The service is available to any BellSouth long distance subscriber and does not have a monthly service fee. This service could be a good option for consumers who have many friends and relatives outside of town and don’t want their callers to have to pay long distance fees. For consumers who only take calls from a few out-of-town callers, however, a better option may be to invest in prepaid phone cards and mail them to the people you want to call you or hand them out at family gatherings over the holidays. The cards that are available for purchase at major discount warehouse stores such as Costco, Sam’s Club, BJ's, Wal-Mart, and Target tend to have lower per-munte rates than BellSouth’s toll-free service.
Source: Telecommunications Research and Action Center. http://www.trac.org
