Rebecca Atwood - Customer Care Manager
 Rebecca Atwood has been a member of the PhoneDog.com team for over two years as the Business Manager. One of her daily responsibilities includes updating the specials being offered by the authorized online dealers compared on the site. Behind the scenes she also maintains the accuracy of all telecom related content including cellular, long distance, local and long distance, and VoIP calling plans. Rebecca Atwood's latest articlesOn a personal note, I wanted to say how excited my friends and I were yesterday when the funniest Nextel commercial was back! For those of you who may have missed the games yesterday or don't remember this commercial, it is hilarious.
Three co-workers are sitting in an office with an old school boom box, blaring the song Oooh Baby Baby while two of them are dancing, (if you can really call it dancing). Another... Cingular Wireless, the largest wireless company in the United States with over 50 million subscribers, announced today that they have added enhanced Push to Talk (PTT) to its already impressive list of services. As you can image the services will be advanced and have many new features that their competitors do not offer.
Some of the advancements you can look forward to with Cingular's PTT services include a quick conversion... On average, it takes approximately 7 to 10 business days to switch your services to the new provider. A confirmation e-mail will be sent as soon as your order is completed. Within that confirmation e-mail PhoneDog.com will also provide you with the customer service number for the new provider selected. SUNROCKET is pleased to announce significantly expanded network coverage, and FREE phone offer through December 31. SunRocket, one of the premier low cost Internet Telephony providers, has announced that they are significantly expanding availability of their residential VOIP phone service. Effective December 2, Sunrocket will be available in hundreds of thousands of additional households as a result of a network capacity... Just barely a month ago I told you about how BlackBerry had finally introduced the 7100 series for Nextel customers and how exciting it was. Well RIM has surprised me again by introducing a new line, the BlackBerry 8700 series. Currently only available for Cingular customers, the new 8700 series was introduced to replace the 7290 series. This much thinner and lightweight mobile is the first BlackBerry to come equipped... Research in Motion (RIM) the maker of the BlackBerry mobile got potentially devastating news today when Judge James Spencer announced that he is refusing to delay the patent infringement case and also rejected the disputed settlement with patent holder NTP Inc. NTP Inc., a McLean, VA based firm claims that the technology used for the popular BlackBerry, infringes on their patents.
Spencer said that he would request briefs... With all of the Voice over IP (VoIP) companies on our site announcing what they were doing to provide all of their customers with Emergency 911 services, the FCC announces they are sticking to their November 28, 2005 deadline. Each VoIP provider was required to file a letter of compliance with the FCC by November 28. To read more about the VoIP and FCC situation, click here or read on to see what the VoIP companies we... Spectrotel has announced that from now until February 15, 2006, all new customers who activate an unlimited local and long distance residential account will receive a free month of service. To qualify, Spectrotel requires that you sign up online and return a coupon after your services have been activated. Visit the local and long distance section at PhoneDog.com to see if Spectrotel is available in your... Here at PhoneDog.com we take pride in reviewing each potential marketplace listing before it is posted. A standard guideline is used before a final decision is made to approve or disapprove a listing.
Some examples of denial reasons include inadequate listing description or quantity and listing price discrepancies. To purchasing a cellular phone that is listed in our marketplace all you have to do is contact the seller. The marketplace was created to give consumers an opportunity to list a cellular phone that they were no longer using. The marketplace is free to use and is open to anyone needing to sell their cellular phone. It's important to also remember that PhoneDog.com is not responsible for the accuracy of the... No, all of the phones being shipped by the distrubutors Foncentral, Let's Talk, and Wirefly are brand new. Only phones listed as refurbished would be just that. The specials for these new cellular phones are available via the website because of the quantity of phones ordered and shipped a day. Each distributor also offers mail-in and instant rebates that help the consumer get that great deal on a new phone.
So... The reason behind the cost difference for calls made to land line numbers versus cell phone numbers overseas is because in some Countries mobile users do not pay to receive a call on their mobile phone. This is known as calling party pays. Mobile carriers therefore charge more to the calling party to connect the call. Yes, even though your charges for the International call are being billed by your dial around provider, you will still incur your wireless carrier's applicable minutes whenever you make a call. Verizon Wireless has announced that they are working with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to provide wireless telecommunications relief to qualified individuals who were harmed and displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Eligible customers will receive a prepaid GPS enabled handset with battery charger and a standard lithium ion battery as well as 300 minutes of prepaid services usable for 120 days from activation or when the 300... The USF fee (Universal Service Fund) is required by federal law to be charged by all long distance service providers. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has set the current USF rate at 11.7% for all long distance calls. That means if you were to make $10.00 in long distance calls during the month, you would be charged a USF fee of $1.17 for that bill.
The fund offers support to telecommunication carriers in rural and... I have attached the section of the Pioneer Telephone agreement below for better clarification. There is no minimum usage fee for our customers signing up via the site. New sign up's from the website will receive their statements via e-mail. The only way the minimum usage fee comes into affect is if you contact Pioneer Telephone after establishing a new account and request to receive a paper bill.
Pioneer Telephone... As a comparison based telecom site here at PhoneDog.com, we do not provide the local and long distance services. However from the local and long distance section of the site, you can determine which company that we compare offers the best value in your area. Most providers do allow collect calls from correctional facilities as long as you authorize your line to accept collect calls. In most cases for the call to be... Yes you can switch your local and long distance services to Cleartel without interrupting your high speed internet. High speed internet is a completely different service than DSL. The reason DSL customers are unable to switch to Cleartel while keeping their DSL active is because that is a feature providered by their current local phone carrier. In researching each long distance company that we compare at PhoneDog.com I was able to discover that half of the companies will credit you back for the charges while the other half won't. But remember, even the companies that do not credit the switching fee have incredibly low rates, and will make up for that small fee in the long run!
COMPANIES WHO CREDIT SWITCHING FEE
OPEX
PowerNet Global
Total Call International... A switching fee may be charged by your local phone company to change the long distance carrier code (PICC CODE) on your account. As you saw in the previous question, some of the long distance carriers may credit you for this fee. It should only be a one-time fee that ranges from $5 to $10. Keep in mind if you have to pay the fee, it will be well worth it when you start using your new low long distance rate!... |
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