[Asterisk-biz] Do US providers surcharge 0800 calls?

[Harry McGregor]

On Sun, 2006-01-01 at 20:19 +0000, Obelix wrote:
> Do US cellular providers surcharge outgoing 0800 calls?

I don't know about surcharge, they do charge normal airtime rates.  Even
if the cell phone does not include Long Distance, long distance will not
be charged on 800/888/877/866 calls.

> I gather they also charge users to receive calls. Is that true?

US Cell phones are cell phone owner pays for almost everything, outgoing
and incoming calls both bring the same airtime charges.  Some cell companies
offer free in network calling (Sprint to Sprint, Verizon to Verizon, etc), and
thus you would not be charged for incoming or outgoing on those calls, IF that
is part of your cell phone plan.

One company, Nextel offers some plans with free incoming calls, but out side of
Nextel it's not common.


			Harry

> /Obelix
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