[comp.dcom.telecom] Comparison of U.S Sprint and ATT Phone Cards

randyd@uunet.uu.net (07/23/90)

I have both a U.S. Sprint FON card and an ATT Universal Card, so I
decided to do a simple price comparison of a six-minute call from
Seattle WA to Boulder CO.  The results:

ATT:           $1.57
U.S. Sprint    $1.61

These results reflect the 10% discount that ATT gives to calls made
using the Universal Card. These results do not include tax. Even more
interesting: ATT charged only federal excise tax. Sprint charges state
and local sales tax in addition to the federal excise tax. Since in
this location the state and local sales tax is about 8.7%, ATT starts
off with an 8.7% advantage!


Randy Day
(I do not represent the views of my employer.)