Whats toll-free (8XX) service?
Toll-free is an automatic reverse-charge, that is, instead of the call originator paying for the cost of the call, it is automatically charged to the called number. This includes surcharges, such as the payphone surcharge and toll-free directory assistance. Toll-free, as it is called in the U.S., is called Free-Phone is most of the world. In the U.S. and Canada all toll-free numbers begin with 1-800, 1-888, 1-877, or 1-866. These numbers are commonly referred to as 8XX numbers. Toll-free numbers are commonly used by businesses so that their customers and enquirers do not have to pay for calls to them. This is especially important today as more and more businesses are centralizing their support operations and are using interactive voice response (those voice menu prompts everyone hates) services that seem to just prolong the time everyone spends on the phone just trying to reach a human.
Toll-free is an automatic reverse-charge, that is, instead of the call originator paying for the cost of the call, it is automatically charged to the called number. This includes surcharges, such as the payphone surcharge and toll-free directory assistance. Toll-free, as it is called in the U.S., is called Free-Phone is most of the world. In the U.S. and Canada all toll-free numbers begin with 1-800, 1-888, 1-877, or 1-866. These numbers are commonly referred to as 8XX numbers. Toll-free numbers are commonly used by businesses so that their customers and enquirers do not have to pay for calls to them. This is especially important today as more and more businesses are centralizing their support operations and are using interactive voice response (those voice menu prompts everyone hates) services that seem to just prolong the time everyone spends on the phone just trying to reach a human. Many non-business consumers have also found the toll-free numbers useful, in that they reveal the to
