What Are Toll Free Phone Numbers?
Tollfree numbers are numbers you can call without paying long distance toll charges. For instance, you can walk up to any public telephone in North America and dial a toll free number — no coins or credit cards or calling cards are required to do this. This is not to say that the phone call does not cost anything: the caller still needs to pay their telephone company to have a working telephone line and the calling party pays for any long distance charges, but at least the caller does not pay long distance charges. Toll free numbers are used by companies or individuals that want to make it as easy as possible for somebody to call them. Usually this is because they provide some product or service that covers the expense of receiving toll free calls. For instance, long distance calling card companies usually provide a toll free number to people who have bought into their calling plan by buying a calling card. The cost of the card covers the company’s cost for receiving the toll free cal
