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- Savings
- Convenience
- Versatility
Prepaid long distance service offers much lower domestic and
international long distance rates than the regular long distance
service from major phone companies. If you look carefully, you'll
notice that the monthly fee, taxes and other fees may account for about
10% of your total long distance bill. Using prepaid long distance
service (like using prepaid calling cards) could save up to 70% of your
long distance phone bill.
Prepaid long distance enables you to enjoy low long distance rates no
matter where you are. You can call from home, office, pay phone, cell
phone and hotel, etc.
A prepaid long distance service is an ideal travel companion. You can
use it with any phone, even in hotels and airports. It helps you to
avoid outrageous hotel surcharges and hidden fees, so you always know
exactly what you're spending. Peanuts-LD prepaid long distance even
allows you to call from many foreign countries - with a prepaid calling
you can avoid all overseas calling problems. Prepaid dial-around
service provides low long distance rates and help you avoid expensive
roaming charges if you use a cell phone. If your phone bill is out of
control, prepaid calling service can help you bring your phone expense
within budget. Prepaid Peanuts-LD makes great gifts for friends and
family. It's something anyone can use.
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Some of the main features of prepaid long distance service are:
- No-PIN dialing
- No expiration period
- No Maintenance or Connection fees
- 1 min rounding
- Speed dial
- Automatic recharge option
- Live Customer Service support
- Local access numbers in most states and Canada
- Local Access Number In a Variety Of Countries
- Call Back Feature
- One Peanuts LD account can provide service for several phones simultaneously - including cell phones, home and business phones. It can also be
used from anywhere on the road - hotels, payphones, airports, etc.
You can order the service online
The switched Long Distance Service uses different
technology for establishing a connection to the destination number.
This is the most reliable
service that you can get, and usually the rates for this service are a
little higher than those of Phone cards. When you sign up for Long
Distance service,
you will need to change (or switch) your Long Distance provider. It
usually takes several days before you have the service active on your
line.
Prepaid long distance works instantly after you purchase it. Once you have the prepaid (dial-around) service established, you will be dialing
directly from your phone, unlike Calling cards, where you need to dial an Authorization code (PIN) to use the service.
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Your personal calling card number (PIN or authorization code)
consists of 7-14 digits and is your exclusively. PINs (and
Instructions) are e-mailed to you. PIN is usually located on the back
of a calling card and covered with silver strip.
From Any touch-tone Phone:
1. Dial 800-access number or Local Access Number that appears on the back of your card.
2. Follow the instructions, enter your PIN number.
3. Follow the instructions, dial as you normally do:
- for international calls 011 + Country Code + City Code + Local Number
- for domestic calls 1 + Area Code + Local Number
To make another call, press the pound key twice (##) or a star (*) key and follow step 3 instructions.
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The best prepaid service is not always a synonym to the best
rate. As the service provided by various carriers, the same prepaid
long distance service could be good to one country and not very good to
another. If you are the first time buyer, we suggest you to try the
following:
Use Best Rate Finder,
which will allow you to find the dial-around service with the best rate
to the country of your interest. It will also list the next best rate
as well. The Best Rate Finder will take in consideration ALL additional
charges, like Connection Fees, Taxes, Minute Rounding, Minimum Call
Length and so on. We recommend you place an order for $10 services of
different types with the best rates and see which one will get you the
best quality of connection to the country of your interest.
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1. If you are calling:
a) from Moscow, Russia:
Dial Moscow Local Access number 740-0085
b) from St.Petersburg, Russia:
Dial St.Petersburg Local Access number 333-0086
c) from Russia:
Dial 8-10-8002-7303011
Before dialing your PIN in the next step, please make sure your telephone switched to Touch Tone mode.
2. After the greeting, dial your PIN Number.
3. After the prompt, dial:
a) For international Calls:
011 + Country Code + Number +#
b) For USA, CANADA and CARIBBEAN Countries
1 + Area Code + Number + #
If there is no connection within 30 seconds after dialing the destination number, please hang up and dial again.
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Each prepaid long distance service has a different set of conditions and charges, if any. To read the details, explore
rates and scroll down to the bottom of the page to see the details. You should note that you
may incur charges from a pay phone, a cell phone, or a hotel phone over which we have no control.
All prepaid phone services may have a combination of one or more of the following charges:
Time increment - The actual time you spend on-line in a time increment. The time increments vary from 1 second to 5 minutes.
Connection Fee - A one-time charge for initiating a
single call. Each and every time you use the service and your party
answers, you will be charged a connection fee which will be deducted
from the available minutes. Services with a connection fee may be
highly effective for long duration calling.
Initial Connection/Weekly/Monthly Service/Maintenance Fees
- Some calling service have an initial set up fee. Some, however,
charge a weekly or monthly fee, this is charged after the first time
the service is used and is deducted in minutes or dollar from the
prepaid dollar amount. Even if you are not using your calling service
you may be racking up a charge.
Pay Phone/Cellular Phone Charges - Nearly all phone
calls originating from a Pay Phone are charged a fee per call. This is
required by federal law and the fee typically ranges from 55 cents to
$1.50 per call. This amount is deducted from the prepaid value. If your
cellular or mobile phone company allows you to call from your mobile
phone, there maybe a charge per call fee. Some Mobile phone contracts
do not allow the use of alternate carriers like dial around services.
Taxes - There are FCC/State/Local charges taxes based on
where the call originates. (This is the same tax that appears on your
phone bill each month and is calculated on each call.) Normally this is
factored into the rate but it can be deducted separately from the
prepaid value.
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Please visit our Search Country/city Telephone codes page to find dialing code.
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For first time buyers it might take up to 48 hours. We verify
each and every customer to prevent fraud. If you are the first time
customer and want your PINs to be delivered faster, please avoid using
free e-mail addresses like Yahoo and Hotmail. Please provide your
daytime contact phone number, so we contact you faster.
Customers who made purchases on LDPOST.COM in the past will get their PINs immediately over e-mail.
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LDPOST web-store uses the Secure Sockets Layer and Private
Communication Technology security standards that are supported by
Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or later and other popular browsers.
SSL encodes your personal information (such as your password, address
and phone number, or your credit card number) so that it is available
only to you and the financial services providers with which we process
your credit cards transactions. This encryption makes doing business
over the Internet as secure as making a purchase by telephone.
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Prepaid calling cards are non-refundable and their rates are subject to change in
either direction without notice. We have no control over rates, and when the underlying
carrier changes rates we have to adjust the rates too. As we can't store rates like we
would be able to with a gasoline, we must change the rates to stay in business. We do not
inform customers about rate change - please check the rate before the purchase.
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There is 10% discount given automatically on all $100.00 purchases. So, if you place an
order for $100.00 regardless of the card types your are ordering, your credit card will be
charged only $90.00. First time buyers can't get this discount in the WEB STORE as
the maximum order amount for the first time buyers is $20.00. If you are the first time
buyer and want to place order larger then $20.00, call us at 617-489-5952 and we will take your order over the phone.
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This program is intended to do exactly as it is implied in its title - to reward the loyalty of LDPOST customers.
For every purchase* you made on LDPOST, you earn points. For each dollar spend, you will
earn one point. You need to accumulate 100 point to be eligible for redemption. For each
100 points earned you are eligible to receive one $5 card of your choice with your next
purchase. The redemption offer will appear on your Select Cards screen after your have
accumulated 100 points or more. You do not have to redeem your points at 100-point level.
Points keep accumulating with your purchases, so you can redeem bigger card denominations later.
For example, you have accumulated 500 points by purchasing Peanuts-LD prepaid calling
cards online. On your select card screen you will see a menu with choices of cards for
redemption - $5, $10, $20 and $50. For 500 points you can receive in total $25 worth
of cards. You need to make a purchase to redeem your rewards.
To view points accumulated, please log on to the web store. It will be displayed at the
bottom of select cards screen. You can also view accumulated points by clicking on History.
* Exceptions: Points can not be accumulated on any volume discount purchases. This program
starts on August 20th of 2002. Only purchases made after August 20th 2002 are eligible for points accumulation.
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If you have more questions - please visit our main FAQ page to find answers.
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