Card transactions by proxy

[Mark Lomas]

On 8 April 2011 13:10, Ian Batten <igb at batten.eu.org> wrote:

> >
> > If there is a mobile provider I can choose which does not charge a
> > premium for 0800 calls, I am not aware of it.
>
> Orange used to, but stopped it because of abuse via calling cards.
>

Why do you think that calling cards might be an abuse?

Please note that 0800 numbers aren't really free, not even from a landline.
The recipient is charged for such calls. It is similar in principle to a
reverse charges call.

If you use a calling card then the service provider is reimbursed at
whatever rate they have negotiated for interchange fees, which strikes me as
a good market solution to abuse by the service provider. Indeed, it ought to
be a license condition that service providers may neither block any 0800
number nor make any charges to the caller.

Mark
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