Originally posted by tvl4free:
Costco and Sam's have really cheap rates, but everytime I turn around they're raising the per unit charge for accessing their lines via a public phone. Presently, I think it's at six units just to connect.
Individual carriers charge a access fee when you connect from payphones because the FCC started allowing the Bell companies to charge a connection fee back to the carrier that actually connects the call. No one will ever get me to believe that it costs 20-some cents, in some cases, to connect a call, but that's what the likes of Bellsouth, et al charge the companies connecting the call.