What are the different fees and charges associated with phone cards?
• Connection Fee: A fee charged on every call that is made. • Payphone Fee: Additional charge per call if if call is made using a payphone, normally collected for the owner of the payphone. Nearly all phone card calls originating from a Pay Phone are charged a fee per call. This is required by federal law and the fee typically ranges from $.35 to $.70 per call. This goes to pay Uncle Sam or the owner of the payphone. This amount is deducted in minutes from the card. • Cell Phone Charges: If your cellular or mobile phone company allows you to call from your mobile phone, there maybe a charge per call fee. Some Cell phone contracts do not allow the use of alternate carriers like phonecards or dial around services. • Taxes: A collection of tax types that each state is allowed to charge. Tax jurisdiction (which state can charge tax for a call) is based on the two-out-of-three rule: where it originates, where it terminates, where it is being billed to – if two match, that state can charge t
