Calling Cards Buyer's Guide Introduction For most business travelers, staying in touch means spending a lot of time on the phone. While pay phones are plentiful, high calling costs may require you to lug around several pounds of change to make your daily calls. A far better alternative is to use a calling card. There are hundreds of companies that offer calling cards, including most long distance and local carriers.
Any card can work from any phone, and most can be used for long distance or local calls.
Although some companies require that you use their long distance service in order to get their calling card, many will supply a card without concurrent long distance service. This buying guide is designed to give you the facts you need to select the right calling card for your firm. You can choose to read this guide from beginning to end, or jump directly to a section of interest by clicking on the links above. How to use a Calling Card To use a card, you first must dial an access code to connect to the carrier that issued the card. This new charge is due to deregulation stemming from the Telecom Act of 1996 and started taking effect in late 1997.