Canada: Telegroup & Primus agent offers Low International Phone Rates, cheap long distance, calling cards !

Telegroup Global Access Direct -
Note: This service also works from mobile
(cellular) phones. Airtime charges apply.

Canada

Also available from Canada: Calling Cards

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What is Global Access Direct (GAD) Service

How GAD Service Works

Customer Instructions

More GAD Details

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What is Global Access Direct Service?

Telegroup's new Global Access Direct service is the first special access calling service that offers Canada customers the same savings from a registered phone and on the road. With its PIN-code feature, customers can use the service from the office, home, cell phone, or even while traveling GAD works both in the U.S. and Canada with the same toll-free number.

This service is perfect for business people and residential households who need to make international calls away from the office or home. It works for people in highrises who can't bypass the building's PBX--people who would love the savings the GAD PIN feature offers. It also works for people who want these savings on their cell phones.

Global Access Direct is an exciting and unique service offered only by Telegroup.

Benefits for Customers

Global Access Direct offers the following benefits to customers:

Simple, easy to use	Use from home, office, or cell phone
Involves no callback	No need to change long distance carriers
Save up to 50% on international calls	Makes most calling cards obsolete
Toll free access	Quick 24-48 hr signup

More GAD Info

All calls made on the GAD service in the U.S. and Canada are tariffed in US dollars. Canadian customers have the option to be billed in Canadian dollars. However, call detail will be in U.S. dollars only.
Telegroup will charge all applicable U.S. taxes to U.S. invoices. There will be no GST tax charged on Canadian invoices.
GAD PIN calls from a non-equal access area in Canada will be charged at GAD U.S. rates.
Rates differ for GAD customers in the U.S. and Canada.

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How GAD Service Works

The customer dials a toll-free number in the U.S. or
   Canada--1-800-393-1000 to connect to Telegroup's U.S. switch.
If the the phone number has been registred, you hear a bong tone.
   The prompt then says, "Please enter your authorization code." (If the
   customer enters an incorrect code, the switch will again prompt for
   an authorization code.) After entering the 10-digit code, the
   customer is prompted to dial the number he wants to call.
The customer enters the destination number. He will then hear,
   "Thank-you for using Telegroup." The call is completed via Telegroup's
    network.

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Customer Instructions

From a touch-tone phone, dial 1-800-393-1000.
If the phone line is registered, skip to step 4.
If the phone number is NOT registered, or if the customer is
   calling from a non-registered phone (for example, a pay phone),
   the customer enters his 10-digit authorization code, followed
   by the # key.
Dial the country code + the number, followed by the # key.
Press # to connect the call more quickly.
Press ## (pound key twice) to made additional calls.

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More GAD Details

Each GAD account will have a monthly limit. If no limit is specified
   on the order, Telegroup will default to a $250 limit. When the
   customer reaches the limit, the line will no longer work until reset.
   Usage limits are reset on the 20th of each month when the customer
   makes his first call.

Actual billing time is 30/06. You will be billed for the first 30 seconds
and then in increments of 6 seconds. Charges begin with the dial tone
after dialing the toll free access number.

Each GAD line may have as many PINs as the customer would like.

Two to six digit accounting (unverified) codes are available on GAD.

If a call is in progress, another call CANNOT be initiated with the
same PIN. This will cause the service to lock.

If GAD is used from a U.S. pay phone, a 30¢ FCC mandated surcharge
will be added to the customer's invoice. The charge will appear as a
separate line item on the invoice.

If a customer uses a GAD PIN from a non-equal access area, the
   originating number will not appear on his invoice. It will appear as
   Eastern Standard Time, which corresponds with the Telegroup New
   Jersey switch.

GAD service in the U.S. and Canada is a NO-PIC add-on service in
   which customers are not required to changes their current long
   distance carriers. And, like other Global Access services, does not
   require an LOA.

GAD Provisioning

Provisioning time for GAD is approximately one to two business days,
once the order has been submitted.

Rates:

GAD rates are different in Canada and the U.S.

GAD Offshore rates (AK, HI, USVI and PR) have the same rates as GAD Canada. .

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