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How calling cards charge?
| Added: 07-09-2009 Author: Kevin W Freeman Category: Telecommunications |
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* Connection Fee(Access fee)
Most of calling cards don t have connection fee!
calling card to charge a fee every time a relationship in which the relationship is not established. Connection costs reduce the number of minutes advertised on the calling card.
* Maintenance Fee
Maintenance are charged to a Prepaid Calling card services. These costs can be used for calling card balance within 24 hours after the first call is made. Maintenance costs can be deducted from the card balance every week or every two weeks, depending on the card.
* Rounding
This is the basis for measuring the duration of the phone unit. For example, if your phone is 4 minutes and 40 seconds: if rounding is 1 minute, your call will be rounded up to 5 minutes; if rounding is 3 min, your call will be rounded to the time 6 minutes.
* Toll Free Access number
This is a free nation to the number you dial a call card to use. In America it is 11-digit phone number beginning with 1-800, 866, 877 or 888.
* Local Access number
Some cards have Local Access numbers to increase access to Toll Free numbers. Local Access numbers for free calls only from certain areas. These figures are designed to provide better prices to customers.
* Service Taxes and Surcharges
Can be used for calling card account for each phone. For example, if the rate was 5 C / min and 10% tax, the charge for the call will be 10 minutes as this: 10min X 5C + 5C x 10min x 10% = $0.55
* Public Payphone Charge
This applies to Anayehusika calling card balance for each call made from a public pay phone. This is the will of U. S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The FCC requires calling card providers to pay fees by mobile phone operators to pay for equipment used for the phone.
* Validity period
Calling card Expiration period, which begins the first day the phone.
Average level of credit card fees and easy to do math. For example, the rate card 8c/min, 1min rounding, no connection fees, no maintenance fees, no extra cost, claims 30-minute call will be: 30min X 8c/min = $2.4.
Let's see the charge of a card with extra fee.
Rate: 4c/min Maintenance Cost: $0.60 per month per Call Connection Fee: $0.2 per Call Surcharge: 10% Rounding: 3 minutes Call Time: 29min
The math like below:
Call time: rounding up to 30min
Cost of Minutes: 30 min x 4c/min = $1.20
Surcharge: $1.20 x 10% Surcharge = $0.12
Total Call Cost: $1.20 (Item Cost) + $0.12 (additional fee) + $0.20 (Connection Fee) = $1.52
Additional maintenance cost $0.60 may be used after the first call is made, and will be deducted from the card balance every month.
Many calling cards are also additional costs very low. From about math, you can call frequently or more cards each month and additional fees may be affordable than the average level of the card.
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