Hi,
Can a collect call be placed to a T-Mobil wireless number?
I'm thinking this subject has been covered before but I can't find a
definitive answer through Google so I apologize in advance.
My grandson has just left for the Navy and his parents don't use their land
line. They use only T-Mobile wireless service. There is a land line in the
home but it's only for DSL. I have found several 800 numbers that claim to
handle collect calls and have also found a reference that wireless services
don't do that. Any information will be appreciated... Dean
In <g67huh$v04$1@registered.motzarella.org> "Dean-MN" <Reply@to.group> writes:
>Hi,
>Can a collect call be placed to a T-Mobil wireless number?
Afraid not.
>I'm thinking this subject has been covered before but I can't find a
>definitive answer through Google so I apologize in advance.
>My grandson has just left for the Navy and his parents don't use their land
>line. They use only T-Mobile wireless service. There is a land line in the
>home but it's only for DSL. I have found several 800 numbers that claim to
>handle collect calls and have also found a reference that wireless services
>don't do that. Any information will be appreciated... Dean
The two best options:
a: a couple of $10 prepaid calling cards.
b: get an "800" number that's associated to
the cellphone. (It can be 800, 888, 877, 866).
One vendor is Kall8, which charges a fee
of about $5 month for overhead, then 10
or so cents/minute. (I may be off a bit on
those rates, but while they're not the
absolute best, they're reasonable).
The beauty of Kall8 is that they have
a very well designed web-page control
system, which you can use to set up the
tollfree number with all sorts of options,
the key ones being
a: where it goes to
b: and where it takes calls from
with "a", you can route the calls to go
to your cellular phone, or to your landline,
or your office, or your nephew's landline
when you're visiting. Changes take place
just about instantly.
with "b", you can block any calls from
the 49 states you don't expect people to
be calling you from, so you won't waste
time or money with wrong numbers.
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__________________________________________________ ___
Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key dannyb@panix.com
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danny burstein wrote:
> In <g67huh$v04$1@registered.motzarella.org> "Dean-MN" <Reply@to.group>
> writes:
>
>> Hi,
>> Can a collect call be placed to a T-Mobil wireless number?
>
> Afraid not.
>
>> I'm thinking this subject has been covered before but I can't find a
>> definitive answer through Google so I apologize in advance.
>
>> My grandson has just left for the Navy and his parents don't use their
>> land
>> line. They use only T-Mobile wireless service. There is a land line in
>> the home but it's only for DSL. I have found several 800 numbers that
>> claim to handle collect calls and have also found a reference that
>> wireless services don't do that. Any information will be appreciated...
>> Dean
>
> The two best options:
>
> a: a couple of $10 prepaid calling cards.
>
> b: get an "800" number that's associated to
> the cellphone. (It can be 800, 888, 877, 866).
>
> One vendor is Kall8, which charges a fee
> of about $5 month for overhead, then 10
> or so cents/minute. (I may be off a bit on
> those rates, but while they're not the
> absolute best, they're reasonable).
>
> The beauty of Kall8 is that they have
> a very well designed web-page control
> system, which you can use to set up the
> tollfree number with all sorts of options,
> the key ones being
>
> a: where it goes to
> b: and where it takes calls from
>
> with "a", you can route the calls to go
> to your cellular phone, or to your landline,
> or your office, or your nephew's landline
> when you're visiting. Changes take place
> just about instantly.
>
> with "b", you can block any calls from
> the 49 states you don't expect people to
> be calling you from, so you won't waste
> time or money with wrong numbers.
>
> (You can fine tune the various settings).
>
> http://www.kall8.com
>
> disclosure: I'm a customer. No other connection.
Hi,
Thanks, Danny. As long as I know collect calls are not possible, other
methods can be made available... Dean
Dean-MN wrote:
> Hi,
> Can a collect call be placed to a T-Mobil wireless number?
>
> I'm thinking this subject has been covered before but I can't find a
> definitive answer through Google so I apologize in advance.
>
> My grandson has just left for the Navy and his parents don't use their
> land line. They use only T-Mobile wireless service. There is a land
> line in the home but it's only for DSL. I have found several 800
> numbers that claim to handle collect calls and have also found a
> reference that wireless services don't do that. Any information will be
> appreciated... Dean
What I would do is to get him an account at OneSuite, which has a toll
free access number (it costs 2.9¢ per minute, a bit more per than the
2.5¢ per minute for local access numbers), plus 55¢ for toll-free access
from a pay phone (if he has to call from a pay phone).
This would be a much, much cheaper option than calling collect, and he
isn't tied to calling only his parents (which he would be if they got a
toll free number forwarded to their cell phone). The parents can add
money to the account as needed.
"http://www.onesuite.com/default.asp"
OneSuite is usable from a lot of countries (Australia, Austria, Belgium,
Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India,
Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, New Zealand,
Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, U.K.), with toll-free
numbers in each country. It's the only calling-card like service I know
of that has access numbers both inside and outside the U.S.. If your
grandson is stationed in one of these places then it'd be really useful
to have a service that works like this.
Once he calls, it'd be cheaper if the parents call him back using
OneSuite (if the phone he's calling from accepts incoming calls),
because the rates from the U.S. to other countries are cheaper than the
rates from other countries to the U.S..
I have a similar issue with a relative who lives in a gated community
where they can only make collect calls. Unfortunately the management
association doesn't allow the residents to make calls to toll-free
numbers, they can only call collect.
On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:29:50 -0700, SMS wrote:
>
> I have a similar issue with a relative who lives in a gated community
> where they can only make collect calls. Unfortunately the management
> association doesn't allow the residents to make calls to toll-free
> numbers, they can only call collect.
In message <cAkik.14669$cW3.1765@nlpi064.nbdc.sbc.com> SMS
<scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:
>I have a similar issue with a relative who lives in a gated community
>where they can only make collect calls. Unfortunately the management
>association doesn't allow the residents to make calls to toll-free
>numbers, they can only call collect.
At least a couple of courts have shot that down, you might want to see
if rattling some proverbial chains in your area would have any success.
On Jul 23, 8:28 am, danny burstein <dan...@panix.com> wrote:
> In <g67huh$v0...@registered.motzarella.org> "Dean-MN" <Re...@to.group> writes:
>
> >Hi,
> >Can a collect call be placed to a T-Mobil wireless number?
>
> Afraid not.
>
> >I'm thinking this subject has been covered before but I can't find a
> >definitive answer through Google so I apologize in advance.
> >My grandson has just left for the Navy and his parents don't use their land
> >line. They use only T-Mobile wireless service. There is a land line in the
> >home but it's only for DSL. I have found several 800 numbers that claim to
> >handle collect calls and have also found a reference that wireless services
> >don't do that. Any information will be appreciated... Dean
>
> The two best options:
>
> a: a couple of $10 prepaid calling cards.
>
> b: get an "800" number that's associated to
> the cellphone. (It can be 800, 888, 877, 866).
>
> One vendor is Kall8, which charges a fee
> of about $5 month for overhead, then 10
> or so cents/minute. (I may be off a bit on
> those rates, but while they're not the
> absolute best, they're reasonable).
>
> The beauty of Kall8 is that they have
> a very well designed web-page control
> system, which you can use to set up the
> tollfree number with all sorts of options,
> the key ones being
>
> a: where it goes to
> b: and where it takes calls from
>
> with "a", you can route the calls to go
> to your cellular phone, or to your landline,
> or your office, or your nephew's landline
> when you're visiting. Changes take place
> just about instantly.
>
> with "b", you can block any calls from
> the 49 states you don't expect people to
> be calling you from, so you won't waste
> time or money with wrong numbers.
>
> (You can fine tune the various settings).
>
> http://www.kall8.com
>
> disclosure: I'm a customer. No other connection.
>
> --
> __________________________________________________ ___
> Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key
> dan...@panix.com
> [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]
Interesting that you posted a link to kall8 yet it appears that you
have never visited the web page to get what the real story is and what
their rates are.
In <4232dd47-ff0f-4174-b0e8-ec6a964cdb88@j7g2000prm.googlegroups.com> Joe Seattle <joeofseattle@yahoo.com> writes:
>Interesting that you posted a link to kall8 yet it appears that you
>have never visited the web page to get what the real story is and what
>their rates are.
Their rates vary depending on whether you
take a random tollfree number or opt
for a vanity one. Or even more if it's one
they're keeping on reserve.
--
__________________________________________________ ___
Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key dannyb@panix.com
[to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]
On Jul 27, 8:31 pm, danny burstein <dan...@panix.com> wrote:
> In <4232dd47-ff0f-4174-b0e8-ec6a964cd...@j7g2000prm.googlegroups.com> Joe Seattle <joeofseat...@yahoo.com> writes:
>
> >Interesting that you posted a link to kall8 yet it appears that you
> >have never visited the web page to get what the real story is and what
> >their rates are.
>
> Their rates vary depending on whether you
> take a random tollfree number or opt
> for a vanity one. Or even more if it's one
> they're keeping on reserve.
>
> --
> __________________________________________________ ___
> Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key
> dan...@panix.com
> [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]
It also makes a difference if you opt for an 888/877/866 number for
which they bill you $2 per month. If you opt for a "genuine" 800
number they charge you $5/month unless you were grandfathered into the
$2 rate as one of the early adopters of their service.
In <e39fbc7b-cf69-4001-aa60-c3c1dacf966e@q28g2000prh.googlegroups.com> Joe Seattle <joeofseattle@yahoo.com> writes:
[regarding Kall8]
>It also makes a difference if you opt for an 888/877/866 number for
>which they bill you $2 per month. If you opt for a "genuine" 800
>number they charge you $5/month unless you were grandfathered into the
>$2 rate as one of the early adopters of their service.
Just as a related side note: I've recommended to
people that if they're using a toll free number for
internal or controlled use (as opposed to a public
campaign) that they opt for the lesser known ones
(that is, 888/877/866 rather than "800").
Reason: much less likely to get bothered, and charged for..
by callers either misdialing, or (illegally) robocalling,
or... trying to get kickbacks for their pay phones.
--
__________________________________________________ ___
Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key dannyb@panix.com
[to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]
On Jul 29, 8:58 am, danny burstein <dan...@panix.com> wrote:
> In <e39fbc7b-cf69-4001-aa60-c3c1dacf9...@q28g2000prh.googlegroups.com> Joe Seattle <joeofseat...@yahoo.com> writes:
> [regarding Kall8]
>
> >It also makes a difference if you opt for an 888/877/866 number for
> >which they bill you $2 per month. If you opt for a "genuine" 800
> >number they charge you $5/month unless you were grandfathered into the
> >$2 rate as one of the early adopters of their service.
>
> Just as a related side note: I've recommended to
> people that if they're using a toll free number for
> internal or controlled use (as opposed to a public
> campaign) that they opt for the lesser known ones
> (that is, 888/877/866 rather than "800").
>
> Reason: much less likely to get bothered, and charged for..
> by callers either misdialing, or (illegally) robocalling,
> or... trying to get kickbacks for their pay phones.
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that they're not out to get
you.
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