The parish had to set up a local call center to handle requests for FEMA checks.
You can call the capital, 1, 500 km away, for the cost of a local call.
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It only takes a local call to get onto the internet, of course.
On his first day of due diligence in the Philippines, Kinsella met Jay Quintos, who brokered deals on behalf of local call centers.
They made money by teaming up with telecom providers and earning a share of the local call charges that users still had to pay.
International calls have become cheaper, but the cost of a three-minute local call ballooned by an average of over 25% every year in 1997-2003.
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The tricksters then permanently divert the number to a local rate call and scoop up the difference between the premium rate and the local call.
As a result, calls are charged at a much cheaper rate: long-distance and international calls can be made for the price of a local call and a home broadband-internet connection.
In Singapore, consumers have historically had to pay up to .085 cents a minute for local telephone calls - Starhub gets a cut of that revenue for every minute its customers spend connected to the Web, since they must get there by placing a local call.
At the same time, most analysts expect local-call revenues to grow only slowly during the next few years.
And Internet messages travel round the world for no more than the price of a local telephone call.
Now they're generally considered useless local farmers call them "hay suckers" so they're rare.
The technology can scale easily as patients can do the tests themselves in minutes and are as cheap as making a local phone call.
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"Patients should complain to their practice if they are concerned calls to their GP practice are costing more than a local rate call, " he said.
Of course, state and local governments call this view pure fantasy.
People in Scotland pay the price of a local phone call when calling the advice service from a landline, with calls from a mobile often costing more.
Until a year ago, most European web surfers had to pay twice for their internet access - a fee to their ISP and the cost of a local telephone call each time they logged on.
But it causes a rift between the agency and wireless carriers because it requires companies to test their 911 systems at local emergency call centers--rather than at the statewide level--within five years, which will require a hefty investment in technology.
On Tuesday, I joined Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Richard Cordray and state and local officials from across the country for a Local Leaders Call to discuss how the CFPB is working to protect consumers and make markets for consumer financial products and services work for Americans.
He is the leader of a local rock band call Dusty and the RoboDrum.
The state of emergency allows local governments to call on aid from the state.
We can't guarantee success, but it can't hurt to give your local shop a call.
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Call local drugstores or visit their websites to compare prices.
That same day, a local undertaker received a call from a military base asking for a supply of child-sized caskets.
Campaigners gathered outside City Hall on Monday to call for local authorities and other landowners to release land for future CLTs.
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That, in turns converts the data back into voice and sends the call down local telephone lines to the recipient in Singapore.
Mutharika's commanding lead earlier in the counting process prompted his predecessor-turned-rival Bakili Muluzi to congratulate him in a phone call, local media reported.
Call your local police department and ask them what to do.
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In response to Mr Edwards' comments the WLGA said it and the "vast majority of councils across Wales" does not support the call for local government reorganisation.
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