Telecom/1996-04-telecom-walnutcreek.iso/carriers/orange.calling.card

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PATRICK TOWNSON

From telecom Sat Feb 20 16:50:45 1993
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Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1993 16:50:45 -0600
From: TELECOM Moderator <telecom>
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Subject: My New Venture: The Orange Calling Card

    Before you read further, be advised I am going to try to sell you
something.

I recently resigned my employment of several years and have begun a
business of my own as an independent sales agent or contractor for
Orange Communications, Inc. of Minneapolis, Minnesota, a small but
growing long distance carrier. They offer 1+ dialing and a telephone
calling card which has *no surcharge* associated with its use.
    To use it, you dial an 800 number, then the number you are calling,
the ten digit card number and your PIN.  It can be used from any phone
anywhere, and is particularly useful if you are at a private payphone
with high rates or at a phone where choice of carrier is restricted.
It is quite useful in hotels where there is a surcharge added for the
use of the phone. University phone systems are another example where
the Orange Card is useful.  If you are at a phone which allows you to
call an 800 number, then you can use the Orange Card.
    Orange Card charges a flat rate of 25 cents per minute, and they bill
in six-second increments rather than whole minutes. You can see that
the savings in using this calling card come from short (one to ten
minute) calls. If your long distance calls are all mostly short, then
you'll save quite a bit of money monthly.
Orange Card:
    Has no monthly minimum, no annual fees.
    Has open account billing; you pay from a statement rendered monthly.
    Has a customer service 800 number for billing inquiries and
    assistance with completing calls as needed.
    Allows calls to anywhere in the USA including Alaska and Hawaii
    for the flat rate of 25 cents per minute at any time.
    Allows Directory Assistance calls at the prevailing rate for same.

    Has a one-time $15 charge to process your application, put your
    account in the computer and issue your plastic calling card.

You can make local calls around town from a payphone using the Orange
Card also; bear in mind the savings applies when the calls are short,
before the local telco surcharge can be 'spread across' the minutes
of a longer call.

To get to the point: I'd like you to sign up for an Orange Calling
Card. Try it for a month or two as an alternative to the calling card
you are currently using. See if it doesn't save you money anywhere you
would normally pay a surcharge for calls, such as at payphones, hotels,
etc.

Profits to me will be used to offset my increasing costs involved in
moderating TELECOM Digest and comp.dcom.telecom. You'll save money on
your long distance phone bill and I'll make a little money to pay the
phone bill here. Is that fair enough?

If you write me, I'll send you a brochure and application by mail. You
complete it and send it with your $12 signup fee direct to Orange at
the address on the application.

Thanks for reading this and your support.


Patrick Townson
The TELECOM Digest


Please do not respond to the Digest address!


PAT

AS NOTED ABOVE, FILE HERE FOR INFORMATION ONLY. I NO LONGER HANDLE
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