| 41. | International long distance rates would remain frozen.
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| 42. | Caribbean governments have complained about high rates, prompting the company to lower long distance rates in October.
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| 43. | International call rates were cut an average 42 percent and domestic long-distance rates an average 56 percent.
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| 44. | A additional $ 3 . 95 fee gives customers a long-distance rate of 7 cents a minute.
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| 45. | But don't expect long-distance rates to plummet.
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| 46. | This will allow it to offer telephonelike service over the Internet for a fraction of regular long-distance rates.
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| 47. | PLDT applied to increase local and national long distance rates to help offset the projected declines in international revenue.
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| 48. | In every market local telephone companies have offered long distance, consumers have seen reductions in their long distance rates.
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| 49. | Long-distance rates continue to drop.
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| 50. | The company formerly used high long distance rates to subsidize local service, an erstwhile common practice throughout Latin America.
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