> In Australia all the major telcos will now charge customers extra
>> for paying their bills by non-electronic means, has this sort of
>> thing become the norm in the US and other countries?
> If you want to pay your bill at a Sprint store and don't use one of
> the terminals, [then] they charge, unless the terminal is down. AT&T
> charges, or at least the place you pay it at does. I do all mine
> online at their web page.
AT&T Mobility does not charge for paying by phone. I don't think you have to pay at AT&T stores if you pay by check and have your stub and drop it in the slot or box provided for payments. That's how I did it until the AT&T store moved two miles away. Then I tried paying by phone and it was easy. On the other hand, using their web site is one of the most complicated I have tried to use. Wes Leatherock snipped-for-privacy@aol.com snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com