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Originally posted by theking
Do you happen to know (or anyone) if AOL makes it abundantly clear that if you do not have a local AOL access number that every time you go on line you are being charged a long distannt call by your phone company.
The reason I ask is because a person that I know subcribed to AOL not knowing that AOL does not have a local access number in this area and it cost her...her phone...when she could not pay the long distant charges from being online...I believe more than $700.00.
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Then your friend is a nimwit.
When you first install AOL you dial into a 800 number and enter your area code. It then presents you with a list of all dial-in numbers from your area, as well as other near by areas. You then select which number you want to dial into. If you select a long distance number, of course you're going to be charged long distance.