Student FONCARD (8/5/99)
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College students nationwide will be able to phone home for as little as 10
cents a minute this year. Sprint announced this week a student version its
popular FONCARD. The calling card for college students now carries a rate
of 10 cents a minute for weekday calls from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. and all weekend long.
Weekday calls are 40 cents a minute. Students who average $25 or more in
long-distance each month can participate in Sprint's Cool Rewards program,
which allows them to redeem reward stamps for free long-distance and Sony
Musica merchandise like music CDs, videos and much more. Four times a year,
students automatically receive reward stamps to redeem for prizes. The Cool
Rewards catalog is available on-line
(www.sprint.com/college) or in print.
The Sprint FONCARD also can be used for emergencies or when students are short of
change for a pay phone. There is a 26-cent charge for calls originating
from a pay phone. The FONCARD also provides a convenient way to keep track of
long-distance calls because there is no need to split the phone bill with
roommates. FONCARD usage can be billed to a credit card. To use the card,
students call 1-800-2SPRINT and follow the voice prompts. There is also a
collect calling option. The FONCARD also can be ordered through the Sprint Web
site -- www.sprint.com/college -- and
later this month through www.taponline.com, a
popular Web site among college students.