Why does the 1-800-WVA-BEAR telephone number not work from a payphone?
Not all payphones are owned and operated by the same company. Each and every payphone company has the option to block any or all 1-800 telephone numbers. Most have opted to block 1-800 paging numbers from their payphones. This is because they do not receive any form of revenue for the use of their equipment. Our office can do nothing about the decisions made by these companies. However, to keep our customers in touch with their pagers, we do offer another telephone number which will work from any payphone (1-304-273-9432). This is not a toll free call and all charges are subject to the individual payphone rates at each location.
