the 99 cent store only store sells these cards that allow you to call long distances but my question is do they really work? they are a dollar which let you talk for 99-100 minutes but my question i had was i wanted to know if anyone had used these and were they satisfied and do they really work?
ok but is it possible that they charge just like if a scam can occur and they charge for the long distance 80 dollars or something if they do like how much is a long distance call from here cali to Illi…

Chosen Answer:

Yes and No. They do work, HOWEVER their Idea of 99-100 minutes is MUCH different than yours. Plus it also depends on the amount of change you have left on your card. For Instance. If you talk for 1 minute and 1 second you are billed 2 minutes and so forth (4 mins 2 seconds is 5 mins etc…) And SOMETIMES if connecting you to long distance or certain areas they may charge you a couple of cents without telling you, It may be a penny or three more but that shortens your time! Hope i helped in some way.
by: mr_oddio@sbcglobal.net
on: 6th February 08

I used long distance cards in the USA and now living in the Middle East, I use even more. Maybe 5 cards per week. Hundreds….. The general population here, being from other countries, uses just as many. They lie disposed, tossed on the streets by hundreds, after having been entered in their phone for credit. my questions is: although I understand there are millions, trillions of numeric combinations, how is it that there can be so many codes? The real question..haha is… as I have tried unsuccessfully to create a code to lucky get a match.. Is there a formula? How is it that a person could not enter a string of numbers and get lucky? What would the odds be that one day, I enter random numbers and catch some free minutes? My thought is that since indeed there are so many combinations, that the odds would increase not decrease.
Dear Alex i- I know its morally wrong. You didn’t give me anything new to consider. I am just interested in the mathmatical challenge. I can manage to buy the phone card. What would happen to the other person? Well, per my experience when I have had a card that “could not register”… I called the company and they immediately gave me credit. I think this is what would happen. I could be wrong though. And yes, honey, I think I would feel bad taking someone else’s phone credit… but remember according to the answer under yours…this is not likely to happen. So should I feel ashamed of a remote “what if” ??

Chosen Answer:

Mathematically, on the basis of probability, you can get lucky, but the odds are so slim, there virtually non existent. This is because the companies only put out 0.05% of the possible randomly generated combinations that are available, which can run into many trillions, so the more the number of digits in the code, the more the odds decrease. These days you only have to try a few times (three or four) to get barred, so they don’t even give you a chance to get lucky. I really would like to know if there is anyone out there who has ever genuinely got lucky. Perhaps that should be your next question. GOOD LUCK!
by: joechuksy
on: 15th October 06

I have a phone that’s not in service but i want it to be..but i don’t want a phone plan because i have to sign a contract for two years. Do prepaid phone cards only work with tracfones?

Chosen Answer:

Prepaid phone cards work with the same brand of phones.
Tracfones work with Tracfone cards. Tmobile phones work with Tmobile cards. Verizon phones work with Verizon cards.
The only exceptions are calling cards for long distance international calls which require you have a phone with that phone’s own company providing minutes anyway to charge and add the long distance card rates too.

For example: Net10 phone with 100 Net10 minutes at 10 cents each is . But you can buy a international long distance phone card from Att, Verizon to use over that so it would charge you like 5 cents a minute from Att to call another country but it would still use your Net10 minutes at the same 10 cent a minute rate for a total cost of 15 cents a minute.

The other exception are called “universal prepaid wireless cards”. They have a dollar amount and the names of several different carriers like Verizon prepaid, Tracfone, Att prepaid, Tmobile prepaid etc. But if the carrier is not listed, it will not work with them. These are rare.
by: Mobile Mike
on: 22nd September 09

I need to know a professional answer about the life cycle of the long distance phone cards.

Chosen Answer:

On a prepaid phone?? It Depends if you have tracfone you can go anywhere and it will work.
by: Alek M
on: 8th December 07