There are many phone sex services for the consumer to select from. This article will focus on internet-based phone sex services.

In the past ten years since the Internet became a major source of advertising for phone sex services, hundreds of phone sex sites have been launched. Some of these have been "fly by night" services who are here one day and "404'ed" the next, but most phone sex sites, especially those who have been around for a year or more, are run by ethical, hard working, intelligent and sexy women.

There are some ways you can determine whether a phone sex site is run by ethical, trustworthy people who provide quality phone sex, and who will be here for you the next time you want to make a phone sex call:

- Does the service advertise on Google? This is not a definitely determination of the quality of a phone sex site. However, advertising on page 1 of Google is expensive, and if a service is doing well enough to be able to afford page 1 advertising, they are most likely legitimate.

- Is there a telephone and email contact on the Contact page of the site? And if you call it, do you get a response in a timely fashion? A service that is dedicated to customer satisfaction will make sure all of your inquiries are addressed promptly.

- Can you contact the individual operators via email or Instant Messenger prior to calling?: If you have a unique or unusual fantasy, you might wish to discuss it with the phone sex operator prior to your call. If you send an email, do you receive a response in a timely fashion? Is the response well written and articulate? If you need a woman who can provide top quality "verbal porn", her writing ability should be taken into consideration.

- Are there voice samples of the opertors on the site?: Especially if your initial call will be answered by a dispatcher, it will be helpful if you, the caller, have access to voice samples prior to calling. Nothing is worse (I've heard), then expecting Sally Co-Ed when you make the call, and instead getting Gerta the Gramma (and of course there is a huge market for gramma phone sex! This is all about meeting expectations.) So if you're able to hear audio files of the operators before you call, this indicates that the establishment is interested in making sure you get the type of phone sex call you're looking for.

- What is the company's refund policy?: As in life, from time to time a phone sex caller and operator simply don't hit it off. If you talk for 30 seconds and you just know it's not going to work for you, will the phone sex company let you speak with another operator, without charging you for the first 30 second call? It is the opinion of this writer that you should not be charged for a call that's not going well if you end the call in a reasonable time (usually 1 to 2 minutes is long enough to tell if it's not going to work) and if you don't "finish" in the first two minutes! If you're a minute man, it's not our fault...and might mean that we're too good at what we do!

-How long has the company been in business?: Longevity is not the only determining factor in the quality of a phone sex service. However, a company that's been in business for a while is probably doing something right. Email the company owner, if an address has been provided, introduce yourself as a prospective client, and ask for some information on the buisness's history.

Follow these general guidelines, and hopefully your phone sex quest will be filled with more "hits" than "misses"!

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