LD carrier _is_
charging you. But there are many who do not charge unless you actually
use them. Now, there is a 'network connection fee' your local telco
charges, or a 'universal access fee' but those things are purely your
local telco gouging you, under cover of the law, for extra fees. If
you go a month or two and do not see any sort of 'minimum use charge'
on your long distance bill then I guess they are not charging anything.
PAT]