The Math of 10-10-297 Long Distance or 1010297 Long Distance

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10/05/2008

$The Math of 10-10-297 Long Distance or 1010297 Long Distance$

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The Math of 10-10-297

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Is 10-10-297 a good deal?

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10-10-297 is nearly identical to the 10-10-987 program. In most cases this will not save you any money over programs such as CogniWorld and CogniState.

Is the 10-10-297 dial around service any better than than the 10-10-220 service?

The 10-10-297 boast a low 3 cents per minute with a 39 cent connect fee. Having a connect fee means that you are charged 39 cents just to connect the call (even if it's just to leave a message on an answering machine) and then 3 cents a minute after that.

Review Table A and you will see that for most people this is actually a better deal than their 10-10-220 program. At 20 minutes of talk time, it works out to be the identical cost as the10-10-220 program. After 20 minutes it actually works out to be less expensive since 10-10-220 bumps their cost back up to 7 cents per minute and the 10-10-297 programs average cost works it way down closer to 3 cents per minute.

Follow the math here:

A one time connect fee of $0.39 plus 3 cents per minute divided by the total duration of the call will give you your average cost per minute.

((Total Number of Minutes X .03) + (.39 connect fee) / call duration) = Ave cost/min

See Table A for results

As you can see by the results in Table A, the 10-10-297 program is more cost effective for the average consumer than 10-10-220.

However, compare this to other national programs such as CogniPhone where there is also no monthly fees, and average cost is actually 3.89 cents per minute (in 6 second increments) and you do not have to dial any 10-10 numbers.

You should also compare this to using a service such as OPEX at just 3.9 cents per minute for any duration of call or Talk America where all calls are 3.9 cents per minute and free to other Talk America members. Even AT&T can give you a flat rate of just 7 cents per minute for any duration of call.

Will 10-10-297 save you money? Yes, if compared to 10-10-220 or if you talk a very long time. But in our opinion, both of these programs fall short of saving the consumer any money at all when compared with CogniWorld at 3.49 cents per minute (in 6 second increments) without having to dial a 10-10 number and no connect fees as well as other similar national programs.

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Conclusion

You will have to talk a VERY long time to even come close to matching the price of programs such a CogniState or most other serious providers.

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Table A
Minute	Conntect	Total Cost	Ave/Minute
1	0.39	$ 0.42	$ 0.42
2	0.39	$ 0.45	$ 0.23
3	0.39	$ 0.48	$ 0.16
4	0.39	$ 0.51	$ 0.13
5	0.39	$ 0.54	$ 0.11
6	0.39	$ 0.57	$ 0.10
7	0.39	$ 0.60	$ 0.09
8	0.39	$ 0.63	$ 0.08
9	0.39	$ 0.66	$ 0.07
10	0.39	$ 0.69	$ 0.07
11	0.39	$ 0.72	$ 0.07
12	0.39	$ 0.75	$ 0.06
13	0.39	$ 0.78	$ 0.06
14	0.39	$ 0.81	$ 0.06
15	0.39	$ 0.84	$ 0.06
16	0.39	$ 0.87	$ 0.05
17	0.39	$ 0.90	$ 0.05
18	0.39	$ 0.93	$ 0.05
19	0.39	$ 0.96	$ 0.05
20	0.39	$ 0.99	$ 0.05
21	0.39	$ 1.02	$ 0.05
22	0.39	$ 1.05	$ 0.05
23	0.39	$ 1.08	$ 0.05
24	0.39	$ 1.11	$ 0.05
25	0.39	$ 1.14	$ 0.05
26	0.39	$ 1.17	$ 0.05
27	0.39	$ 1.20	$ 0.04
28	0.39	$ 1.23	$ 0.04
29	0.39	$ 1.26	$ 0.04
30	0.39	$ 1.29	$ 0.04

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