Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: Paul Guthrie Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Finding Out the "Real" Number Behind a 1-800 Number Message-ID: <2349@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 21 Dec 89 20:21:20 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: Paul Guthrie Organization: The League of Crafty Hackers Lines: 19 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 9, Issue 587, message 3 of 9 In article <2317@accuvax.nwu.edu> goldstein@delni.enet.dec.com (Fred R. Goldstein) writes: >Accepting a call on an 800 line is equivalent to paying for it. These >lines may be billed on a minutes-of-use basis, without regard for the >source of the call. So if you did know the underlying non-800 number, >it would be billed as an 800 call anyway. Not true. Most billing is done on the originating end. If indeed you did call the underlying non-800 number you would get billed for this as a normal call, not as an 800 (toll free) call. However, the receiving party would *also* get billed, as (as you mentioned) 800's are billed on a usage basis. Paul Guthrie chinet!nsacray!paul