Pay phone may lose access to toll-free calls 800-number owners face fees under deregulation, FCC rules

Posted on June 29, 1999 by smsgov

For decades, Americans have assumed, correctly, that they could call 800 telephone numbers free, any time and from any telephone. But as a result of federal telecommunications deregulation, consumers may soon find they are unable to call some toll-free numbers from pay phones.

In a little-noticed move that could cost American consumers and businesses almost $1 billion a year, the Federal Communications Commission ruled in October that owners of toll-free numbers must pay a fee of 28.4 cents

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