New Ways to Reach Out.(Brief Article)

Remember when it was almost taboo to make a long-distance phone call? You'd visit a friend's house and ask to use the phone; and, no matter how polite your pal might have been, a question would be asked:

"Is it a local call?"

And it was a valid concern. Long-distance calls--even to numbers in the same state but not the same area code--could run several dollars for a typical ten-minute chat. Fortunately, there are now ways around such exorbitant charges. Notice all those commercials for discount, long-distance access codes (10-10 this, 10-10 that, and so on)? We ...

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