I could switch to DSL but the phone company charges 50 extra a month for being on line for more than
Posted By: Charlene on 2008-01-17
In Reply to: Here is the article - Charlene
So either way I will have to pay more. I guess no one else here is affected or concerned by this but the article said that other companies would follow suit if Time Warner has success. The article said it would affect the teleworkers who are on line for long periods, not the people who just use cable for reading their email.
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I pay $35/month through Vonage for unlimited LD. Local phone co. charges $50/month. NM
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OMG - this company only CHARGES 1/cent a line. WTF?
What is this???/!!!!!!!!
 .....quick, shoot them before they multiply!
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http://usatasp.com/
"At a cost of only 1 cent per line, USA Tasp offers a Secure Web Enabled environment, which allows Medical Transcription Service Owner the ability to manage their dictations, transcription, quality of the medical record, invoicing, and payroll.
So, whether you have 5,000 lines per month or 500,000 lines per month, be assured that your cost per line remains the same."
Love wav files. No extra phone line needed,
no LD charges, and love being able to sit on my porch on a nice day and work.
I've been screwed over by the big phone companies too, but once you switch to a business line,
a lot more options are opened up to you. Talk America has an unlimited long distance business line for $49.95. I've been with them for over a year now. I also tried calling cards, which are an even bigger rip off.
I would check into a business line. My phone company offers one for around 55 dollars, with truly U
I am going to remove the LD from my home phone, and use the business line for all calls, then I will only have to pay about 35 above what I'm paying now. Not ideal, but the best deal I could find.
How are other MTs doing phone charges?..sm
With AT&T/SBC telling some of us it will now be 3 or 5 cents per minute because we are a business, how are MTs being able to afford paying anywhere from 400 to 600 per month in phone charges?
How are others doing this? I know i would literally have to take on more work just to pay that bill.
Any feedback on what others do....
Dot
Phone charges
I don't know what anyone else is doing, but I'm contacting Lisa Madigan, Dick Durbin, and Barack Obama. I was told by SBC's business office that I am not a business.
phone charges
But you are using it to generate an income and they will consider that a business. Sorry that is the way that they think -- you are not conducting personal matters but matters to generate an income. Do you deduct your phone charges on your income tax form? This is not the way I think but they way that they think. I do not use my phone anymore than a residential but because I am an independent contractor, I must register as a business and my Comcast cable Internet Provider, my phone line is double that of a residential person -- have been paying double for almost 20 years. They will get every and any penny that they can.
AT&T/C-phone charges
My advice, get rid of AT&T, they suddenly, after taking over SBC, wanted to charge me 10 cents per telephone use while using my C-phone, said it was not considered a telephone call, but that data was being sent over line, so, another one bites the dust with them..am now with "WOW" for a 1/3 the cost and is great service.
Line charges
I had this done to me as well. From experience 1) be aware she will dump you. 2) Look for another account. 3) Be the dumper instead of the dumpee. Just go along to get along and get rid of them.
I do have an extra C phone - e-mail me if interested (nm)
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USATasp charges 10 cents per minute for voice & 1/2 cent per line
email to info@usatasp.com and we'll get back to you.
2 phone #s, $140/month for both ultd..nm
honey, it works like this: The MTSO(service) charges the doctor X amount per line or report, and
takes part, gives you the rest. Therefore - the MSTO(or service) decides your pay.
If you are paid 8 cpl, surely you do not believe the service charges the doctor 8 cpl - do you?
I've changed them between an old phone and new phone, but the same company, i.e. Nextel.
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Also got rid of our house phone because we all had cell phones and that saves me about 75.00 a month
or so.
where I live, bundle package for HSI/CABLE/PHONE is $99 a month. nm
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I think that is 0.03 per line extra. nm
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Try Packet 8 - Unlimited long distance phone - flat 22.05 per month.
nm
So, at the 1 extra cent per line . . .
with making an extra $6000 per year, you are transcribing 50,000 lines per month? Wow. I'm impressed.
It may be worthwhile IF you can actually find a company now that pays extra for it -
I let mine drop after 6 years. It got to be very costly keeping up with the continuing education credits because for me it meant nearly always having to fly some place to get them, hotel, food, etc. My 2 cents...
I got no line bifocals about a month
ago and I'm slowly getting adjusted. I'm extremely near-sighted and find that I have to take off my glasses most of the time to read, or slide them down my nose and peer over them.
Line padding is also adding extra words. See inside.
Doc says: "General. Alert and oriented, no distress. HEENT: Eyes clear. Lungs: Clear."
MT types: GENERAL EXAMINATION: In general, the patient is alert and oriented. The patient is in no distress. HEENT EXAMINATION: The patient's eyes are clear. LUNG EXAMINATION: The patient's lungs are clear.
I kid you not. And there are companies out there that will defend the MT's right to do so. But, would the client's approve of it? I seriously think not.
$225 month.Must really depend on company!
I want your electric company!!
is this the person who makes 1 cent a line extra for $6000 a year?
how many lines a day and what do you normally make in a year because to reach an extra $6000 wouldn't you have to be typing way above average which is say 1200 a day for most of us, or 6000 lines a week.
encouraging someone to get their CMT based on $6000 a year extra, perhaps you could give more details because I have never worked for a company who would do that, not unless perhaps you were also a huge producer of lines.
Thank you...
I've had low line counts for about a month, but for other reasons
I've just been in a general "funk" after losing a close family member in November. I find my mind wandering while I work. But it's getting better. Occasionally, though, there are days when I'm going along really great, and then I just seem to get a gang of bad dictators, ESL and Non-ESL. That's very frustrating -- having a good day and then BAM! Mush mouths and speed talkers. Part of the job, tho.
Business line with Talk America, $49.95/month unlimited for transcription
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Just signed up with Continental General Insurance Company, $388/month for family of 5, $1,000 ded.
We get two office visits per year at $20/visit and preventative care (mammogram, Paps, well-child). Sounds good so far ...
C-phone and phone line
I have cable for my Internet so I have my C-phone on my regular home phone line and forward my home phone number to my cell phone.
Can they do surgery extra fast? What do they do with the extra glove in the pack?
;+
Phone line
With the only company I worked for to dial in, I paid for the phone line. They even requested that we have two phone lines, so that they could call us, if needed, while we were working. This was not a requirement, however. I had a second line put in anyway, so that I could get personal calls while I was working. I was an employee at the time. They did, however, provide an 800 number so that it was not long distance. When they stopped doing that I moved my office to my mom's, where it was not long distance, but I paid for the line here. I considered it a trade off to not have to drive the 35 miles one-way to work in-house. I did have full benefits with that company. I am an IC with the company I am with now, and I pay for the phone line and the DSL. I provide the computer, and the company provides the software, and I have no benefits. If your employees continue to have the same benefits that they had inhouse, they probably would not mind paying for the phone line, but I am sure they would appreciate it, if you can afford to take care of that.
Phone line help, please if possible
I hope I don't confuse anybody but here goes.
Back in 1988, I had 4 phone lines installed in my home. 1 is personal, 1 for my dial up modem (also personal), a business line, and an 800 number which the phone company tied to another personal phone number-I'll call this number 123-4567. (This was the only way the phone company could do it at the time).
As it stands now, I get a bill for the 800 service through Sprint, an 800 bill through MCI for the calls I recieve, and a bill through MCI Small Business for the office phone and 123-4567. I also get a bill from Verizon for the 123-4567 number (I think that's the one) that is a minimum $5 charge a month. I'm really getting triple billed for 1 line.
As of Jan., I want to disconnect my 800 number, my office phone line, and my modem line, but leave the 123-4567 line for my doc. MCI told me I can't disconnect my office line without disconnecting the 123-4567 number.
Am I supposed to wipe the slate clean and go without any phone service then get new service with somebody? It's been so long since I had to deal with something like this and I'm so confused. 
Can anbody make any sense out of this? TIA.
Is it your phone line?
Sounds like a problem with your phone line. What type of long distance are you using?
Look up your C-phone on line....
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My DSL is through my phone company
as well. Unfortunately, you do have to have phone service in order to have DSL. I just have local, no LD. I use Vonage for my ULD for work and if I have to make a LD call I use that line or my cell phone. I'm still paying out the yang in telephone bills, but I gots to work! :)
DSL does work through the phone line
I have mine through SBC. They sent filters to put on each phone line. Does not interfere with phone usage.
Since the modem is plugged into an electrical outlet as well, you will lose your connectivity if the electricity goes out.
You seem overly worried about no electricity. lol ???
Dont need phone line?
I have DSL but I have to be plugged into the phone line. Do you mean you can have DSL through the phone company but just use it for internet and not a phone line? Sorry if I sound stupid but my area just got DSL. Im in a rural area and we were still using dial up until a few months ago. My company, however, does pay for the internet connection $30.00/month.
and not the phone line to your house
We had a war with Earthlink over this. It was their responsibility to contact Bell South about the problem, but they said it was our responsibility (we have a DSL line). We finally dropped them and went right to Bell South. Everything was fine for a while and then the problems returned. The service tech played a hunch and checked the underground wiring in a hub(some green box about a block away) and that was problem. He took care of the wiring and the problem has never returned.
Do you have a phone line connected? sm
When I first got DSL, I couldn't fax, either. I discovered that I needed to have an adapter that plugs the phone line to the computer. It's a little box that has two jacks and the DSL line is connected to it and then you run a separate line from it to your computer and then you can use the fax utility. I will see if I can find what that adapter is called as I forget right at the moment!
Is C-phone for land-line only?
Won't pretend I understand VOIP but I know its available with my broadband.
VOIP as second phone line
Is it possible to use VOIP as an extra phone line instead of investing in a second land phone line? I'm going to be working at my mom's a couple days a week. She has one phone line and DSL. At my house I only have dial-up. I have an account that requires two phone lines with no DSL, one for dictaphone, one for Meditech. I really hate to ask her to pay for another land phone line and was wondering if I could use VOIP. Thanks for any input.
what would the second phone line be for? (Sorry, my message got cut off before)...
basic PC/phone line
Windstream (Houston area) charges about $16 a month for just a basic, no-frills line. That's why I hoped to hear if anyone else had any luck with MagicJack. I got one, but something just isn't working right. May be an OE (operator error), tho!
2nd phone line question
Unnamed national MT co told me when hired that I would be reimbursed for a 2nd line and that the line could be a cell phone.
I am hooked up to internet with Comcast (42.95). I are being asked in an e-mail if I had a 2nd phone line - Yes or No answer only - and I am unsure what to type.
When I did have 2nd phone line when hired, it was incapable of being used on my account (tooo slowwwwww) so I had it disconnected and got a cell phone.
Thanks!
How to re-record off phone line?
Does anyone know how to re-record transcription off a phone line? TIA
Phone company problems.
When I moved to Washington State and Qwest became my phone company I signed up for the unlimited small business plan. Now all the sudden they say they have switched me to Qwest Choice Business because of the high volume of my LD calls. I explained to them in the beginning what I used the business line for and they said it was unlimited (around 85.00 a month is what it was coming out to), without notifying me they switched me over and sent me a bill for over $400.00. I went balistic on them. They said they would look into it since I have signed up for a different plan and take care of it. I just got my new bill and it is even higher.
Anyone in the Northwest that can direct me to a phone service for my transcribing needs??????
It should be supplied by the phone company.
You are correct in your understanding.
You will need multiple phone numbers in succession under a business line. This is a phone company issue not a computer issue.
It is very simple.
Did you call and talk to service to set this up or just the help person who answers the phone?
You need to determine how many lines you need for this server. Is is an 8 port server, if so, you will need 8 lines and phone numbers, so when one is busy, it will go to the next one. It does get pretty expensive.
When you call the phone company, you need to be specific about how many lines you need and what you want.
Good luck with that.
try with your local phone company!!!....sm
I found over 12 years that the BEST prices usually come from your local telephone provider. Check them out first would be my suggestion :)
I only worked for one company that used a c-phone sm
and we signed off on each job as we listened and transcribed. If you signed off, it meant the job was completed. They would not have allowed us to sign off on jobs if recording them.
You might check with your phone company......... sm
I live out in the sticks, so cable is not an option for me and I use DSL. My phone company offers a package that includes phone service, DSL and DishTV for a single price. I'm not sure what the price is, but I would think it would be comparable to or maybe even less than the $101 you are paying now.
I know what you mean about having to trim the fat. I've trimmed so far now that I don't know where I can cut any more. I don't have a cell phone. Sons have prepaid cell phones that they pay for themselves. I don't eat out more than once a month and haven't seen the inside of a movie theater in years (no real big loss for me). I skimp like crazy on groceries but that is really hard with 2 teenage boys in the house.
Anyway, I digress. Check out your phone company and see what kind of package they might offer. Ya nevah know!
Dedicated phone line is what I was afraid of...
I just spoke with Time Warner and they do not allow you to have two separate phone numbers. Right now all the phone jacks in my house are wired through TW, so I can't even go through Fair Point for one dedicated phone line. Has anybody else had this problem and what have you done? Any ideas other than give up on this job because I don't really want to do that as everything with this company "fits" and the account would be perfect for me.
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