Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: pmayor@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Pankaj Mayor) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Are Surcharges Legal on 800 Calls? Message-ID: Date: 3 Mar 91 02:53:25 GMT Sender: news@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Mr. News) Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 17 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 170, Message 2 of 13 Originator: telecom@delta.eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: hub.eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu I was placing a call from a pay phone the other day and noticed that it had no identifying phone number. It also charged $0.50 for 1-800 calls. So I called up the operator (I think from Payline communications) and complained to her. She told me that it was legal for privately owned pay phones to charge for 1-800 calls. Was she right? Pankaj [Moderator's Note: If such charges are legal, they should be billed to the recipient of the 800 call. That person has, after all, agreed to pay the charges associated with connecting the caller to him. I really do not think they are legal however, but I'm not sure. PAT]