It always pays to read the fine print. Even then, however, you might not get the whole story.

Sign up for SBC’s National Connections plan and you’ll get unlimited long-distance calling for just $20 a month.

Unless, that is, you «misuse» the plan by failing to meet its various requirements, in which case you’ll be shunted to a program that charges a whopping 21 cents a minute for long-distance calls.

Or sign up for one of SBC’s various JustCall plans and pay as little as 5 cents a minute for long-distance service.

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