Ameritech provides local telephone services to private homes, apartments and college residence halls. Call Ameritech (1-800-635 5050) to have a phone line installed. There is an installation fee and Ameritech may require a security deposit. If there is an available line in the house, installation will take no more than three days. For home telephone services you have several choices for service. Flat rate service permits an unlimited amount of local calling for an approximate charge of $40 per month. For a list of other plans, check with Ameritech or the White Pages telephone directory. Your telephone directory offers a variety of helpful information.
Local services are billed a month in advance; long distance and other charges are billed for the past month. THERE IS A MIMIMUM CHARGE OF AT LEAST $15 FOR A CHECK RETURNED FOR “INSUFFICIENT FUNDS” OR ANY SIMILAR REASON. You can request to have your installation and service charges billed over the first three months of billing.
Payment can be made by mail, online payment, or in person at some banks. Be sure to take the entire first page of your bill to the bank when paying there. More details, visit http://www.ameritech.com/
EMERGENCY, CALL 911
TELEPHONE
To request information for a local telephone number, call 411
For a long distance telephone number request, call 1-AREA CODE-555-1212
For example, you are seeking for a telephone number in Chicago, you have to dial: 1-312-555-1212 (312 is the Chicago area code.)
For a free, "1-800" telephone number request, call 1-800-555-1212
You can choose a long distance company to handle your long distance calls (within U.S. or abroad). Long distance companies offer different rates, services or discounts for different countries. If you have a language barrier ask to have international call rates and discount information mailed to your address.
Other important things to consider are:
- Monthly fees of services, start-up charge and benefits (frequent flyer miles, free minutes).
- When does the billing begin and end on calls?
- How can you use their services while you are traveling?
- Do they offer assistance if you need help placing calls?
Also ask your friends about experiences they have had with various long distance companies.
Direct International Calls
Dial 011-COUNTRY CODE-CITY CODE-LOCAL NUMBER
For example, to call Turkey
Turkey country code is 90, City code is 312
011-90-312-345 5678
Direct U.S. Long Distance calls
Dial 1-AREA CODE-TELEPHONE NUMBER
If you want an operator assisted call,or to place a person-to-person call, collect call or calling card call, call your long distance company for instructions.
DIAL 00 TO REACH YOUR LONG DISTANCE COMPANY.
1-800 numbers are toll free numbers, which means you will not be charged for these calls. Also, you see numbers like 1-800-ABCDEFG.Each letter has a number corresponding to it on your telephone.For example: 1-800-123-STOP would be dialed the same as 1-800-123-7867.
To call Baldwin-Wallace offices or residence halls you can dial only the last four digits if you’re calling from a campus phone. There are some campus phones located on campus buildings for your use. If you want to call off-campus, you must use the public telephones.
For Berea Townhouses' residents, local calls are covered in your living expense. For example, you want to call somewhere in Cleveland downtown, just dial “9” for off-campus phone call, then dial the phone number if you are making a local phone call, for area code 216, you need to dial 1-216-xxxx and wait on line. If you’re dialing some area that is out of our area, you’ll hear “ the phone number you’ve dialed x-xxx-xxxx is invalid”.
Local calls cost $.25, or if you have a calling card you can make long distance calls too. Call your calling card company for instructions. If you want to make a long distance call from a public telephone, you can make a calling card call or collect call or direct call by depositing the required amount. Dial 1-AREA-CODE-TELEPHONE NUMBER, without depositing any money. An operator will assist you with the call.
During weekends and evening hours, calls are cheaper.
If you have any complaints about your long distance company, do not hesitate to call them; the long distance market is very competitive and long distance companies will respond to your complaints.
Be careful about telemarketing tricks. If you are not interested, just say, “Sorry, but I am not interested” and hang up. Here are some very important tips:
- Be extremely careful about giving your credit card number over the phone.
- If you are interested in a telemarketing promotion but you want to know more or be sure that you did not miss anything, ask the caller to mail more information to your home.
- Ask the name, address and phone number of the organization calling you; also ask who is in charge of the organization calling you; get specific names, addresses and titles.
- Ask for the names and telephone numbers of satisfied customers around your community.
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