If I had no long distance telephone carrier and I make a long distance call, from what company would I be billed?

I'm on Verizon for local calling. I used to have AT&T as my long distance carrier. Due to some aggressive billing problems with AT&T charging me even though I didn't make any long distance calls, I dropped them after a long battle to get those charges removed.

Since I rarely make any long distance calls (I can't even remember the last time I made one. ), I dropped AT&T and put a freeze on my account to prevent any slamming from other phone companies. Now I have a long distance call to make.

Since I don't have any long distance carriers, will I even be able to make the call? Will it automatically route me to my last long distance provider? God I hope not.

I'd rather kill myself than deal with AT&T ever again. Or maybe it'll be put through Verizon's long distance? Anyone know?

This will probably be the only long distance call I have to make for quite some time. Skype isn't an option since I'm on 56k. What other options might I be able to try?

Landline options, not cellphone. Asked by MacGyver 59 months ago Similar questions: long distance telephone carrier make call company billed Consumer Electronics > Cell Phones & Accessories.

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Default provider There's a default provider associated with your line generally. There are a number of possible ways this could play out. If you just don't have long distance, then it's whatever the default is.As an example, I used to work for Qwest communications in their sales/customer care center.

For Qwest customers, if you have no provider for long-distance, then your call is billed using Qwest's long distance service. However, if you have BANNED long distance on your line, which you must have explicitly done, then it's not possible to make long distance calls by direct dialing.So that would mean that you dropped them, then told the phone company, explicitly, to not allow long distance calls of any kind to be made from your line. There is one final possibility, and that's using toll free 1-800 numbers to make long distance calls.

This can be from some provider who takes your 1-800 call and reroutes your call based on what you dial, or from calling cards you purchase. The best answer you will get is from your service provider. Call them, ask that question.

Otherwise it's just speculation.As a word of advice, having taken many calls in many years, just ask your question. Be nice about it, they'll help. If you hear anything that's not to your liking, don't get mad or freak out.

Just ask again, politely. The absolute worst thing you can do is yell at the one person who can most directly help you. They'll bend over backward for you, but you need to let them do it.

Remember that their job is to sell things. If you hear sales stuff, just brush it off and get back to the question you called about (politely). Good luck..

In a nutshell, if you don't have a inter/intra lata carrier, then any and all LD carries will pick up those calls. It's basically called "casual billing". Oddly enough, when casually billed (I've seen some bill as high as $14.75 a minute for a in-state long distance call).

I'm guessing you were probably charged between $2-5 a minute. Without getting too complicated, it depends on what "trunk line" your call goes through to determine who is going to casually bill you. By selecting an actual carrier, your long distance goes from point A, your home, point B, your long distance carries trunk line, point 3, your calls destination.

Without a selected carrier, your call might land on anyone's trunk line, in your case it was At&T's. From your above message it states you put a freeze on your account, I'm assuming that might be a "pic freeze" (see below for related info), but a pic freeze isn't going to do anything for casual billing. Fact is, if you don't have a long distance carrier selected, or have long distance but no plan selected with them, you will be casually billed.

End of story. The safest and most effective way of avoiding hassles in the future is either setting up a long distance carrier on your line (usually your local phone carrier is the easiest because they will easily re-rate incorrect calls with to much fight. If you continue to carry no long distance, be sure to select "toll restriction" on your line, along with a "pic freeze".

The toll restriction forbids LD calls (besides 800 numbers), and the pic freeze restricts any other LD company from switch you over to them (LD companies send the local phone carriers what is called an LOA, or a Letter of Authorization. ) Make sure, however, you select the toll restriction with 1-800 access. With 1-800# access, I would suggest buying a calling card.

Just remember, there is no total "safe guard" with long distance. If you have the toll restriction with 800# access, there are still ways around it...it's just generally you have to work at the phone company to know them. I hope for your sake, you don't have really smart kids!

Whatever you do, don't continue to make LD calls without knowing what is on your line. A "freeze" as you have indicated, and what I'm thinking your implying, has nothing to do with being casually billed. With years in the telecommunications biz, I understand your problem.

Best of luck.

The bill would probably come from Verizon I dumped AT&T a while back, too, and now use my cellphone for all my long distance calls. There was an incident a few months back where I had to make a call using my landline. The call went through and it appeared on the following billing statement on a separate sheet from AT&T.

But AT&T is the default carrier for the Bell services and Southern Bell is my local carrier. For Verizon, I'm pretty sure Verizon long distance would be the default carrier and that's who you would get the bill from. You could always try using something like 10-10-220 then the number including area code.

You'll get the bill from them. It's a call by call service with no subscription, and they charge 99 cents for the first 10 minutes and 15 cents thereafter. There are a few such carriers, but that's the only one I can think of at the moment.

I hope that helps! Sources: My experience .

A calling card My suggestion is that you get a long distance pre-paid calling card. This will avoid the fees and charges. I have been using these for about four years now and they work wonderfully.

I only pay for the calls I make, not all those service charges and fees. It's a great savings! .

NO one would bill you, you simply can't call long distance w/o a carrier. It won't go through. I know your pain.

The easiest thing for you to do is either call collect or buy a calling card. You can get one almost anywhere, Target, grocery store, or drug store. It wouldn't be a bad idea to have one handy, you never know when you'll need to make another L.D. call.

Read the expiration date on it, cuz they do expire after a while. Whenever you make a call, it will tell you how many minutes you have left. Good Luck!

Sources: my experience .

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