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Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE: Q) is a leader in broadband Internet-based data, voice, and image communications. Qwest has revenues of $18 to $18.4 billion a year and serves more than 30 million customers in the U.S. and abroad. It combines one of the world's fastest, most powerful global networks with a strong local exchange business that provides Qwest with 85% of its revenues and 90% of its profits. Qwest completes 240 million phone calls and carries 600 million e-mails daily just in its 14-state local phone service area. Qwest also provides data and long-distance services to businesses in 27 cities outside that area. Locally and globally, Qwest offers a leading line-up of Web hosting services, managed solutions, high-speed Internet access, private networks, wireless data and other technologies and applications that are redefining global communications around the power and potential of the Internet.
Read the fine print of the calling card, they often charge for units, not minutes. A unit can be any measure of time they decide, plus they often have minimum call amounts and round up to the next unit. The bottom line is, they have done the math, and it’s going to cost most people more money than selecting a good long distance plan.
