Phone at Nat Park when no cell service
Camping in Natl park. 31 miles to nearest cell coverage. Called daughter for birthday from campground pay phone on some service called 1 800 fair call. Billed to credit card, got home and fee was $4...
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Popsie wrote:
You might want to contact the National Park Service about this scam. It could be a local initiative that they know nothing about.
The Park Service gets nothing out of it, nor are they probably even aware what company a phone's connected to.
And anyway, this isn't a "scam"- it's perfectly legal to charge whatever the market will bear. And it's been going on for YEARS- probably ever since busting up Ma Bell/deregulation opened up the market to all comers. First place I encountered it was in a motel a very long time ago. I made a collect call to my husband only to find a twenty dollar charge on my phone bill. That's when I started using phone cards.
Here's a tip:
Even if one has no phone card there's no obligation to use the long distance company that first comes on the phone line. There are tons of others out there, and all one need do is dial them up, check the rates, and call through their system.
