On Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 20:05:13 -0400, Chris Browne <cbbrowne@xxxxxxx> wrote: > worse, over time. Fortunately LD rates have been tending to fall... Unless you call a country where the local phone company is charging userous rates andmay be giving kickbacks to people who can get people to call them thinking that they will be charged their normal long distance rate because the number looks like a "normal" (not international) phone number.