Monday, November 16, 2009

Unblock premium rate number?

hey


how do you unblock a premium rate number?





from a landline or a mobile.





thanks!

Unblock premium rate number?
Yes. Call your telephone company and they will do it.





Here is what Wikipedia has to say about premium rate numbers.





" Premium-rate telephone number


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Premium-rate telephone numbers are telephone numbers for telephone calls during which certain services are provided, and for which prices higher than normal are charged. Unlike a normal call, part of the call charge is paid to the service provider, thus enabling businesses to be funded via the calls. While the billing is different, calls are usually routed the same way they are for a toll-free telephone number, being anywhere despite the area code used.





The issuing of these numbers to service providers is typically regulated by a national body, such as ICSTIS (the Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of Telephone Information Services) in the United Kingdom, to ensure certain community standards are adhered to both in terms of content and price. Charges are presented as part of the normal telephone bill.





Adult chat lines and tech support are a very common use of premium-rate numbers. Other services include directory inquiries, weather forecasts, competitions and voting (especially relating to television shows). Diplomatic services, such as the US embassy in London or the UK Embassy in Washington, have also been seen to charge premium rates for calls from the general public.





These telephone numbers are usually allocated from a national telephone numbering plan in such a way that they are easily distinguished from other numbers. Telephone companies typically offer blocking services to allow telephone customers to prevent access to these number ranges from their telephones. In some states, telephone companies are required by state law to offer such blocking."


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