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I hear there is a charge to Colombians for international incoming call longer then 1 hour ?

Hi:

I just got off the phone with my primo and his paisa wife in Toronto. They were telling me that her father said their is a charge for any incoming international phone call that is longer then 1 hour now... The charge is from the Colombian telephone company.

Does anybody know anything more about this ? Do I have to cut a phone call off at 58-59 minutes and then call back to save any sort of charges by the Colombian telephone company to the person receiving my phone call ?

He has some special chip or card in his phone to be able to receive international calls... I do not want anyone I am calling saddled with any charges from my call...
My cousin's father-in-law lives in Medellin..

Thanks for your input.

Jeff

By WidowerfromCanada on May 28, 2005, 12:47 in Friendly Talkzone.

2retirensa says on May 28, 2005, 19:01:

Not unless it's a brand new charge My novio has never been charged when I call and we easily go over 1 hour on many occassions. He's going to check his next statement very carefully.
Maureen

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WidowerfromCanada says on May 30, 2005, 03:03:

Anybody here anything ? I am serious about this... My cousins wife calls Colombia everyday and her father told her Friday about the surcharge on the phone bill...

Love is like a butterfly , if you chase it you will not catch it but you can hope the butterfly of love lands on your shoulder.

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boomer says on May 31, 2005, 07:56:

Jeff..................... My wife burns up the phone cards talking to Colombia 5 - 8 times per week and is a firm believer in using a 100 minute card to it's fullest extent on each call. Never has there been a surcharge on any call.

orgullo_de_colombia

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viewpoint says on May 31, 2005, 08:11:

There is no surcharge on an incoming call of any duration. For certain types of local telephone service there used to be a "rate per pulse" added to the telephone bill for measured service telephone connections. This type of charge brought a revolt from dialup ISP internet users because each pulse from the computer through the phoneline was charged and the bills got astronomical (to the moon). EPM was forced to elimate this charge as it applied to ISP internet connections a few years ago by the regulator. I remember that they did this but adding one more digit ahead of the dialup number and that was exempted from the pulse charge.

There are so many ways of communicating via telephone through the internet for free that I wonder why anyone uses the normal telephone if they have computer service available. The lastest provider to enter the market last week was Yahoo who now provides a new version of free telephone service between computers as part of it's version 7 download;

http://beta.messenger.yahoo.com

Download and install version 7 of Yahoo messenger and you will have telephone service between any other computer with the same version 7 Yahoo messenger. You will need to plug in a microphone and earphones (preferably).

I use www.iphonecenter.net as a VOIP provider and with their phones installed the calls between them from anyplace in the world are free. The USB port IP phones for this service provider are available in Medellin (installed).

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