# Long Distance Calling Cards: I am Incredibly Ignorant

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-distance-calling-cards-i-am-incredibly-ignorant/369325>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 19, 2006, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-distance-calling-cards-i-am-incredibly-ignorant/369325 "2006-08-19T06:37:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![crazyjoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2006, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-distance-calling-cards-i-am-incredibly-ignorant/369325/21 "2006-08-21T18:22:02Z")

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Be aware that if you completely remove long distance from your phone line, you will often be charged what is called a “No PICC” fee, sometimes amounting to 5 bucks or more. You will then be required to use a “dial-around” code (remember the proliferation of the “10-10-321” “10-10-880” commercials a while back?) in order to make LD calls.

It would be better to just switch to a LD plan that doesn’t charge a monthly fee, and then never make LD calls from home.

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**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-distance-calling-cards-i-am-incredibly-ignorant/369325/22 "2006-08-21T18:57:29Z")

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[QUOTE=crazyjoe]  
Be aware that if you completely remove long distance from your phone line, you will often be charged what is called a “No PICC” fee, sometimes amounting to 5 bucks or more. You will then be required to use a “dial-around” code (remember the proliferation of the “10-10-321” “10-10-880” commercials a while back?) in order to make LD calls.

It would be better to just switch to a LD plan that doesn’t charge a monthly fee, and then never make LD calls from home.  
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Thanks for that.

-FrL-

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2006, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-distance-calling-cards-i-am-incredibly-ignorant/369325/23 "2006-08-21T19:36:55Z")

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[QUOTE=crazyjoe]  
Be aware that if you completely remove long distance from your phone line, you will often be charged what is called a “No PICC” fee, sometimes amounting to 5 bucks or more. You will then be required to use a “dial-around” code (remember the proliferation of the “10-10-321” “10-10-880” commercials a while back?) in order to make LD calls.

It would be better to just switch to a LD plan that doesn’t charge a monthly fee, and then never make LD calls from home.  
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I’ll have to check my local service bill. I am able to dial the 1-800 number for the card and that’s all I ever try.

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**Author:** ![PaulParkhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PaulParkhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulParkhead)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-distance-calling-cards-i-am-incredibly-ignorant/369325/25 "2013-12-23T05:39:58Z")

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