Making a Collect Call to a Cell Phone
Quick Overview:
Normally, collect calls are only made to landlines (and that landline must be activated to receive collect calls). Cellphones cannot receive collect calls.
As a factual matter Collect calls are EXPENSIVE and the costs varies depending on time of day AND from where and to where the call is made. Collect There are a few reliable companies who provide collect calls on Virtual #, i.e. FedphoneLine allows cell phones and landline phone to receive collect calls from prisons and the rate is the same regardless of time or distance
How it Works?
A Collect calls is a telephone call that is paid for by the person receiving the call instead of the person making the call(s)(Inmates).
To place a collect call, the caller must first request that a collect call be placed (either by speaking to an operator or automated attendant), then they dial the number of their friend/loved one.(in the case of the “prisons” the inmate will have to dial -0- (0-647-111-1111) before the # they are calling.
When the friend/loved one picks up the phone, the operator or automated attendant informs them that the caller is placing a collect call and asks whether they want to accept the charges. If the charges are accepted then the bill shows up on the friend or loved ones next phone bill.
Here’s where the problem arises with other providers….
In Canada more people use cellphones than landlines (click here to read a Toronto Star article on cellphone usage). When these calls are mad and provided by other provider, no one plans for or can anticipate how much the charge is going to be because of all the variables. (time of day, duration etc. etc.) With providers like Fedphoneline, you would not have any unexpected bills.
Collect-Calling to a Cell phone.
Services, like FedPhoneLine, commonly called ‘trap lines,’ set up and provides a virtual phone number that will ring to your cellphone and allow the cellphone to receive collect calls once the virtual number is called.
The convenience of receiving a collect calls on your cellphone is the first incentive, these calls are also cheaper than using a landline phone.
A simple example…
Someone making a collect call from Milton to Toronto would pay around $15 for a 20 minute call (rates are constantly changing so this cost is an estimation). So if you talk 4 times per week; for one month the cost would be: $240 per month
With a number from a company like FedphoneLine, there is a flat rate of $39.99 per month cost of the number and each call will cost $1.50 per. (No hidden fees and no plans).
Meaning that if you made those same 4 calls per week, instead of paying $240.00 with the other providers, with a FedphoneLine # it would be $69.19.
How many times do you talk to your loved one each month and how much is it costing you? If you would like a collect call # visit;
https://fedphoneline.com/
