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Dear user,
Rategate.com wants you to make a well educated caller. We want you to find and navigate through the telecommunication jungle. Thus we tried to collect many usefull infos concerning telecommunication issues. We continously try to collect all telecommunication data to help you explain all the different telecommunication terms. One example is your telphone bill. You will find tons of different terms, rates and prices allthough you really do not understand what you should pay for. If you navigate through our help and service section, you will find a lot of explanation for all those terms. Please feel free to navigate through Rategate and make yourself a well educated caller.

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Rategate.com is the most effective long distance comparison site as it explains in simple terms the differences in long distance carrier specific fees such as the Federal USF, PICC, and payphone surcharges. We have included these fees into our rate calculations since they were first charged in 1998 so that you can truly compare "apples to apples" on equal footing. It is important to know that exactly those fees can make a large difference in your monthly bills, and it pays to understand how they affect your individual calling patterns. If you would like to see the differences these carrier specific fees can make on your bill, please go to our Fees Comparison page. Or, you can simply visit directly our rates comparison which takes these carrier specific fees can make on your bill, please go to our Fees Comparison page. Or, you can simply visit directly our rates comparison which takes these carrier specific fees into account.