We have not had long distance service in my household for quite a while too, mostly because we hardly ever need to use it, and it's stupid to pay the $5/mo for nothing (there are so very many other charges for no reason, why have one we can get out of?). We've only been slammed once, at least, so I guess that's below average.
Recently I've needed to make long distance calls for an illustrating job, so I used Skype, which is free in the US until January. The sound quality was the same as a regular phone call.
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We have not had long distance service in my household for quite a while too, mostly because we hardly ever need to use it, and it's stupid to pay the $5/mo for nothing (there are so very many other charges for no reason, why have one we can get out of?). We've only been slammed once, at least, so I guess that's below average.
Recently I've needed to make long distance calls for an illustrating job, so I used Skype, which is free in the US until January. The sound quality was the same as a regular phone call.