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Assurance Wireless USA, L.P.[ 1] is a telephone service subsidized by the federal Lifeline Assistance program, a government benefit program supported by the federal Universal Service Fund. The service provides to low-income eligible people a free phone, [ 2][ 3] free monthly data, unlimited texting, and free monthly minutes.
Toll-free directory assistance was provided by telecommunication providers, namely AT&T and Verizon, as mandated by the Federal Communications Commission. Companies requested to have their toll-free number listed, and paid the providers each time their phone number was released to a toll-free directory-assistance caller.
Service. Callers dial 1-800 (888 or 866)-FREE411 [373-3411] from any phone in the United States to use the toll-free service. Sponsors cover part of the service cost by playing advertising messages during the call. Callers always hear an ad at the beginning of the call, and then another after they have made their request.
Some are not accessible from pay phones. Calls from pay phones assess the toll-free owner an additional fee in the U.S., as mandated by the FCC. Although toll-free numbers are not accessible internationally, many phone services actually call through the U.S., and in this case the toll-free numbers become available.
Yes, int'l calls to 10 unique int'l landline #s per month in landlines in >50 countries and to mobile phones in select countries on non-Pay-As-You-Go plans, int'l texting [223] [224] [225] No [citation needed] Owned by Telrite Holdings. [149] Helium Mobile T-Mobile [227] Personal Yes No Yes, BYOD-only Yes, but T-Mobile deprioritizes at 50 GB. Yes
A toll-free telephone number or freephone number is a telephone number that is billed for all arriving calls. For the calling party, a call to a toll-free number from a landline is free of charge. A toll-free number is identified by a dialing prefix similar to an area code. The specific service access varies by country.
Mobile Telephone Switching Office. The Mobile Telephone Switching Office (MTSO) is the mobile equivalent of a PSTN Central Office. The MTSO contains the switching equipment or Mobile Switching Center (MSC) for routing mobile phone calls. It also contains the equipment for controlling the cell sites that are connected to the MSC.
Mobile phone signal. A mobile phone signal (also known as reception and service) is the signal strength (measured in dBm) received by a mobile phone from a cellular network (on the downlink ). Depending on various factors, such as proximity to a tower, any obstructions such as buildings or trees, etc. this signal strength will vary.