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