I checked into Qwest, but the fine print says if you use more than 5000 min per month, it will .. sm
Posted By: searching on 2006-11-06
In Reply to: long distance - ginny
be reviewed. Their business rate is per line, and comes out to $500 monthly. That's the problem with my current company. I figure I'll be using at least 10,000 mins per month. Can't get Verizon here. Any other suggestions? TIA.
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I use Qwest - $25 a month. nm
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5000 a month
It is actually quite possible to do. I work for a small transcription business and one of our transcritionist averages $1900 to $2000 a week. She takes advantage of her ESP/shortcut program and makes templates for everything. So it can be done.
I average $5000 a month
I usually work 7 days a week. I work for a national full time and have a part time IC position. It's easy for me because I work from home anyway. Instead of lying around watching tv, I go to my computer and work.
Last year, I increased my savings by $24,000. I religiously deposit $2000 a month into savings. If you are willing to work, you can make lots of money. I can work as much as I want to with my IC position.
I make about $5000/month before taxes (sm)
I suppose I could work more, but...eh. I only have to work 35 hours a week for full time. I keep saying "this week I'll do 40," but there's more to life than work (at least I hope so).
$24,000 in savings! Rock on! I hope to be there soon.
Why is MTStars carrying an ad "Make $5000 a month FT". Who can do this?
The MTSOs have lowered the rate per line (by the way, what is a line now? what is a character now?) and given us just the cream of the crap to try to decipher, there's no way 1 person can produce $5000 worth of transcription in a month. No way.
I only have 1 dinky account on my own, ~5000 lines a month - sm
and no tabs at all (I programmed in my "jumps" so I don't have to use tabs, just hit F11), and only 2 hard returns at most at the endd of each report. One Dr. just does "block" paragraphs and does all the patients in one "report", so each day is only a couple pages, the other does the same but with more of a report format, i.e. headers but no returns between each item; returns only between each patient. They then cut and paste into the patient's record. I am working on getting a few more doctors on my own so I can either lessen the work I do for my "regular" IC job or drop it all together; and I will, if necessary, charge for tabs and hard returns when I get more accounts though.
The thing is though my fine print with ATT said it could not be used for
autodialing, dialing into the internet, commercial faxing, and one other thing. I can't remember what the other thing was but it wasn't anything I was using it for. They even listed those four things over and over, and I told them I didn't use it for any of those things. They also tried to tell me I was transmitting data over my phone line. I wasn't. I was dialing into a voice line. I got tired of arguing with them too. How can argue w/them when they keep saying you're dialing into the internet when you know you're not? I guess they have to lie about something, right, because they can't tell you you're using too many minutes if it's UNLIMITED. I just think it stinks. Hopefully it will work out for all of us!
my only problem with that was when I read the fine-print...
the company I was going to apply for, out-sourced some company to do the checks, and if I were to sign for the check they were entitled to even go so far as to contact my landlord, family, etc., to get information on me.
Of course I was told it was just a formality and it would probably never happen, but if I signed that, this third company could do that, whenever they wanted, and for whatever reasons.
Personally, I would rather be in control of my personal information as much as I can...not that there really is 'privacy' anymore.
Even though I trusted that company I wanted to apply for, I certainly had no idea who this company was they hired to do the checks...
PS - I also did the bankrupt thing in the past, and I could not be sure this company would not turn around and sell my information to my former debtors...I mean, who knows. I do not trust people, period.
Yeah, I read the fine print...sm
on the brochure AFTER I signed up with Bell South for unlimited long distance. It said something like it had to be voice to voice (I'm thinking not recorded voice). It's suppose to cost $20/month, but if I go over 5000 minutes, they will tack another $50.00 on my bill.
I was up front about why I wanted unlimited long distance when talking to Bell South's call center lady (from India), and she said it would be no problem. We'll see.
Read the fine print. Residential
long distance services, unlimited, state that is for residential calls, etc. The business plans state they are for businesses. What the are not allowing is a business rate long distance plan to be connected to a residential phone. And, of course, there is always the fine print "other restrictions may apply."
There is alot of fine print to read
in order to receive the bonus. Many MTs don't stay long enough because these companies are usually deceiving. Think about it, if it were so easy to get $500, $1000, etc. everyone would be jumping at the chance. Don't bother, it's a smoke screen
Be careful & check the fine print sm
There was a small note on the sidebar about it on my July 2008 bill and I didn't notice it until later ---
Sprint reserves the right to limit throughput speeds or amount of data transferred and to deny, terminate, modify, or suspend service if usage exceeds 5GB per month in total or 300MB/month while off-network roaming. Check your subscriber agreement rights on Sprint.com.
Right, but I'm not even seeing any fine print available for viewing by the general public. Not a
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Got cut off. Autodialing is what ATT calls it . In fine print vonage says no autodialing. nm
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You can print a list in the print dialog box. sm
You'll find the option in the print what section. You can probably find a macro that lists them all in a document with a web search. Otherwise, you can only print them.
Did you check and see what's checked or not checked in Preferences. Maybe something got messed up
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I pay $35/month through Vonage for unlimited LD. Local phone co. charges $50/month. NM
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Qwest LD
I have news for you, they are monitoring all long distance accounts, even the small business acounts and if you go over 3000 minutes per month (fine print) they will sent you a nasty lette, attempt to recoup all the past charges that should have applied and then switch you to their large business acount and for around 6500-7000 a month it ends up over $400.00 a month.
Did Qwest cut you off?
Have you been cut off by Qwest? Just got cut off by AT&T and need to switch.
I don't know about her, but Qwest
I was using about 7500 minutes a month.
Qwest!!
If you have Qwest where you live, call them now. I have used them for unlimited (no limits!) LD for 8 years. It's a flat $39.99 a month. Before I found them, I did the AT&T/MCI run around, too. The cable LD is a great suggestion, too! Good luck!
Anyone using Qwest DSL?
Looks like DSL will finally be available to me in the near future (am using a pretty reliable satellite right now) - don't know the speeds available yet, 1.5 mbps will be minimum. Anyway, wondering if anybody can attest to reliability, speed, etc. They want a 2-year commitment, of course.... TIA! 
I have Qwest DSL
I love it! I've never had downtime. My husband, who has Mediacom cable internet/telephone/TV has had downtime, which is why, when I married him, I kept my DSL. Its dependable, more so than a cable company through the digital Television companies. When I moved in with him, I didn't do anything more than move a few houses down on the same block, and the Internet speed doubled for free. I was thrown for a loop on how a few feet difference made the availability for even faster Internet connection possible, but I'm not complaining! He loves it so much, that he will use my computer before he uses his.
Qwest never bothers me
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Question about Qwest.
Do you happen to have the residential "Choice Unlimited" plan that actually has a limit of 5000 minutes per month? (That's less than 20 hours a week.) Have you ever gone over that limit and if so did they do anything about it?
Thanks.
Qwest kicked me off
Look at the fine print. Their "unlimited" is just like everyone else - only unlimited if you can prove you are using it for person-to-person calls. They kicked me off.
5000
see the discussion on the company board. 5000 lines a day to be transcribed by a combination of several people
sure - that's like 400 lph ~ 5000 lines per day
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Parents just had them done at $5000 an eye. nm
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Yea, and I do 5000 a day in a 6 hour day...
:-)
5000 lines per day VR?
Hi all. Anyone think is it possible to edit 5000 lines per day of VR? This is on a very low ESL account?
The new company I have gone with have a 5000 daily line count requirement for editing VR files. Just curious if it is possible! I am getting nervous!!
5000 lines a day?
Is that possible? I mean 1200 I thought was full time?
5000 lines per day???
Obviously this guy doesn't have a clue. Most nationals want between 1000 to 1200 lines minimum 65 character line with spaces.
Maybe he is talking about a 35 character line or better yet a 25 character line with spaces.
Check it out, maybe it's lucrative! LOL
2500/wk PT or 5000/wk FT
basically breaks down to 500 day PT, 1000 day FT.
2500/wk PT, 5000/wk FT
that's all my company requires. Plus we get tiered incentives for anything over 1000 per day.
Sounds like you might as well be FT with those #s-- at a previous job the min. for PT was 5000
lines every 2 weeks. Granted it got to a point where there was no work so it was impossible to meet quota, but if there was work you had better meet it.....then we had a landslide of work, about 90% ESL.....all the good stuff apparently went up in smoke (they outsourced to the Phillipines). 
4000-5000 I can't believe I'm getting sucked into this again. SM
This is gross pay with two different places. It is not full time. Yes, I use expanders, no, I don't do the same two doctors every day.
Yes, I am very lucky. Yes, I am very fast. No, I am not lying, and I am sorry if you are not in as good a position as mine.
5000 mega enough for air card?
Is 5000 megabytes of data enough to use a wireless air card for MT work? I only have dial up and am considering getting an air card but it says that you only get 5000 megabytes a month. Is that enough for MT work, my husband gaming, and my kids being on the internet too? Will I go over the 5000 megabyte limit?
5000 lines per day on job seeker's ...
You gotta be kidding, some say it was on before and required more than one person but why submit it as if it were a "job" offered to one? Perhaps I am "slow."
A company spends 3-5000 to hire....
...and train an employee. Doesn't matter if you're part-time or full-time. Is it responsible to make them incur that cost when you know you're going to bail?
Mmmmm, don't think so.
Amen! I do over 300 lph too. Have about 5000 abbreviations, been doing this for over 7 years,
and just because I do about 300 lph, give or take, doesn't my work is sloppy!! And to prove it, I just got a raise, which I take to mean I am doing a GOOD job! As you, I proof as I go.
thread is Who can transcribe 5000 lines/day (sm)
and it's about halfway down the page.
The poster used the name "See job ad by T. Olyphant!!"
(continued)...that's exactly what he meant, 5000 line a day.
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M-TEC has a Basic program (12 month) and a Premier program (18 month). To WAH, you should take the P
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Make sure that $5000 is in your hand before you start packing !! nm
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I've seen sooo many posts about this....Listen, the 5000 lines isn't a typo.
It's some type of project. If you search the board, you will see the posts and then maybe we won't have to keep top-posting it all over the place?
UNBELIEVABLE!!! I am speechless. I literally have no words! A $5000 trip to China to teach
them how to steal our jobs?
And do NOT print for them! this is why...sm
you need to just send the stuff back to their office. Again don't be driving around doing the delivery thing. Explain that HIPAA doesn't want you keeping the reports any longer than necessary to do billing, so after you bill, you need to delete the reports. They need to have them in their office, to archive and keep a back up copy in case the office floods and ruins their charts. When you send them back, they can change the little things that the doc dictated wrong themselves...they don't have to wait until you have your next delivery run. So let them mess with the dumb sticky paper...or better yet, do a cost analysis that shows it is just as good to stick it in the chart with tape than to buy that paper. That way, they will be impressed with your business acumen...
wow I need to print all of this
thanks so much - no I would never work if I was at DD boyfriend's on who knows what network. I was just going to see if it worked. If I am at house with cable internet it should be as secure as mine. I don't think I would every try working at a Starbucks. The place I vacation actually has high speed internet so I could connect directly to that. Cell phone coverage is spotty there at best, so air card would probably be worthless. Thanks again - I am beginning to understand what I was afraid I would never grasp.
I use ShortHand. I used to print out all of my
expansions and tape the pages all over my desk, but it didn't help. What did help was finding out from someone here that ShortHand has a suggestion box that displays your expansions for you. I remember the first letter or two, glance down quickly to see what the ending was, hit the corresponding function key, and bam! three keystrokes to faster transcribing. Instant Text has a similar feature, but I couldn't switch over to it after learning on Shorthand.
how did you get your print to be so small?
if you are for real, your best advice is read this board and take good notes.
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