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

[JP Carballo]

trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote:

>On Sun, 2006-01-01 at 20:19 +0000, Obelix wrote:
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>>Do US cellular providers surcharge outgoing 0800 calls?
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>>I gather they also charge users to receive calls. Is that true?
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>There is a lot of competition in US mobile networks.  
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>MetroPCS.com provides flat rate unlimited service $40
>Surewest.com provides flat rate unlimited service $30
>Sprint (in some areas) offers flat rate unlimited service $55
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>Cingular/AT&T, Nextel, Tmobile, Verizon, and probably 100 other smaller
>regional providers do not offer flat rate unlimited.  They may I just
>havent seen any advertisements myself (I havent been looking either).
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>Some plans charge for inbound some dont.  Some charge against your
>minutes for 1800 (US doesnt use '0800' as a naming system) some are flat
>rate.  You really have to read the details of the plan in question to
>find out.
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AT&T offered flat rate unlimited for something like $90+ here in SoCal a 
couple of years ago.
I have a relative who never had his service disconnected and even after 
AT&T became Cingular/AT&T,  he still has the same plan even though it's 
no longer offered.

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