Do you get charged for answering long distance phone calls?
Question Posted Monday June 14 2010, 8:27 am
hi i dont have long distance on my landline telephone.(its verizon) so i can't make long distance phone calls. its even restricted so you can't make them by mistake. if someone calls me from a long distance number, will i still get charged for a long distance call?
CuPcAkEqUeEn answered Tuesday June 15 2010, 7:09 pm: with verizone you will. verizone charges for any calls made out of the USA. it's like if some one calls you, you still use your minutes. :)
Peeps answered Monday June 14 2010, 8:48 pm: You would only get charged if they called collect or something. You would have to verbally approve the charges when you answered the phone though. It would say something about so-and-so calling you, would you like to accept the charges...and you would have to say, "Yes," to talk to the person on the other line.
Otherwise, the person making the call is the one getting the charge and paying the bill. Answering your phone doesn't cost anything. It would be pretty darn awful considering how many people dial wrong numbers every day.
So, shortly, no. You won't be charged to answering a long-distance phone call.
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