Rebecca Atwood

Rebecca Atwood has been a member of the PhoneDog.com team since the Summer of 2005. She functions as the Vice President. She works mainly behind the scenes, but does get to chime in with a blog post now and then. She loves watching sports, especially football, and in 2013 began golfing (still not good, but goes more than once every couple of years now!).

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USF fee drops for the second Quarter in a row

Stating off 2012 at 17.9% we have watched the proposed contribution factor drop to 17.4% for the 2nd Quarter and now down to 15.7% for the 3rd Q. Each quarter the FCC sets the USF (Universal Service...

12 years 9 months ago

Great device

12 years 11 months ago

USF fee down from 17.9 to 17.4 percent for 2nd Quarter 2012

The proposed contribution factor for the second quarter of 2012 has been set to 17.4 percent. This is down from last quarter which saw the percentage at 17.9%. Each quarter the FCC, Congress and...

12 years 12 months ago

USF fee down from 17.9 to 17.4 percent for 2nd Quarter 2012

The proposed contribution factor for the second quarter of 2012 has been set to 17.4 percent. This is down from last quarter which saw the percentage at 17.9%. Each quarter the FCC, Congress and...

12 years 12 months ago

Fast and Easy

13 years 4 weeks ago

USF fee up from 15.3 to 17.9 percent for 1st Quarter 2012

The proposed contribution factor for the first quarter of 2012 has been set to 17.9 percent. This is up from last quarter which saw the percentage at 15.3%. The FCC, Congress and the Universal...

13 years 3 months ago

USF fee up from 14.4 to 15.3 percent for 4th Quarter 2011

The contribution factor for the fourth quarter of 2011 has been set to 15.3 percent. This is up from the third quarter when it was 14.4%. The FCC, Congress and the Universal Service Administrative...

13 years 6 months ago

TCI now charges a 79¢ paper invoice fee

TCI began charging a 79¢ per month fee for customer's to receive a paper invoice. To avoid the new charge TCI customer's can sign up for online billing and review their bill each month at no cost.

13 years 6 months ago

USF fee drops from 14.9 to 14.4 percent

At the end of each quarter the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) sets a new contribution factor for the Universal Service Fund (USF fee). The percentage may increase or decrease from the...

13 years 9 months ago

One-Paw is three years old, and we're celebrating with special prizes!

Back on a beautiful sunshiny day in the summer of 2008 (okay, okay, you caught me - maybe I don't remember the weather and all), S. Ridore of MD became PhoneDog's first One-Paw Bandit game winner. ...

13 years 9 months ago

Pioneer long distance: As low as 1.9¢ per min

Pioneer Telephone offers a great member-to-member calling program with a low per minute rate of 1.9¢. To take advantage of this calling rate, sign up for a Pioneer long distance plan and have your...

13 years 10 months ago

Changes to Opex and TCI toll free number fees

If you are a TCI or Opex long distance user or looking to become one, changes to their toll free number fees have occurred. Over 2 years ago (March 2009) TCI Long Distance purchased Opex. Still...

13 years 11 months ago

Mobile Sphere CellularLD lowers International rates

Recently announced, Mobile Sphere has lowered numerous International rates for their CellularLD dial around product. International dial around services allow for a consumer in the United States to...

14 years 2 weeks ago

Unitel lowers rates

Unitel recently lowered the In-State long distance rate for most of the States covered by their Unitel 2.5 plan. In-State long distance also know as intrastate or intralata calls are long distance...

14 years 4 weeks ago

TmoNews Scratch and win game

More free phones, more free phones! Here at PhoneDog we love giving stuff away, so we decided to add another free giveaway game over at T-MoNews.com. T-MoNews Scratch and Win game starts right now...

14 years 9 months ago