If I sign up for a dial-up internet service plan, how do I know that I won incur any additional expenses, like long distance or other phone charges?
Whether or not you will incur any additional phone charges (like long distance charges) depends on the access numbers that you choose. ISP’s do not benefit from additional phone charges — your phone company does. Before signing up with an ISP, peruse their list of access numbers and hopefully you will find a couple of local numbers. The best way to avoid the probability of incurring any additional phone charges is to sign up with an ISP that owns a lot of access numbers. If you want to be extra careful, write down some of the possible numbers before signing up and contact your local phone company. They should be able to tell you if you will incur any additional charges by accessing those particular numbers.
