On the agenda: launching toll-free 800 services and installing new software to cut two seconds from the time required to connect each call.
Those seeking information about the toll-free service from the company are informed they will be subject to a surcharge.
You will need to pay for the call because we do not currently have a toll-free service for calls from outside the U.S.
When travelling through several local areas a toll-free service may be preferable.
It would be allowed to transmit calls from the Chicago area to any location in the country, and to offer toll-free (800) services with nationwide reach.
With these changes, rates have continued to fall and the majority of large users are now buying toll-free services for less than 2 cents per minute.
Countries around the world use different area codes to denote toll-free services in their own networks.
In Latvia the prefix 8000-xx-xx is used for toll-free services.
A.T.&T. also played marketing hardball this year in the battle over toll-free 800-number services, a $7.5 billion market.
Subscribers to toll-free services already have that right.
