How
we got here.
As most everyone knows, in 1984 the United States Congress deregulated long distance
services. As a result of that action the Bell Telephone and American Telephone and
Telegraph (AT&T) companies lost their monopoly control over long distance service.
Since then you have seen the emergence of a number of competitors (MCI, Sprint, Qwest,
Frontier, etc.) some of whom became nearly as large as AT&T itself. In 1996 Congress deregulated local calling services. This
action broke up the long-standing stranglehold that the Regional Bell Operating
Companies (the ‘Baby Bells’], and one or two other huge companies
[such as GTE which is now Verizon], had on local calling. Into this opportunity,
Aspire TelecomSM
emerged to provide new ways for you to get local local phone
service..
Before companies like AspireSM
came along, some folks had real trouble getting local telephone service. People with no
credit history, poor credit reports or who had a bad encounter with one of the Baby Bells
just couldn't get local phone service. Likewise, if you couldn’t or didn’t want
to produce several forms of identification and pay a
substantial deposit you probably couldn’t get local service
at all!
Because of the Telecom Act of 1996 Aspire
Telecom is able to offer local phone service to anyone who wants it
and can afford the monthly payment.In
the past 8 years a flurry of prepaid local service providers
(which are called CLEC's) emerged and started offering
local service. Five years ago there were twenty or thirty of
them. But now most of them have taken your
money and run - bankrupt and/or out of business. Aspire is
still here and stronger than ever. Most
of the remaining companies (our direct competition) use what we
call deceptive advertising to hook you into choosing them.
They say their monthly price is $39.95 but when you get their
first bill you find out that the real monthly price is $55
or more (they added all the taxes and telecom fees that were
listed in the teeny, tiny 'fine' print - if they showed it to you
at all). Aspire
never plays these games - go read our Mission Statement (Philosophy)
- that part about
"Honesty and Ethics" pretty much sums up why. Our
price includes all the taxes and fees - no games, no
trickery, no deception. We believe it's a better way of
doing business - and our customers do too! Try the Aspire
difference - just give us a call. If you have service with a
competitor we will show you how to convert your service to
Aspire. It really is both fast and easy and you'll get to
keep your existing telephone number if you want to! Call us today: 1-888-227-7473. |
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