One thing that customers can overlook before signing up with a dial-up Internet service provider (ISP) is to check whether or not that ISP offers dial-in access numbers that are nearby. Read this for a brief explanation about dial-up ISPs in general.

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 or long distance provider does. Before signing up with an ISP, browse its list of access numbers and hopefully you will find a couple of local numbers that you will be able to utilize.

The best way to decrease 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 long distance charges (or any other fees) by accessing those particular numbers.

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