[Asterisk-biz] Verizon Pre-paid Calling Card

[Kenneth Shaw]

On Fri, 2005-07-08 at 13:41 -0400, Andrew Thompson wrote:
> Michael Welter wrote:
> > I was looking at a Verizon calling card at the 7-11.  Besides the 
> > whopping 79¢ call setup fee, I noticed it does not allow calls to 
> > toll-free numbers.  Is this a marketing ploy, or is there a financial 
> > reason they won't complete calls to 800,888,877, etc.  I thought toll 
> > free meant toll free.
> 
> If you could call the number on the calling card(which is generally 
> toll-free), why would you need to use the card to call another toll-free 
> number?

The not-so-obvious reason is for bouncing dubious/illegal/nefarious
calls around different 800 numbers and calling cards.


> It also might have to do with the routing that happens with calling 
> cards that normally kills callerid.
> 
> > Also, there is a 50¢ surcharge for calls from payphones.  What reason 
> > would they have for this?
> 
> There is a technical name for this, but basically it's because they have 
> to pay the payphone provider for allowing you to use their payphone and 
> not paying the payphone's exorbiant rates. (Calling cards generally are 
> toll-free, so they bypass the payphone's moneychanger.)
> 

Tariff ? Levy ? Surcharge ? Tax ? Loyalty Fee ?

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Kenneth Shaw
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