Maintaining a long-distance relationship is never easy. My long-distance love affair with my wife began a few years ago when I became a senior business consultant and had to travel internationally on a regular basis. It went ok in the beginning but pretty soon my wife started complaining about not hearing from me often enough. So to compensate for those weeks that I’m not at home, I make it to a point to call her everyday, even if that means a couple of hundred dollars more on my phone bill.
If you are like most people, when it comes to long-distance calling, you dial from your home phone and always try to cut the conversation short. Major phone carriers usually bundle their long-distance with local service, but the international rates are so high, long-distance calls always feel like a luxury.
So…I just came back from a friend’s wedding in Cancun. It was a beautiful wedding, and Cancun was absolutely gorgeous. Can still feel the white sand and smell the sea breeze… See it for yourself:
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Long-distance calling has come a long way. The technology has evolved from the day you would instantly recognize a long-distance call by its hiss. As a techie, I always leverage new technology for convenience and economical purposes. So when it comes to communication, I also take advantage of what the VoIP technology has to offer.
United States Postal Service is increasing postage cost again. Effective May 11, 2009, first-class mail under one ounce will be increased from 42¢ to 44¢. So it might save you some costs to consider alternative ways to communicate with your customers instead of mailing, make payments online, instead of sending checks. Not that I want my mailman to get laid off or anything…but businesses need to survive too.