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VarTec Telecom, Inc.
INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES AGREEMENT
EFFECTIVE: January 1, 2003
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This Agreement contains the description, terms, conditions and rates applicable to the furnishing ofinternational telecommunications services provided by VarTec Telecom, Inc.(referred to herein as“VTI” or “the Company” or “VarTec”) with principal offices at 1600 Viceroy Drive, Dallas, Texas75235. This Agreement applies only to international services furnished from origination points withinthe United States to terminating locations outside the United States. For purposes of this Agreement,and unless otherwise indicated, the term “United States” includes all fifty (50) states and the Districtof Columbia, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. VirginIslands.
BY ENROLLING IN, USING, OR PAYING FOR COMPANY SERVICES, YOU AGREE TOTHE RATES, CHARGES, AND TERMS AND CONDITIONS IN THIS AGREEMENT. IFTHIS AGREEMENT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO YOU, DO NOT USE THE SERVICES ANDCANCEL THE SERVICES IMMEDIATELY BY CALLING THE COMPANY AT 1-800-583-8811.
The Company may change this Agreement at any time. VarTec will notify the Customer of any changesto the Interstate 1+ rates in advance of such change through one of the following means: (i) by postcardor letter; (ii) by a message with your bill, (iii) by calling and speaking to you or by leaving a messagefor you; or (iv) by posting on the Company’s website, which will be incorporated by reference intothis Agreement. Payment of the charges by the Customer or continued use of services after theCustomer receives notice of any such changes as provided above will constitute agreement by theCustomer to the change.
The rates and charges found in the Agreement are effective as of September 3, 2002 and are subjectto change. For your most current rates and charges, the most current version of this Agreement, or ifyou have questions about your services, please visit our website at http://www.vartec.com or call ustoll-free at 1-800-583-8811.
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TABLE OF CONTENTSSection Page
Title Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.0 Definitions and Acronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.1 Glossary of Acronyms and Trade Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.0 Terms and Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.1 Undertaking of VarTec Telecom, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.2 Use of Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152.3 Carrier Liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162.4 Terminal Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192.5 Payment for Service and Service Dispute Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202.6 Establishment and Re-establishment of Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212.7 Customer Deposits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212.8 Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222.9 Rendering and Payment of Bills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222.10 Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232.11 Non-Compliance with Carrier’s Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242.12 Telephone Calls with the Intent to Annoy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242.13 Discontinuance and Restoration of Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242.14 Installation and Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262.15 Ownership of Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262.16 Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262.17 Tax Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272.18 Use of Recording Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272.19 Restrictions on the Use and Sale of Telephone Subscriber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292.20 Agency Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302.21 Responsibilities of the Customer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302.22 Responsibilities of the Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322.23 Reservation and Administration of Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322.24 Presubscribed Interexchange Carrier Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332.25 Federal Universal Service Fund Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342.26 Miscellaneous Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342.27 Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342.28 Dispute Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352.29 Compliance with Law and Choice of Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
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3.0 VarTec Telecom® Description of Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383.0 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383.1 TollSaver® Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.2 TollSaver® II Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413.3 Insure One Plus Gold Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423.4 Insure Travel Card Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423.5 PreferredK Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433.6 New DimeLine® Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433.7 VarTec Signature Series® Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443.8 VarTec RelianTK Outbound Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453.9 Small Change® Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453.10 Travel Card Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453.11 Prepaid Calling Card Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463.12 DimeLine® Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493.13 Dime Works® Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493.14 Dime Club® Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503.15 Dime College Travel Card Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513.16 Custom 12 Outbound Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513.17 Custom 13 Outbound Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523.18 Custom 18 Outbound Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523.19 Aspire® Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533.20 Universal Travel Card Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533.21 Insure One Plus Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543.22 CallManage Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543.23 FiveLine® Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553.24 Long Distance Saver Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553.25 Exclusive Travel Card Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563.26 Directory Assistance Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563.27 VarTec VoiceK Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563.28 VarTec LibertyLine® Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573.29 5TalkK California Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583.30 FiveLine® Travel Card Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583.31 Hawaiian DimeLine® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593.32 Telephone Express Service™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593.33 New 5Time® Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603.34 5TalkK Calling Card Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603.35 New DimeLine® Service - Customer Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613.36 DimeLine® America Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
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4.0 Clear Choice Communications® Description of Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624.0 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624.1 Directory Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 634.2 CCC Residential Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 634.3 CCC Business Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644.4 CCC Small Business Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644.5 CCC Travel Card Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644.6 Basic One Plus Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654.7 Basic Travel Card Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654.8 Clear N’Direct Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
5.0 Promotional Offerings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675.1 VarTec Telecom® Promotional Offerings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 5.1.1 TollSaver® II Service - Special Promotion 0.1.VT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
5.1.2 DimeLine® Service - Special Promotion 0.2.VT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675.1.3 TollSaver® II Service - Special Promotion 0.3.VT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685.1.4 TollSaver® II Service - Special Promotion 0.4.VT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685.1.5 Dime Club® Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685.1.6 VarTec Signature I Service Promotion A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695.1.7 VarTec Signature I Service Promotion B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695.1.8 Basic VarTec Value Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705.1.9 Premier VarTec Value Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705.1.10 Alternative Payment Processing Fees Promotion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
5.2 Clear Choice Communications® Promotional Offerings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715.2.1 Basic One Plus Promotion A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715.2.2 Basic One Plus Promotion B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715.2.3 Basic One Plus Promotion C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725.2.4 Basic One Plus Promotion D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725.2.5 Basic One Plus Promotion E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725.2.6 Basic One Plus Promotion F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 735.2.7 Basic Travel Card Service Promotion A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 735.2.8 Basic Travel Card Service Promotion B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
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6.0 Rates and Charges for VarTec Telecom, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746.0 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746.1 Canada Service Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866.2 Mexico Service Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886.3 International Plan A Usage Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 926.4 International Plan B Usage Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 986.5 International Plan C Usage Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1046.6 International Plan D Usage Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1106.7 International Plan E Usage Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1166.8 International Plan F Usage Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1226.9 International Plan G Usage Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1286.10 International Plan H Usage Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1336.11 International Plan I Usage Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1396.12 International Plan J Usage Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1446.13 International Plan K Usage Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1516.14 International Plan L Usage Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1576.15 International Plan M Usage Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1636.16 International Plan N Usage Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1696.17 International Plan O Usage Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1756.18 International Plan P Usage Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1816.19 International Plan Q Usage Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1876.20 International Plan R Usage Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1936.21 International Plan S Usage Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996.22 International Plan T Usage Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
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1.0 DEFINITIONS AND ACRONYMS
Access Line - One of several types of circuits used to carry long distance calls all or part waybetween Customer premises and long distance company switches. When calls are originatedor received over customers' regular local lines or over customers' special WATS AccessLines, long distance companies buy Feature Group access lines to carry calls between theirswitch or POP and the local telephone company switch. Customers may originate or receivecalls over special dedicated access lines directly from the Customer premises to the longdistance company's POP.
Accounting Code - A number, usually two, three or four-digits, entered when dialing atelephone call that tells a long distance company to allocate and subtotal the call to a particularsubaccount. Calls are listed and summarized by account code on Customers' monthly bill.
Annual or Monthly Minimum Commitment (AMC or MMC) - The amount of service whichthe Customer commits to purchase during each year or each month. The customer'sAMC/MMC includes charges for all services identified in the customer's agreement ascontributory, after all applicable discounts. The AMC/MMC does not include non-usagecharges, such as taxes, interest, surcharges, access facilities charges and other chargesassociated with access, fixed recurring charges, installation charges, and other non-recurringcharges. If the Customer fails to satisfy the AMC/MMC, the Customer may be required to payto VarTec, in addition to all other charges, the difference between the AMC/MMC and thecustomer's actual charges for such services for each year or month in which the Customer doesnot achieve the AMC/MMC.
Answer Supervision - also known as "Hard Answer Supervision." An electrical signal fedback up the line by the local telephone company at the distant end of a long distance call toindicate positively that the call has been answered by the called telephone. Activates thebilling equipment to start timing calls completed over FGB or FGD access trunks at the distantend. Some LECs do not support this type of answer supervision. See "Soft AnswerSupervision."
Associated Locations - The term "Associated location" describes a location in which aCustomer owns or leases, or which is occupied by a business enterprise or residence.
Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean Regions - When used to designate an internationaltermination point, the terms "Atlantic," "Indian" and "Pacific" ocean regions indicate that callscan be completed to ships or oil rigs in those areas.
Authorization Code - A number, usually seven or fourteen digits, entered using a tonetelephone to identify the caller as a Customer of the long distance service. Used primarily toverify the caller as a Customer and to bill calls.
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Authorized User - The term "Authorized User" denotes a person, firm, or corporation, whois authorized by the customer/subscriber to utilize the services of the customer/subscriber.
Calling Card - A billing convenience whereby the Customer may originate calls from any tonetelephone. The Customer dials an 800 number and an authorization code followed by theterminating telephone number. In cases of LEC billing, the terms and conditions of the localtelephone company will apply to payment arrangements.
Carrier - VarTec Telecom, Inc. d/b/a VarTec Telecom® and Clear Choice Communications®
and Telephone Express™ unless otherwise clearly indicated by the context.
Casual Caller - The term "Casual Caller" denotes any person who uses VarTec's longdistance services from an Equal Access End Office who does not have a current account withthe Carrier, to include: a) Any person who has not established an account with Carrier whoplaces calls over the VarTec's long distance network from an Equal Access area; b) Anypreviously presubscribed Customer located in an Equal Access area who has since eithervoluntarily terminated his/her VarTec long distance service or has had his/her serviceterminated in accordance with the terms and conditions as set forth in Section 2.13 of thisAgreement; c) New or allocated customers whose accounts are not yet established in VarTec'sbilling system.
Cellular Equal Access - The ability of a cellular user to select an interexchange carrier oftheir choice.
Clear Choice Communications® - VarTec Telecom, Inc. d/b/a Clear ChoiceCommunications®
Commission - Federal Communications Commission.
Customer/Subscriber - The person, firm, corporation or other entity which orders service,either for its own use, as a resale carrier, or as a non-profit manager of a sharing group, andwhich is responsible for the payment of charges and for compliance with VTI Agreementregulations and terms and conditions set forth in contractual agreements. The term alsodescribes a casual caller, the person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity whodesignates the Carrier as its primary interexchange carrier (PIC) for LDMTS. For billingpurposes, a Customer is considered to be an account.
End Office - The central office which actually provides phone service to a customer'slocation. The Customer is connected to this office.
Equal Access - The ability to choose a long distance company to be the primary carrier forOne Plus long distance calls.
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Frequent Caller Program - The term describes VarTec's Customer program wherebycustomers receive long distance calls made to destinations within the contiguous United Statesand that are less than ten minutes in length (excluding directory assistance calls) for one cent$.01.
Home Rate Area - The geographic territory that a cellular provider is licensed for, and forwhich its customers are charged at the home rate.
Interexchange Carrier (IXC) - A long distance company that carries calls between LATAsor telephone exchanges within LATAs, where permitted.
Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) - A local telephone company, either one of the BellOperating Companies or an independent competitive local telephone company.
Location - The term "location" describes a physical premise to or from which VarTecprovides services. In instances where a Customer obtains services from VarTec at multiplelocations, each of these locations will be designated as "Associated" locations.
Long Distance Message Telecommunications Service (MTS) - Regular telephone servicecomprised of Direct Distance Dial and Operator-Assisted calls. Basic long distance servicewhich includes international toll charges.
Off-Hook - Occurs when telephone receiver is lifted from resting place, engaging, answeringor otherwise activating circuit.
One Plus Services - a form of long distance service which is available in exchanges that havebeen converted to Equal Access (FGD) in which customers who have established accountswith VarTec place their long distance calls by dialing the area code plus the phone number,or by dialing 1 plus the area code and phone number, or by dialing 101XXXX (or any otherVarTec carrier identification code) plus the area code and phone number of the intended party.
Originating Location - The point from which the call was originated.
Pay Telephone - A telephone instrument equipped with a device that allows a charge to bemade for each call.
Point of Presence (POP) - The Physical place within a LATA where the Carrier or theCarriers underlying carrier's interface with the telecommunications network of the localexchange company. The point at which the local exchange company terminatescustomers/subscribers circuits for long distance dial-up or leased line communications.
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Premises - The term "Premises" describes a house building or houses and/or buildings oncontiguous property (except railroad and pipeline rights-of-way, etc.)
Primary Interexchange Carrier (PIC) - The long distance company that a user, whose localexchange has converted to Equal Access, has selected to be his long distance carrier.
Private Branch Exchange (PBX) - A private telephone system (switch) used by medium andlarge companies. Connected to the public telephone network and performs a variety of in-house routing and switching. User usually dials "9" to get outside the system of the local lines.
Rate Center - A geographic point from which the vertical and horizontal coordinates are usedin calculation of airline mileage for the purposes of rating a call.
Responsible Organization (RespOrg) - The entity responsible for managing andadministering an 800 subscriber's records in the 800 Service Management System (SMS/800).The SMS/800 recognizes one RespOrg for each 800 number.
Service Management System (SMS) - The main administrative system of 800 data baseinformation. The system maintains 800 number Customer service records and downloadsservice calls to service control points. This system is used by RespOrgs to assign and reserve800 numbers.
Soft Answer Supervision - Call billing method which begins charging after a specified periodof time. Only used in areas (LECs) which do not offer Hard Answer Supervision.
Special Promotional Offering - Special discounts or modifications of its regular serviceofferings which VarTec may, from time to time, offer to its customers for a particular service.Such offerings may be limited to certain dates, times and locations.
Switching Equipment- equipment which establishes releases connections on a per call basisbetween stations, communication systems, and telecommunications systems.
T-Span - A telephone circuit or cable through which a T-Access Line run.
T-1 Access Line - the portion of a high speed digital system which connects a Central Officeto a Terminal Office or connects two Terminal Offices.
Tandems - Those master LEC Central Offices (COs) which are designated as pooling orcollection points for interLATA calls from their respective sub-tending or subordinate COs.Once collected, these interLATA calls are delivered to each of the subscribing IXCs throughvarious types of Feature Group circuits (e.g., Feature Group "D") for call termination.
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101XXXX - Available only to Equal Access customers. To send calls over a carrier otherthan the one that would automatically get the customer's "1+" calls, the Customer dials"101XXXX" then the "1+" the long distance number.
Telecommunications Network - the LDMTS and WATS network provided by the company.
Terminal Equipment - any telecommunications or communication equipment, other than amultiline terminating system, that connects to a LDMTS at a customer's premises.
Terminating Location - The terminating point of a call.
Terminal Offices - A switching center. Hereinafter referred to as a Central Office.
United States - All fifty (50) states and the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S.Virgin Islands.
Wide Area Telecommunications Service (WATS) - AT&T's name for their original firstgeneration long distance service. Either In-WATS (800 number) inward dialing from anyphone in a specified geographical area, or Outward (OutWATS) dialing to any phone in aspecified area from one specific telephone.
WATS Access Line (WAL) - LEC provided telecommunications lines from the Customer'slocation to a LEC Central Office and a carrier's POP where the WATS Customer is connectedto the carrier's inbound/outbound WATS services.
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1.1 Glossary of Acronyms and Trade Names
ANI - Automatic Number Identification
CO - Central Office
CCC - VarTec Telecom, Inc. d/b/a Clear Choice Communications®
CPNI - Customer Proprietary Network Information
FCC - Federal Communications Commission
FGD - Feature Group "D"
IXC - Interexchange Company
LATA- Local Access and Transport Area
LEC - Local Exchange Carrier
LDMTS- Long Distance Message Telecommunications Service
NPA - the three-digit Area Code or Numbering Plan Area
NXX - the three-digit Local Exchange Code
PBX - Private Branch Exchange
POP - Point of Presence
PIC - Primary Interexchange Carrier
PIN - Personal Identification Number
TE - VarTec Telecom, Inc. d/b/a Telephone Express™
VT - VarTec Telecom, Inc. d/b/a VarTec Telecom®
VTI - VarTec Telecom, Inc. d/b/a VarTec Telecom® and Clear ChoiceCommunications® and Telephone Express™
WATS- Wide Area Telephone Service
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2.0 TERMS AND CONDITIONS
2.1 Undertaking of VarTec Telecom, Inc.
2.1.1 General
VTI's services and facilities are furnished for LDMTS originating at specifiedpoints within the United States under the terms of this Agreement.
VTI operates and maintains the communications services provided herein inaccordance with the terms and conditions set forth under this Agreement. VTImay act as the Customer's Agent or RespOrg for ordering access connectionfacilities provided by other carriers or entities, when authorized by theCustomer, to allow connection of a Customer's location to the network. TheCustomer shall be responsible for all charges due for such a servicearrangement.
VTI's services and facilities are provided on a monthly basis unless otherwisestated, and are available twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a weekand 365 days a year.
When the Company undertakes to provide service between a point in theUnited States and a point in a foreign country, it does so through aninterconnection with telecommunications facilities and services provided oroperated by a Foreign Telecommunications Administration. Theinterconnection takes place at the border between the United States and theforeign country, for contiguous countries, and the theoretical mid-pointbetween the United States and the foreign country, for non-contiguouscountries. The Company will make reasonable effort to establish and maintainsuch interconnections.
2.1.2 Limitations
(A) Service is offered subject to the availability of the necessary facilitiesand/or equipment, and subject to the provisions of this Agreement.VTI reserves the right to negotiate special terms and conditions (i.e.,special promotions) with a particular Customer providing agreementis reached and signed with the Customer.
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(B) VTI reserves the right to discontinue or limit service when necessitated byconditions beyond its control, or when the Customer is using service inviolation of provisions of this Agreement, or in violation of the law.
(C) VTI does not undertake to transmit messages, but offers the use of its facilitieswhen available, and will not be liable for errors in transmission or for failureto establish connections.
(D) All facilities provided under this Agreement are directly controlled by VTIand the Customer may not transfer the use of service or facilities without theexpress written consent of the Company transfer or assignment shall only applywhere there is no interruption of the use or location of the service or facilities.
(E) Prior written permission from the Company is required before any assignmentor transfer. All regulations and conditions contained in this Agreement shallapply to all such permitted assignees or transferees, as well as all conditionsof service.
(F) VarTec's services may not be available from certain coin-operated or coinlesspay telephones located in prisons or on military bases and colleges whereVarTec has detected significant amounts of fraudulent use of VarTec'sauthorization codes.
(G) VarTec's Travel Card service may be blocked for international calling fromcertain area codes in which VarTec has detected significant amounts offraudulent use. In order to unblock the Travel Card from calling internationallocations, the Customer must contact VarTec and sign a form indemnifyingVarTec of all fraud associated with its use. The form must be signed andreturned before the Travel Card will be unblocked.
(H) Foreign Telecommunications Administrations may impose upon theirtelecommunications networks certain restrictions, which, may affect theCompany's ability to provide certain international services to its Customers.It is the responsibility of the Customer or its authorized user to conform to alllimitations, prohibitions, or restrictions imposed by a ForeignTelecommunications Administration.
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(I) For any telephone number which accesses VTI’s service on a per call basisvia the Company’s CAC(s) for 1+ calling and is subscribed to a service listedin this tariff for which the customer is required to be entered into the VTIbilling database prior to use, VTI reserves the right to remove the telephonenumber from the billing database in the event that a period of ninety (90)consecutive days passes during which the telephone number does not accessVTI's service via a CAC(s). In the event that a customer is removed from theVTI billing database, upon next use of VTI's service, the customer's VTIservice will be the current default service (i.e., the service listed in this tariffthat does not require the customer to be entered into the VTI billing databaseprior to use). The customer will be billed automatically for this use accordingto the terms of the current default service
(J) Certain services may be limited to Customers within specific geographic areasor served by specific Local Exchange Carriers. In such instances, serviceavailability as described in VTI's FCC Interstate Tariff No. 30 also apply.
2.1.3 Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction refers to the classification of an LDMTS call asinterstate/international (subject to the jurisdiction of the FCC) or intrastate (subject to the jurisdiction of a state regulatory body). Jurisdiction is a matterof law, not of Company discretion or policy, or Customer preference. The lawdescribing what constitutes interstate jurisdiction is the Communications Actof 1934, as amended. The Title Page of this Agreement describes thejurisdictional scope of this Agreement.
2.1.4 Transmission Medium
The Company selects and/or arranges for the Channels and/or servicecomponents used to provide LDMTS. Any suitable technology or combinationof technologies may be utilized. The Company may modify or change thechannels, service components and underlying carriers utilized to furnishLDMTS at any time subject to the terms and conditions set forth in thisAgreement.
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2.2 Use of Service
Service provided under this Agreement may be used for any lawful purpose for whichthe service is technically suited. VTI reserves the right to discontinue service, limitservice, or to impose requirements on Customers as required to meet changingregulatory rules and standards of the Federal Communications Commission.
VTI reserves the right to discontinue the use of any Authorization Code provided to aCustomer of its services and to substitute another Authorization Code for suchcustomer's use. Nothing herein , or in any other provision of this Agreement, or in anymarketing materials issued by VarTec shall give any person any ownership interest orproprietary right in any given VarTec Authorization Code; provided, however, that aCustomer that continues to subscribe to VarTec's services will be provided areplacement code in the event such Customer's initial Authorization Code is canceled.
2.2.1 Names and Trademarks
The Customer shall not indicate or suggest to any other party, including theCustomers own subscribers if any, that any business relationship existsbetween the Customer, its agents, distributors, or subscribers and VarTec,except that the Custmer may inform its subscribers that calls utilizing VarTec'sservices or authorization codes will be provided by VarTec. The Customeris granted no rights whatsoever in the trade name or insignia (Marks) ofVarTec, its corporate parent or corporate affiliates (Mark Holders) and theCustomer is granted no right to modify the appearance of materials providedby VarTec. Customers who desire to produce their own versions of VarTec'sPrepaid Calling Card Services shall be provided only with a VarTecAuthorization Code.
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2.3 Carrier Liability
(A) VTI's liability for any claim or loss, expenses or damage (including indirect,special or consequential damage) arising out of mistakes, for any interruption,delay, error, omissions, or defects in any service, facility, or transmissionprovided under this Agreement shall not exceed an amount equivalent to theproportionate monthly subscription fee charged to the Customer for the periodof service or the facility provided during which such interruption, delay, error,omission, or defect occurs. Any adjustment shall apply only to the period theinterruption, delay, error, omission, or defect continues beyond twenty-four(24) hours after notice of the interruption, delay, error, omission, or defect isreceived by the Company. No other liability shall in any case attach to theCompany on account of interruptions, delay, error, omission, or defect ofservice. For computation of credit, a month is considered to have thirty (30)days.
(B) VTI shall not be liable for claim or loss, expense, or damage (includingindirect, special, or consequential damage), for any interruption, delay, error,omission, or defect in any service, facility, or transmission provided under thisAgreement, if caused by any person or entity other than the Company, by anymalfunction of any service or facility provided by any other carrier or ForeignTelecommunications Administration, by an act of God, strike or other labordispute, sabotage (including the infection of Company's computerizedTelecommunications Network), flood, fire, war, civil disturbance, act ofgovernment, or any other catastrophe or cause beyond the Company's directcontrol.
(C) VTI shall not be liable for, and shall be fully indemnified and held harmlessby Customer against any claim or loss, expense, or damage (including indirect,special, or consequential damage) for defamation, libel, slander, invasion ofprivacy, infringement of copyright or patent, unauthorized use of anytrademark, trade name or service mark, unfair competition, interference withor misappropriation or violation of any contract, proprietary or creative right,or any other injury to any person, property or entity arising out of the material,data, information, or other content revealed to, transmitted, processed,handled, or used by the Company under this Agreement; for connecting,combining, or adapting Company's facilities with Customer's apparatus orsystems; for any act or omission of the Customer; for any personal injury ordeath of any person or for any loss of or damage to Customer's premises or anyother property, whether owned by the Customer or others, caused directly orindirectly by the installation, maintenance, location, condition, operation,failure, presence, use, or removal of equipment or wiring provided by the
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Company, if not directly caused by negligence of the Company; or for failureto provide service.
(D) No Agent or Employee of any other carrier shall be deemed to be an Agent orEmployee of the Company, except independent sales agents who may fromtime to time be employed by another carrier.
(E) VTI shall not be liable for any defacement of or damages to the premises of aCustomer resulting from the furnishing of service which is not the direct resultof the Company's negligence.
(F) VarTec will be indemnified, defended, and help harmless by the Customerand/or by others authorized by the Customer to use the service against allclaims of loss or damage arising from the use of service furnished by theCompany, including:
(1) Where any claim arises out of VarTec's acting as a RespOrg, orperforming SMS RespOrg changes, or where any claim arises out ofany and all failings by VarTec in connection with the provision of 800service to the Customer, including where VarTec 800 service is notmade available on the date committed to the Customer, or cannototherwise be made available after VarTec's acceptance of thecustomer's order, or is provided with a number or numbers other thanthe one(s) committed by VarTec to the Customer, or the number ornumbers are not included in the 800 Service Directory Assistance orare included in an incorrect form and any such failure or failures is duesolely to the negligence of VarTec, in such case VarTec's liability, ifany, will be limited to the lesser of (a) the actual monetary damagesincurred and provided by the Customer as the direct result of suchfailure or failures, or (b) the sum of $1,000.00. With respect toRespOrg Service and SMS RespOrg Changes, the Customer willindemnify and hold VarTec harmless against any third party claimsarising out of the execution of changes requested by the Customer,including those changes made by an 800 Subscriber. Where theRespOrg Service Customer is a Customer acting on behalf of an 800Subscriber, the Customer represents that it has the authority to act onthe 800 Subscriber's behalf in choosing a RespOrg and otherwiseutilizing VarTec's RespOrg Service.
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(2) All allegations arising out of the use, misuse or abuse of a Customer'stelephone line(s) or 900 number (hereinafter deemed to include allpay-per-call services or international telephone numbers the companyidentifies as being used for, including, but not limited to, pleasure lineservices of any type) for service by third parties including, withoutlimitation, the customer's employees, family members or members ofthe public who dial the such Customer's 900 number by mistake.Compensation for any injury the Customer may suffer due to the faultof entities other than VarTec must be sought from such other parties.In the event that VarTec causes the misrouting of calls, VarTec's soleliability shall be to provide a credit equal to the charges for theaffected calls.
(3) All other allegations and claims arising out of any intentional act oromission by a Customer or others using the service, in connection withany service provided by the Company.
(G) VarTec shall not be liable for any act or omission of any other company orcompanies furnishing a portion of the service, or for damages associated withservice, channels, or equipment which it does not furnish or, for damageswhich result from the operation of customer-provided systems, equipment,facilities or services which are interconnected with VarTec'stelecommunications network.
(H) The Company is not liable for any damages, including LDMTS usage charges,the subscriber may incur as a result of the unauthorized use of its telephonefacilities, misdialed calls (wrong numbers) and/or the misrouting of longdistance telephone calls by other carriers. This unauthorized use of thesubscriber's facilities includes, but is not limited to, the placement of callsfrom the subscriber's premises, and the placement of calls through subscriber-provided equipment which are transmitted or carried on VarTec'stelecommunications network.
(I) When the facilities of other Carriers and Foreign TelecommunicationsAdministrations are used in establishing connections to points not reached bythe Company's facilities, the Company is not liable for any act or omission ofthe carrier(s) or Foreign Telecommunications Administration. Similarly,Customer will indemnify and save harmless the Company from any third-partyclaims for such damages.
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(J) IN NO EVENT WILL THE COMPANY BE LIABLE TO THECUSTOMER FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL,CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE LOSS ORDAMAGE OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS (WHETHEROR NOT THE COMPANY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THEPOSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGES) BY REASON OF ANYACT OR OMISSION IN ITS PERFORMANCE UNDER THISAGREEMENT.
(K) THE COMPANY MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIEDREPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT ITS SERVICESAND DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUTNOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIEDWARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR APARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. THECOMPANY DOES NOT AUTHORIZE ANYONE TO MAKE AWARRANTY ON THE COMPANY’S BEHALF AND THE CUSTOMERMAY NOT RELY ON ANY STATEMENT OF WARRANTY AS AWARRANTY BY THE COMPANY.
2.4 Terminal Equipment
VTI facilities and service may be used with or terminated in Customer-providedcommunications systems, such as a PBX or Pay Telephone. Such terminal equipmentshall be furnished and maintained at the expense of the Customer, except as otherwiseprovided. The Customer is responsible for all costs at his or her premises, includingpersonnel, wiring, electrical power, and the like, incurred in the use of VTI's service.
When such terminal equipment is used, the equipment shall comply with the generallyaccepted minimum protective criteria standards of the industry as endorsed by theFederal Communications Commission.
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2.5 Payment for Service and Service Dispute Resolution
2.5.1 Payment for Service
All charges due by the Customer are payable to any agency duly authorized toreceive such payments. The billing agency may be the Company, a localexchange telephone company, credit card company, or other billing service.The terms and conditions for billing, payment and collection, including withoutlimitation, any late payment charge, specified in the Local Exchange Carrier'slocal exchange service Tariff shall apply to charges of the Company when theLocal Exchange Company serves as the billing agent for the Company or buysthe Company's accounts receivables. Terms of payment shall be according tothe rules and regulations of the agency and subject to the rules of regulatoryagencies, such as the Commission. Any objections to billed charges must bepromptly reported to the Company's billing agent. Adjustments to Customer'sbills shall be made to the extent that circumstances exist which reasonablyindicate that such changes are appropriate.
2.5.2 Customer Liability
The Customer is responsible for payment of all charges for services furnishedto the Customer. This responsibility is not changed by virtue of any use,misuse, or abuse of the Customer’s service undertaken or caused by thirdparties.
The Customer is responsible for the payment of bills for LDMTS, whether ornot authorized by the Customer. This includes payment for LDMTS calls orservices: (1) Originated at the Customer's number(s), (2) Accepted at theCustomer's number(s) (e.g., Collect Calls), (3) Billed to the Customer'snumber via Third Number Billing if the Customer is found to be responsiblefor such call or service, the use of a Calling Card, or the use of a Carrier-assigned Special Billing Number, and (4) Incurred at the specific request ofthe Customer.
2.5.3 Late Payment Charge
When a local exchange company provides the billing function on behalf of theCompany, the local exchange company's local exchange service late paymentcharge applies. Late payment charges do not apply until after the due date ofthe bill in which the usage charges first appear.
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2.5.5 Late Payment Fee
Customers billed directly by VTI or its agents for usage charges incurred asthe result of utilizing VTI’s service will be assessed a late payment fee for anyunpaid monthly balance if payment is not received by VTI by the due datespecifically listed on the Customer’s bill.
2.6 Establishment and Re-establishment of Credit
2.6.1 Service Suspended for Non-Payment
In the event service is temporarily suspended for non-payment, such servicewill be restored upon payment of all charges due.
2.6.2 Service Restoration Charge
A restoration of service charge will be applicable for each authorized codetemporarily suspended. Where service is pre-subscribed to VTI's service, arestoration of service charge will be applicable for each line temporarilysuspended.
2.6.3 Five Day Limitation for Reestablishment
Customers not re-established within five (5) days from date of suspension willbe treated as new Customers and appropriate Non-recurring Charges andCustomer Deposits will apply.
2.7 Customer Deposits
Applicants or Customers whose financial condition is not acceptable to VarTec, or isnot a matter of general knowledge, may be required at any time to make a deposit inan amount not to exceed the estimated charges for two (2) month's services for aspecified Customer. Where established by law, interest will be applied to any depositmade at the legal rate for the period in which the deposit is held. Such deposits andinterest due, if any, will be refunded or credited to the Customer at any time aftertwelve (12) months of prompt payments upon request of the Customer. Upontermination of service, the deposit and interest due, if any, will be credited to the finalbill and any credit balance will promptly be returned to the Customer.
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2.8 Notices
2.8.1 Notice to the Customer
Notice from the Company to a Customer normally will be given in writing,either delivered or mailed to the Customer's address of record or by any othermethod specified in this Agreement.
In emergencies, where delay may result in impaired service or in hazards tothe Customer, Public, or the Company's facilities, the Company may resort toverbal notices given by telephone, radio telephone, personal contact, or othermeans of communication.
2.8.2 Notices from the Customer
Notices from a Customer to the Company may be given verbally by theCustomer or the Customer's authorized Agent at the Company's office, or bywritten communication mailed thereto. Written notice is required whenspecified in this Agreement.
2.9 Rendering and Payment of Bills
2.9.1 Returned Check Charge
When a payment for service is made by check, draft, or similar negotiableinstrument, a returned check charge will be made by the Company for eachsuch item returned unpaid by a bank to the Company for any reason. Theacceptance of checks, drafts, or other negotiable instruments for thesatisfaction of the Customer's debts to the Company shall not constitute awaiver by the Company of its right to payment by legal tender.
2.9.2 Extra Copies of Bill
Extra copies of a Customer's monthly bill will be provided by the Companyat the rate specified in this Agreement.
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2.9.3 Collection Fees and Expenses
VTI may charge the Customer all fees or expenses (including attorneys’ fees)reasonably incurred in collecting or attempting to collect any charges owedVTI. In addition, if the Customer’s unpaid charges are referred to an outsidecollection agency, VTI may immediately begin to charge the Customer acollection fee on the unpaid charges at a rate of one and one-half percent(1.5%) per month. Such collection fees are separate and distinct fromattorneys’ fees and other costs incurred in collecting charges owed VTI. TheCustomer will be liable to the Company for the payment of all such fees andexpenses reasonably incurred.
2.9.4 Multi-Brand and Affiliate Credit and Collections Practices
VTI may collect on behalf of the Company and/or its affiliates or brands in oneor more transactions as permitted by law.
VTI reserves the right to apply credit balances from one VTI affiliate toanother to satisfy outstanding account balances.
2.9.5 Alternative Payment Processing
VTI allows Customers to make payment for services rendered throughalternative payment processing options, including but not limited to, creditcard payments and automated clearing house (“ACH”) transactions. Customersmay make payment using alternative payment processing through VTI’sCustomer Care Center, the Company’s internet website or other methodsapproved by VTI. When a payment for service is made by an alternativepayment processing option, processing fees as described in Section 4.1.X ofthis Tariff may apply. The acceptance of alternative payment processingoptions for the satisfaction of the Customer’s debts to Carrier shall notconstitute a waiver by Carrier of its right to payment by legal tender.
2.10 Fraud
VTI shall have the right to refuse or discontinue service if the acts of the Customer,including furnishing false credit information or the conditions upon their premises, aresuch as to indicate intention to defraud the Company.
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2.11 Non-Compliance with Carrier’s Rules
VTI may discontinue service if a Customer fails to comply with any of the rules herein.
2.12 Telephone Calls with Intent to Annoy
VTI may discontinue service of any Customer who, with intent to annoy, telephonesanother and addresses to or about such other person any obscene language oraddresses to such other person any threat to inflict injury to the person or property ofthe person addressed or any family member. VTI my discontinue service of anyCustomer who, with intent to annoy, repeatedly telephones another without disclosinghis true identity to the person answering the telephones, whether or not conversationensues during the telephone calls.
2.13 Discontinuance and Restoration of Service
2.13.1 Intentional Abuse of Service
VTI has the right to refuse telephone service to any premises and at any timeto discontinue telephone service, if it finds it necessary to do so to protectitself against intentional abuse. Intentional abuse of service includes, withoutlimiting the generality of the foregoing, the use of service or facilities of theCompany to transmit a message or to locate a person or otherwise to give orobtain information, without payment of LDMTS usage charges or exchangeservice charges. Another form of such abuse is an intentional uninterruptedconnection of one exchange station to another station, excluding thoseconnections charged for on an elapsed time basis, which permits the use of thefacilities in a manner similar to private line service. It also includesintentional receiver off-hook conditions.
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2.13.2 Disconnection of Service for Cause
(A) Upon non-payment of any sum due the Company or upon violation ofany of the conditions governing the furnishing of service as providedin this Agreement, the Company may by notice in writing mailed to theCustomer, without incurring any liability, temporarily discontinue thefurnishing of service to the Customer. Telephone services may bediscontinued seven (7) days after mailing notice of intention todiscontinue service, and a service order charge will be made by theCompany for restoration of such Authorization Code and/or line. If theCompany elects to discontinue service, the Customer shall beresponsible for all charges through the date of termination.
(B) If any Customer-provided equipment is used with facilities providedby the Company in violation of any law or any of the provisions in thisAgreement, the Company will take such action as is necessary for theprotection of its facilities or the service of its other Customers andother persons provided with telephone services. The Customer shalldiscontinue such use of the equipment or correct the violationimmediately upon actual or constructive knowledge of a violation andshall confirm in writing to the Company within five (5) calendar daysthat such use has ceased or that the violation has been corrected.Failure of the Customer to discontinue such use or correct the violationand to give the required written confirmation to the Company withinthe time stated above shall result in interruption of the service of theCustomer creating the violation.
(C) Telephone services may be refused, reduced, or partially orcompletely discontinued without notice in the event the Company isinformed that the service is used in such a manner that will adverselyaffect the Company's services to others.
(D) VTI may disconnect the telephone services in accordance with theterms hereof without any liability except for an appropriate refund ofprepaid charges and any service deposit with accrued interest.
(E) VTI may immediately discontinue service to the Customer withoutincurring any liability if the Customer places repeated harassing phonecalls to VTI, including calls in which the caller uses abusive orthreatening language.
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2.14 Installation and Termination
Service is installed upon mutual agreement between the Customer and the Company.Customers may be required to sign the VarTec Service Order Form and/or Letter ofAgency for the various services offered by VTI. The agreement will determine termsand conditions of installation, termination of service, any applicable sales commissionstructure, and sales commission payment schedule. The service agreement does notalter rates specified in the tables and schedules contained in this Agreement.
All services offered are subject to the Laws of the United States and its politicalsubdivisions as well as the Rules and Regulations of the Federal CommunicationsCommission and other administrative agencies, as applicable.
2.15 Ownership of Equipment
Equipment furnished by VTI on the premises of a Customer are the property of theCompany.
2.16 Taxes
Unless otherwise indicated, all stated rates and charges in this Agreement arecomputed by the Company exclusive of any federal, state, or local, and foreign sales,use, excise, utility, gross receipts, sales or privilege taxes, duties, fees, tax-like orsimilar liabilities (other than general income or property taxes) whether charged to oragainst the Company or its Customer. Such taxes, fees, etc. shall be paid by theCustomer in addition to the charges stated in this Agreement. All such taxes, duties,and fees shall each be shown as a separate line item on the Customer's monthlyinvoice.
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2.17 Tax Adjustments
A surcharge is imposed on all charges when LDMTS originates in states which levya gross receipts tax on VTI's operations, or when a federal government entity imposessuch a charge. This surcharge is composed of a factor of the gross receipts tax andtaxes imposed directly or indirectly upon VTI as measured by the gross receiptspayments or revenues of interstate access charge will be shown as a separate line itemon the Customer's monthly invoice. Pending the conclusion of any litigationchallenging a jurisdiction's right to impose any tax, VTI may elect to impose andcollect a surcharge covering such tax, unless otherwise constrained by court order ordirection, or it may elect to waive any surcharge. If it has collected a surcharge or taxand the challenged surcharge or tax is found to have been invalid and unenforceable,VTI will credit or refund such sums to each affected Customer if either VTI hasretained such funds or VTI has remitted such funds to the collecting jurisdiction andthe funds have been returned to VTI. The surcharge will be shown as a separate lineitem on the Customer's monthly invoice.
2.18 Use of Recording Devices
VarTec's LDMTS are not adapted to the use of recording devices and customers whouse such devices to record two-say telephone conversations, or for other purposes, doso at their own risk. A "two-way conversation" as used throughout his section meansa telephone conversation between or among two or more parties.
A Customer may only use a recording device to record two-way conversations if theCustomer complies with the requirements of this regulation and only if the Customeris able to connect or disconnect the recording device, or turn the recording device onor off, at will.
2.18.1 Circumstances Allowing Recording
A Customer may record a two-way conversation if the Customer:
(a) obtains written or verbal consent to the recording of all parties to thetwo-way conversation prior to the two-way conversation taking place;or,
(b) notifies each party of the two-way conversation at the beginning of thetwo-way conversation and this notification is recorded as part of thecall by the recording Customer; or,
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(c) used a distinctive recorder tone, repeated at intervals of approximately15 seconds, to alert all parties to the conversation that a recordingdevise is being used.
2.18.2 Exemptions
Broadcast licensees will be exempt from the restrictions set forth in thisSection when the licensee is recording the two-way conversation forbroadcast if one of the following requirements is met.
(a) the licensee informs each party to the conversation that the licenseeintends to broadcast the conversation; or,
(b) each party to the conversation is aware that the conversation will bebroadcast; or,
(c) the other party or parties to the conversation are presumed to be awarefrom the content of the conversation that the conversation will bebroadcast.
(d) recording incoming calls made to emergency telephone numbers (suchas 911) and outgoing calls in response to such calls; or,
(e) recording outgoing calls to and incoming calls from such emergencygovernment agencies such as the Department of Defense CommandCenters and the Operations Center of the Nuclear RegulatoryCommission; or
(f) recording calls made purposely for unlawful means such as bombthreats, kidnap ransom requests and obscene calls and outgoing callsmade in response to these calls; or,
(g) recording calls by the United States Secret Service of the Departmentof the Treasury for recording of two-way telephone conversationsconcerning the safety and security of the person of the President of theUnited States, members of the President's immediate family, or theWhite House and White House grounds; or
(h) recording calls pursuant to a court order.
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2.19 Restrictions on the Use and Sale of Telephone Subscriber Information ProvidedPursuant to Automatic Number Identification or Charge Number Services
Any common carrier, including VarTec, providing Automatic Number Identificationof charge number services on interstate calls to any person shall provide such servicesunder a contract or Tariff containing telephone subscriber information requirementsthat comply with this section. Such requirements shall:
(1) Permit such person to use the telephone number and billing information orbilling and collection, routing, screening, and completion of the originatingtelephone subscriber's call or transaction, or for services directly related tothe originating telephone subscriber's call or transaction;
(2) prohibit such person from reusing or selling the telephone number or billinginformation without first (i) notifying the originating telephone subscriber and(ii) obtaining the affirmative consent of such subscriber for such reuse or sale;and,
(3) prohibit such person from disclosing, except as permitted by subparagraphs(1) and (2) of this Section, any information derived from the automatic numberidentification or charge number service for any purpose other than (i)performing the services or transactions that are the subject of the originatingtelephone subscriber's call, (ii) ensuring network performance security, andthe effectiveness of call delivery, (iii) compiling, using and disclosingaggregate information and (iv) complying with applicable law or legalprocess.
(4) The requirements imposed under this Section shall not prevent a person towhom automatic number identification or charge number services are providedfrom using (1) the telephone number and billing information provided pursuantto such service; and (2) any information derived from the automatic numberidentification or charge number service, or from the analysis of thecharacteristics of a telecommunications transmission, to offer a product orservice that is directly related to the products or services previously acquiredby that Customer from each person. Use of such information is subject to therequirements included in Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations Sections64.1200 and 64.1504(c).
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2.20 Agency Agreement
The Company will accept orders from an Agent appointed by the Customer. AnAgency appointment must be sent to the Company in writing. If directed by theCustomer, the bill for LDMTS will be sent to the Agent. The bill will be issued in thename of the Customer in care of the Agent. The Customer retains responsibility forcompliance with the Agreement’s terms and conditions and any act or omission of theAgent, regardless of any limitations the Customer may place on the Agent's authority.
2.21 Responsibilities of the Customer
The Customer’s general responsibilities are described in this section. When Customerequipment or a Customer-provided communications equipment is utilized, theCustomer assumes additional responsibilities described herein.
2.21.1 Placement of Orders, Payment of Bills and Compliance with Regulations
The Customer is responsible for placing any necessary orders and complyingwith the Agreement’s terms and conditions for LDMTS and for assuring thatits Users comply with the Agreement’s terms and conditions. The Customeris also responsible for the payment of bills for LDMTS. This includespayment for LDMTS calls or services originated at the Customer's numbers,accepted at the customer's number (s), the use of a calling card service andincurred at the specific request of the Customer. The Customer may appointan agent to act on its behalf, as specified in this Agreement.
2.21.2 Information Required from the Customer
When a Customer places an order for LDMTS, information, including but notlimited to, the following must be provided:
(i) The Customer contact name, telephone number and address whereservices will be provided; and,
(ii) The Customer's billing name and address.
(iii) If the Company does not have a Customer’s current billing name andaddress, the Company may provide notice of changes to this Agreementand/or price increases by posting such information on the Company’sweb site.
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2.21.3 Limitations on the use of 800 numbers
The Customer is prohibited from using any telephone number beginning withan 800 service access code, or any other telephone number advertised orwidely understood to be toll-free, in a manner that would result in (a) thecalling party or subscriber to the originating line being assessed, by virtue ofcompleting the call, a charge for the call; (b) the calling party being connectedto a pay-per-call service; (c) the calling party being charged for informationconveyed during the call unless the calling party has a presubscription orcomparable arrangement; or (d) the calling party being called back collect forthe provision of audio or data information services, simultaneous voiceconversation services or products.
2.21.4 Refund Requirements
The Customer and/or its billing and collection agents must have in placeprocedures whereby, upon complaint, the pay-per-call usage chargesassociated with the use of VarTec's services may be forgiven, refunded, orcredited when a customer/subscriber has complained about such charges andeither the FCC, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC"), or a court ofcompetent jurisdiction has found or the Company has determined, uponinvestigation, that the service has been offered in violation of federal law orthe regulations that are either set forth in Section 64.1511 of the FCC's Rules,or prescribed by the FTC pursuant tot Titles II or III of the TelephoneDisclosure and Dispute Resolution Act ("TDDRA").
2.21.5 Acoustic or Inductive Connections
All terminal systems that are connected to LDMTS on an acoustic or inductivebasis must be limited so that the signal power which is applied by theequipment does not exceed 9db below one milliwatt when averaged over anythree second interval. However, to permit any Customer, regardless ofdistance to the serving office, to supply signal power to the serving stationwhich approximates 12db below one milliwatt, VTI will specify upon request,for each Customer location, the signal power at the station, which will notexceed one milliwatt.
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2.22 Responsibilities of the Company
The Company will maintain and supply its equipment in a manner suitable for LDMTS.The Company will comply with the disclosure rules required by Part 68 of the FCC'sRules and Regulations.
The Company is not responsible to any party if a change in its LDMTS components,operations, or procedures affects any facilities, Customer equipment, or Customerprovided communications systems provided by others in any way.
2.23 Reservation and Administration of Numbers
In its capacity as RespOrg, VarTec will reserve, assign, activate or change, uponreceipt of a verified request, 800 numbers for a Customer or potential Customer andwill administer 800 numbers, in accordance with customary industry standards andpractices, the terms of this Agreement and the effective procedures of the 800 SMS.Customers may request reservation, assignment or activation on their own behalf, ora Customer which resells VarTec inbound transmission services must provide to anyCustomer or potential Customer, upon reasonable request therefore, informationconcerning the status of a particular 800 number or numbers in which the Customer orpotential Customer has an interest and, if applicable, the identity of the RespOrg(s) forthe 800 number(s). When a Customer of VarTec decides (or learns of its specific,prospective customers decision) not to utilize the reserved, assigned or activated 800number, the costumer of VarTec must notify VarTec within 48 hours so that VarTecmay release the 800 number to the pool of numbers available for assignment inaccordance with industry practice and standards.
800 numbers are incidental to the inbound calling services with which they areassociated and, as such, may not be sole, transferred or otherwise conveyedindependent of inbound transmission services. The assignment of an 800 telephonenumber for use with company-provided inbound transmission service confers on theCustomer no proprietary interest whatsoever in the number assigned. It shall be aviolation of this Agreement if the Customer seek to acquire, or does acquire, any 800number associated with inbound service provided by the company for the primarypurpose of selling, brokering, bartering or releasing for a fee (or other consideration)to another party that 800 number, independent of the VarTec service with which it isassociated.
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2.23.1 Unauthorized Sale, Transfer, or Conveyance
In any instance in which the Company learns that a Customer or prospectiveCustomer is attempting to sell or otherwise transfer or assign an 800 numberto another person without the express written consent of the company, inviolation of this Agreement, VarTec may immediately and without noticerelease the number from reserved status, or it may immediately upon writtennotice to the Customer discontinue the furnishing of service via the number,whichever course of action is appropriate.
2.23.2 Use of Numbers
Each 800 telephone number must be placed in actual and substantial use by theCustomer. A telephone number associated with VarTec's 800 services may berecovered by VarTec when the following conditions are met: (1) after (90)consecutive days in which the telephone number was not placed in actual andsubstantial use, VarTec has sent written notification to the Customer informingthe Customer that, unless the telephone number is placed in actual andsubstantial use within thirty (30) days after written notice was sent to theCustomer, the number will be recovered; and (2) thirty (30) consecutive dayshave passed since this written notice was sent to the Customer and during thesethirty (30) consecutive days the telephone number was not placed in actual andsubstantial use. As used in this paragraph, "actual and substantial use" shallmean a pattern of use, (e.g. increasing VarTec 800 service usage via theparticular 800 telephone number, thatdiscloses and intent on the customer's part to employ the number for thepurpose for which it was intended, namely, to allow callers to reach theCustomer.
2.24 Presubscribed Interexchange Carrier Charge
Customers will be billed the Presubscribed Interexchange Carrier Charge for each oftheir telephone lines (multi-line business, ISDN, Centrex) that are presubscribed toVTI’s service. This charge will apply in each calendar month in which VTI is theprimary interchange carrier for the telephone lines. Customers will be billedaccording to the number of lines presubscribed to VTI’s service and as designated bythe applicable LEC. The Presubscribed Interexchange Carrier Charged will be billedat the rate specified in this Agreement.
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2.25 Federal Universal Service Fund Charge
The Federal Universal Service Fund Charge is assessed to all customers of servicesincluded in this Agreement based on 7.2805% of a Customer’s net interstate andinternational charges incurred during a calendar month plus $0.75 per ANI in monthsduring which the customer accesses VTI’s interstate services. This charge is inaddition to the per minute usage rates and any applicable monthly service fees andsurcharges associated with utilizing VTI’s service.
2.26 Miscellaneous Provisions
(A) This Agreement and the terms of any promotion or Service and/or authorizedwritten communications the Customer has received constitute the entireagreement between the Company, and supersedes any and all prior agreements,oral or written, concerning the subject matter. If there is any inconsistency orconflict between the terms of any promotion, Service, and/or authorizedwritten communications the Customer has received and the provisions of thisAgreement, the provisions of this Agreement will control.
(B) If the Customer voluntarily cancels service or if the Company cancels theCustomer’s service for any reason set forth above, the Company will have noobligation whatsoever to assist the Customer in any respect in switching fromthe Company to another carrier.
(C) The Company may, in its sole discretion, assign any Agreement entered intobetween the Company and the Customer.
2.27 Privacy
The Customer understands that VarTec may provide to a court or other authorized thirdparty any records related to the Customer’s VarTec service, without notice to theCustomer, in response to a subpoena or other legal means compelling their production.
(A) To inform the Customer of other Company-affiliated products and services thatmay interest the Customer, the Company may wish to access informationrelated to the Customer’s account(s), particularly information known as CPNI.Information constituting CPNI includes the kinds of services the Customer has,how the Customer uses the service and how the Customer is billed. Federallaw restricts the use of CPNI for purposes other than providing service,without the Customer’s approval.
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If the Customer does not want the Company to access and use their CPNI(except as otherwise permitted by law), the Customer can contact theCompany. Until the Customer informs the Company otherwise, the Companywill understand the Customer to have approved its internal use of their CPNIfor purposes reasonably related to its offering or provisioning other productsand services to the Customer.
(B) It is the Company’s policy not to sell or rent its personally-identifiablecustomer information to unaffiliated companies or organizations. In the future,should the Company decide to sell or rent such information to those entities,it will provide notification and the opportunity for its customers to indicatethat they would prefer the Company not sell or rent such information aboutthem to third parties. Such notice may be provided by amending anyAgreement entered into between the Customer and the Company, upon theexpiration of this Agreement or any other comparably effective means.
2.28 Dispute Resolution
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU READ THIS ENTIRE SECTIONCAREFULLY. THIS SECTION PROVIDES FOR RESOLUTION OFDISPUTES THROUGH FINAL AND BINDING ARBITRATION BEFORE ANEUTRAL ARBITRATOR INSTEAD OF IN A COURT BY A JUDGE ORJURY OR THROUGH CLASS ACTION. THE CUSTOMER CONTINUES TOHAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS TO OBTAIN RELIEF FROM A FEDERAL ORSTATE REGULATORY AGENCY.
(A) If the Customer has a dispute regarding their service or bill, the Customershould first call the Company’s Customer Service at 1-800-583-0811.
(B) Before initiating or participating in any arbitration or other resolutionproceeding concerning any aspect of this Agreement or regarding theCompany’s products or services, the Customer must notify the Company inwriting of such a dispute and give the Company at least 60 days (from the timethe Customer first notified the Company in writing) to resolve the dispute.Such written notice should be mailed to: Regulatory Counsel, VarTecTelecom, Inc., 1600 Viceroy Drive, Dallas, Texas 75235. The parties willattempt in good faith to resolve through negotiation any dispute, claim orcontroversy arising out of or relating to this agreement.
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(C) If the Customer does not notify the Company in writing of a dispute withrespect to the Company’s charges, or application of taxes, within 6 monthsfrom the date of the disputed invoice, such invoice will be deemed to becorrect and binding on the Customer.
(D) If a dispute is not resolved by good faith negotiations, the customer has theright to take any dispute that qualifies to small claims court rather thanarbitration or to a state or federal regulatory agency. All other disputes arisingout of or related to this Agreement or the Company’s products or services notresolved by good faith negotiations within 60 days from the date the Customernotifies the Company in writing, regardless as to whether the dispute is basedin contract, tort, statute, fraud, misrepresentation, or any other legal orequitable theory, must be submitted for final and binding arbitration. Thearbitrator will have no authority to award punitive or exemplary damages andboth the Customer and the Company expressly waives their rights to any suchdamages. Unless applicable substantive law provides otherwise, each partypays its own expenses to participate in the arbitration, including attorney’sfees and expenses for witnesses and production and presentation of evidence.
(E) The procedures set forth in this Dispute Resolution section are governed by theUnited States Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§1-16 et seq. (“USAA”). Anycontroversy over whether an issue is arbitrable will be determined by thearbitrator. The award may be confirmed and enforced in any court ofcompetent jurisdiction. All post-award proceedings will be governed by theUSAA.
(F) EACH DISPUTE WILL BE DECIDED ON AN INDIVIDUAL CASEBASIS AND WILL NOT BE CONSOLIDATED IN ANY ACTION WITHTHE DISPUTES OR CLAIMS OF OTHER CONSUMERS ORCUSTOMERS. THE CUSTOMER AGREES THAT THE CUSTOMERMAY NOT BRING ANY DISPUTE OR CLAIM AS A CLASS ACTIONOR AS A PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND THE CUSTOMERAGREES NOT TO ACT AS A CLASS REPRESENTATIVE ORPARTICIPATE AS A MEMBER OF A CLASS OF CLAIMANTS WITHRESPECT TO ANY DISPUTE OR CLAIM RELATING TO THISAGREEMENT OR THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE COMPANY.
(G) Any dispute or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or theservices provided by the company must be brought within two (2) years afterthe date in which the basis for the dispute or claim first arises.
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(H) If any portion of this Dispute Resolution section is determined by a court to beinapplicable or invalid, then the remainder will still be fully effective andenforceable.
2.29 Compliance with Law and Choice of Law.
The Company and the Customer agree to comply with all applicable laws, rules,regulations, ordinances, orders, and decrees in performing this Agreement. TheCustomer may be subject to refusal, suspension or cancellation of Service, withoutprior notice, in order to permit the Company to comply with any order or request ofany governmental authority having jurisdiction. Any equipment or services that theCustomer provides and which connects with and/or interconnect with the Company’sservice and equipment must comply with federal and state law and regulations. ThisAgreement will be construed in accordance with, governed by, and subject to thedomestic laws of the State of Texas.
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3.0 VARTEC TELECOM® DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES
3.0 General
3.0.1 Introduction
The Company endeavors to provide high quality LDMTS. LDMTS isavailable twenty-four (24) hours per day, seven (7) days a week, everyday ofthe year, subject to routine maintenance and outages beyond the control of theCompany. The Company's switching equipment is designed and engineered toprovide high quality transmission of LDMTS with a minimum level ofimpairment such as noise and echo. However, overall quality may varysomewhat due to the variability in quality of the connections provided by thelocal telephone companies, other interexchange carriers, and ForeignTelecommunications Administrations. If for any reason a customers serviceis interrupted, or the Company is unable to provide international terminationfor the telecommunications service that the Customer is currently utilizing, thecompany reserves the right to terminate the customers call on a substitutetelecommunications service prescribed by the Company. Rates associatedwith such termination will be billed according to the service actually utilizedto terminate the call.
3.0.2 Service Area
Calls may be originated from any telephone connected to sub-tending equalaccess COs or exchanges which are served by LEC Tandems in which VT hasnegotiated and entered into a billing and collection arrangement with theapplicable LEC; however, service is being offered for termination throughoutthe entire United States and the international locations listed herein, and is notlimited to the originating LEC Tandems.
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3.0.3 Special Promotions
The Company may from time to time engage in special promotional serviceofferings which may be limited to certain dates, times and/or locations. Thesepromotions are designed to attract new customers and/or increase customerawareness of particular service offerings. Customers must subscribe tospecific promotions within the given time period as stated in the promotionaloffer. Any ANI disconnected and then reconnected from VT’s service forpurposes of subscribing to the special promotion may not be eligible. Afterthe initial subscription to a promotion, if no outbound usage is generated by anANI within the specified time period as stated in the promotional offering, thecustomer may not receive benefits from the promotion. The promotions maycontain special terms and conditions, including but not limited to, usage ratesand charges. Such special terms and conditions will be in lieu of those terms,conditions, rates and charges outlined in Sections 3 and 6 of this Agreement.
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3.1 TollSaver® Service
TollSaver® Service (non-operator assisted, direct-dial) is offered to Customers,including, but not limited to, residential and business Customers, for calling tointernational locations in VT service areas. Customers access VT via Equal AccessFGD circuits and/or other Switched Access Services. Customers can accessTollSaver® Service by dialing 1 + (Country Code) + (City Code [where required]) +(Destination Number) if they have selected VT as their primary interexchange carrier.When VT is not the presubscribed interexchange carrier, Customers can accessTollSaver® Service by dialing 101XXXX + 1 + (Country Code) + (City Code [whererequired]) + (Destination Number). The Customer must be entered into the VT billingdatabase prior to utilizing this service in order to receive TollSaver® Service rates.Calls are routed over the Company's transmission and switching facilities to any validinternational location in VT's service area. Rates and charges for VT's TollSaver®
Service from originating locations within the contiguous United States to internationallocations (excluding Canada and Mexico) served by VT are set forth in Section 6.3following. Rates for calling to locations in Canada and Mexico are set forth inSections 6.1.1 and 6.2.1 respectively. Calls are subject to a sixty (60) second callminimum, and sixty (60) second billing increments. Calls are rated based on mileage,time of day and call duration.
Customers of VT's TollSaver® Service will be eligible for VT's Frequent CallerProgram. For every ten (10) long distance TollSaver® calls a Customer makes,excluding Directory Assistance calls, the Customer will receive another long distance
TollSaver® call for only one cent ($.01). The one cent ($.01) calls can be up to ten(10) minutes in duration and can be made anywhere within the United States. The onecent ($.01) call will automatically be assessed by Company's billing system on thefirst long distance call that meets the above-noted conditions and is subsequent to therequired ten (10) long distance calls made by the Customer, regardless of theCustomer's actual billing cycle.
The one (1) penny call is awarded in multiples of eleven (i.e., 11, 22, 33, 44, etc.).For example, if a Customer makes twenty-five (25) long distance calls, the Customerwill be entitled to a one cent ($.01) call on both the eleventh (11) and twenty-second(22) calls. If either one of those calls exceeds ten (10) minutes or is made to a partyoutside the contiguous United States, then the very next call that satisfies theseconditions, regardless of its numerical standing, will be billed one cent ($.01). Callsare rated based on mileage, time of day and call duration.
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3.2 TollSaver® II Service
TollSaver® II Service (non-operator assisted, direct-dial) is offered to Customers,including, but not limited to, residential and business Customers, for calling tointernational locations serviced by VT. Customers access VT Telecom® via EqualAccess FGD circuits and/or other Switched Access Services. Customers can accessTollSaver® II Service by dialing 1 + (Country Code) + (City Code [where required])+ (Destination Number) if they have selected VT as their primary interexchangecarrier. When VT is not the presubscribed interexchange carrier, Customers canaccess TollSaver® II Service by dialing 101XXXX + 1 + (Country Code) + (CityCode [where required]) + (Destination Number). In order to receive TollSaver® IIService rates, however, the Customer must be entered into the VT billing databaseprior to utilizing this service. Calls are routed over the Company's transmission andswitching facilities to any valid international location serviced by VT. Rates andcharges for VT's TollSaver® II Service from originating locations within thecontiguous United States to international locations (excluding Canada and Mexico)served by VT are set forth in Section 6.3 following. Rates for calling to locations inCanada and Mexico are set forth in Sections 6.1.1 and 6.2.1 respectively. Calls aresubject to a sixty (60) second call minimum, and (60) second billing increments.
Calls are rated based on mileage, time of day and call duration.
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3.3 Insure One Plus Service
VT's Insure One Plus Service is intended for residential Customers. Customers accessVT Telecom via Equal Access FGD circuits and/or other Switched Access Services.Customers can access VT’s Insure One Plus Service by dialing 1 + (Country Code) +(City Code [where required]) + (Destination Number) if they have selected VT astheir primary interexchange carrier. In order to receive Insure One Plus Service rates,however, the Customer must be entered into the billing database of VT’s billing agent,American Farm Bureau, Inc., for Insure One Plus Service prior to utilizing the service.Calls are routed over the Company's transmission and switching facilities to any validNPA-NXX. Rates and charges for VT's Insure One Plus Service from originatinglocations within the contiguous United States to international locations (excludingCanada and Mexico) served by VT are set forth in Section 6.6 following. Rates forcalling to locations in Canada and Mexico are set forth in Sections 6.1.3 and 6.2.3respectively. Calls are rated based on time of day and call duration.
3.4 Insure Travel Card Service
VT's Insure Travel Card Service permits Customers to make calls from any non-rotarydialed telephone to any international location by dialing 1 + 800 + XXX + XXXX (orthe appropriate number in the originating country), receiving a prompting tone, thenentering the Customer's personal identification number (PIN) assigned by VT followedby the telephone number of the called party. In order to receive Insure Travel CardService rates, the Customer must be entered into the billing database of VT’s billingagent, American Farm Bureau, Inc., for Insure Travel Card Service prior to utilizingthe service. Rates and charges for VT's Insure Travel Card Service from originatinglocations within the contiguous United States to international locations (excludingCanada and Mexico) served by VT are set forth in Section 6.6 following. Rates forcalling to locations in Canada and Mexico are set forth in Sections 6.1.3 and 6.2.3respectively. Calls are rated based on time of day and call duration.
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3.5 PreferredK Service
PreferredK Service (non-operator assisted, direct-dial) is offered to customers,including but not limited to, business customers, for calling to international locationsserved by VT. This service is designed to be sold by agents of VT. Customers accessVT Telecom, Inc. via Equal Access FGD circuits and/or other Switched AccessServices. In order to receive PreferredK Service rates, however, the Customer mustbe entered into the VT billing database prior to utilizing this service. Calls are routedover the Company's transmission and switching facilities to any valid internationallocation serviced by VT. Rates and charges for VT's PreferredK Service fromoriginating locations within the contiguous United States to international locations(excluding Canada and Mexico) served by VT are set forth in Section 6.3 following. Rates for calling to locations in Canada and Mexico are set forth in Sections 6.1.1 and6.2.1 respectively. Calls are subject to a thirty (30) second call minimum, and six (6)second billing increments.
Calls are rated based on mileage, time of day and call duration.
3.6 New DimeLine® Service
VT's New DimeLine® Service (non-operator assisted, direct dial) is intended forresidential Customers. Customers access New DimeLine® Service by dialing 1 +(Country Code) + (City Code [where required]) + (Destination Number) if they haveselected VT as their primary interexchange carrier. When VT is not the presubscribedinterexchange carrier, Customers can access New DimeLine® Service by dialing101XXXX + 1 + (Country Code) + (City Code [where required]) + (DestinationNumber). In order to receive VT's New DimeLine® Service usage rates, however, theCustomer must be entered into the VarTec billing database prior to utilizing thisservice. Calls are routed over the Company's transmission and switching facilities toany valid international location served by VT. Rates and charges for VT's NewDimeLine® Service from originating locations within the contiguous United States tointernational locations served by VT are set forth in Section 6.5 following. Calls aresubject to a three (3) minute call minimum, and sixty (60) second billing increments.
Calls are rated based on call duration.
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3.7 VarTec Signature Series® Services
VarTec Signature Series® Services are intended for Business Customers. Customer'sof VarTec Signature Series® Services will be able to utilize one-plus (1+) and callingcard services. Upon choosing VT as their primary interexchange carrier, Customerswill receive any or all of the long distance telecommunications services associatedwith VarTec Signature Series® Services. Rates and charges associated with VarTecSignature Series® Services from originating locations within the contiguous UnitedStates to international locations served by VT are set forth in Section 6.19 following.
The VarTec Signature Series® Services are long distance telecommunicationsservices including, up to, the following:
3.7.1 VarTec Signature I Service
Customers may access VarTec Signature I Service via Equal Access FGDcircuits and/or other switched access services to make calls. Calls are routedover the Company’s transmission and switching facilities to any internationallocation serviced by VT. VarTec Signature I Service includes flat-ratedinterstate usage rates and a monthly recurring service fee. Rates and chargesassociated with VarTec Signature I Service from originating locations withinthe contiguous United States to international locations served by VT areincluded in Section 6.19. Calls will be billed with a thirty (30) secondminimum and in six (6) second increments.
3.7.2 VarTec Signature Travel Service
VarTec Signature Travel Service is designed to allow customers to make callsfrom any non-rotary dialed telephone within the United States to anyinternational located served by VT by dialing 1 + 800 + XXX + XXXX (or theappropriate number in the originating country), receiving a prompting tone,then dialing in the Customer's Authorization Code assigned by the Companyfollowed by the telephone number of the called party. This service is limitedto subscriber request. The service is for Customers who require many travelcards and regularly make more than $500 in calling card calls per month. VTwill bill Customers of VarTec Signature Travel Service a per call surchargeof $1.75. Rates associated with this service from originating locations withinthe contiguous United States to international locations served by VT are setforth in Section 6.19 following. Calls will be billed by whole minuterounding.
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3.8 VarTec RelianTK Outbound Service
VarTec RelianTK Outbound Service (non-operator assisted, direct-dial) is offeredto customers, including but not limited to, business customers. Customers access VTvia T-1 Access Lines. Calls are routed over the T-1 Access Lines of the LECs and theCompany to any valid number in the international countries serviced by VT. In orderto receive VarTec RelianTK Outbound Service rates, however, the Customer mustbe entered into the VT billing database prior to utilizing this service. Rates andcharges for VT's VarTec RelianTK Outbound Service from originating locationswithin the contiguous United States to international points served by VT are set forthin Section 6.13 following. Calls will be billed with a sixty (60) second minimum andin sixty (60) second increments.
Calls are rated based on mileage, time of day and call duration.
3.9 Small Change® Service
VT's Small Change® Service (non-operator assisted, direct dial) is intended forresidential customers. Upon choosing VT as their primary interexchange carrier andbeing entered into VT’s billing database, customers will receive the long distanceusage rates associated with VT’s Small Change® Service. When VT is not thepresubscribed interexchange carrier, Customers can access Small Change® Service bydialing 101XXXX + 1 + (Country Code) + (City Code [where required]) +(Destination Number). In order to receive VT's Small Change® Service usage rates,however, the Customer must be entered into the VT billing database prior to utilizingthis service. Calls are routed over the Company's transmission and switchingfacilities to any valid NPA-NXX. Rates and charges for VT's Small Change® Servicefrom originating locations within the contiguous United States to internationallocations (excluding Canada and Mexico) served by VT are set forth in Section 6.4following. Rates for calling to locations in Canada and Mexico are set forth inSections 6.1.2 and 6.2.2 respectively. Calls will be billed with a sixty (60) secondminimum and in sixty (60) second increments.
3.10 Travel Card Service
VT's Travel Card Service permits Customers to make calls from any non-rotary dialedtelephone in an location served by VT to any international location served by VT bydialing 1 + 800 + NXX + XXXX (or the appropriate number in the originatingcountry), receiving a prompting tone, then dialing in the Customer's personalidentification number (PIN) assigned by VT followed by the telephone number of thecalled party. There are three classes of Travel Card Service:
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1) Individual Accounts - for the Customer who requires a single or few travelcards and regularly bills less than $200 in travel calls per month.
2) Corporate Accounts - for the Customer who requires several travel cards andregularly bills less than $500 in travel calls per month.
3) Group Accounts - for the Customer who requires many travel cards andregularly bills more than $500 in travel calls per month.
Customers utilizing VT’s Travel Card Service will be charged a per call surcharge of$1.75. Rates for VT's Travel Card Service from originating locations served by VTto international locations (excluding Canada and Mexico) serviced by VT are listedin section 6.3 following. Rates for calling to locations in Canada and Mexico are setforth in Sections 6.1.1 and 6.2.1 respectively. Calls are subject to a sixty (60) secondcall minimum, and sixty (60) second billing increments.
3.11 Prepaid Calling Card Service
VT's Prepaid Calling Card Service provides an outbound voice grade communicationsservice for calls charged to a VT Prepaid Calling Card. VT's Prepaid Calling CardService permits customers to make Prepaid Calling Card calls from any non-rotarydialed telephone within the United States to any international location served by VTby dialing the VT-provided 800 number printed on the card, receiving interactivevoice prompts, inserting an authorization code, and then dialing the destination numberof the intended party. VT Prepaid Calling Cards can be obtained from VT or agentsof VT in various denominations.
Upon accessing the service, the Customer first receives account balance informationprior to dialing the terminating number. Upon entering the intended destinationnumber, the Customer will then be advised as to the maximum call length, in minutes.The balance on each VT Prepaid Calling Card will be reduced and depleted basedupon Customer usage and the terminating location of the call. A Customer's call willbe interrupted with an announcement at one minute before the available balance isdepleted. Calls in progress will be terminated by the Company when the availablebalance of the VT Prepaid Calling Card is expended. Any remaining balance may beutilized by the Customer on subsequent long distance telephone calls. All calls mustbe charged against a valid VT Prepaid Calling Card account that has a sufficientavailable balance. Rates and charges for VT's Prepaid Calling Card Service fromoriginating locations within the contiguous United States to international locationsserved by VT are set forth in Section 6.8 following. Calls are subject to a sixty (60)second call minimum, and sixty (60) second billing increments.
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VT's Prepaid calling cards are non-refundable. Authorization codes associated withPrepaid Calling Card Service will expire 180 days following activation. TheCompany shall not be responsible for lost, stolen or unauthorized usage of VT'sPrepaid Calling Card or authorization codes.
At the Customer's option, written and automated dialing instructions are provided inboth English and Spanish.
The Customer is granted no rights whatsoever in the trade names or insignia (Marks)of VT Prepaid Calling Card Service, its corporate parent or corporate affiliates (MarkHolders) and the Customer is granted no right to modify the physical appearance of theVT Prepaid Calling Card. Customers who desire to produce their own version of acard utilizing VT Prepaid Calling Card Services shall be provided only with an VTPrepaid Calling Card authorization code.
The following types of calls may not be completed using VT's Prepaid Calling CardService:
- Calls to 700 numbers- Calls to 800 numbers- Calls to 900 numbers- Directory Assistance- Any other operator assisted calls
Service is available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. The number ofavailable VT Prepaid Calling Cards is subject to technical limitations. Such cardswill be offered to Customers on a first come, first served basis.
VT will provide a credit equal to one minute of applicable service for VT PrepaidCalling Card Service calls that are interrupted or are subject to inadequatetransmission. Credits will not be issued when an interruption or service deficiency isnot reported to VT, due to a failure of power, equipment, actions of a ForeignTelecommunications Administration, or systems not provided by VT. To receive theproper credit, the Customer must notify the Company at the designated CustomerService Number printed on the VT Prepaid Calling Card and furnish the callednumber, the trouble experienced (e.g., cut-off, noisy circuit, etc.), and the approximatetime the call was placed.
The VT Prepaid Calling Card will no longer be sold or promoted after September 1,1998. Customers who have purchased a VT Prepaid Calling Card prior to this datewill be able to utilize the time as purchased to place calls.
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3.11.1 Enhanced Prepaid Calling Card Service
The Enhanced Prepaid Calling Card offers the same features as VT’s PrepaidCalling Card as listed in Section 3.11 with the additional options of point ofsale activation and recharge capability. This option requires a minimumrecharge of $5.00 and a maximum recharge of $100.00. Further, theinternational rates will be those set forth in Section 6.9 herein.
3.11.2 Collector's Card Service
VT will provide prepaid calling card services using cards where the carditself has a value (i.e., includes a picture of a licensed property or because ofthe materials used in the card) that is distinct from the value of thetelecommunications service. The value of the telecommunications service (inminutes or dollars) will be indicated on the card. Further, the internationalrates will be those set forth in Section 6.8 herein.
3.11.3 Prepaid Calling Card Service II
VT’s Prepaid Calling Card Service II is intended for Customers that makeprepaid calling card calls in excess of three (3) minutes in duration. Thisservice offers the same features as the Prepaid Calling Card Service listed inSection 3.11, but with a lower per minute intrastate usage rate and a per callsurcharge as set forth in Section 6.10 herein.
3.11.4 International Prepaid Calling Card Service
VT’s International Prepaid Calling Card Service is intended for Customersthat primarily make prepaid calling card calls to international destinations.This service offers the same features as the Prepaid Calling Card Servicelisted in Section 3.11. The per minute usage rate for this service is set forthin Section 6.11 herein.
3.11.5 New Prepaid Calling Card Service
The New Prepaid Calling Card Service offers the same features of VT’sPrepaid Calling Card Service listed in Section 3.11 but with a lower domesticper minute usage rate regardless of mileage and/or time of day. All calls havea minimum call length of sixty (60) seconds and are billed in sixty (60) secondincrements. The international rates will be those set forth in Section 6.12herein.
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3.12 DimeLine® Service
VT's DimeLine® Service (non-operator assisted, direct dial) is intended forresidential Customers. Customers access DimeLine® Service by dialing 1 + (CountryCode) + (City Code [where required]) + (Destination Number) if they have selectedVT as their primary interexchange carrier. When VT is not the presubscribedinterexchange carrier, Customers can access DimeLine® Service by dialing 101XXXX+ 1 + (Country Code) + (City Code [where required]) + (Destination Number). Inorder to receive VT's DimeLine® Service usage rates, however, the Customer must beentered into the VT billing database prior to utilizing this service. Calls are routedover the Company's transmission and switching facilities to any valid internationallocation served by VT. Rates and charges for VT's DimeLine® Service fromoriginating locations within the contiguous United States to international locations(excluding Canada and Mexico) served by VT are set forth in Section 6.4 following.Rates for calling to locations in Canada and Mexico are set forth in Sections 6.1.2 and6.2.2 respectively. Calls are subject to a one (1) minute call minimum, and sixty (60)second billing increments. Calls to Canada are subject to a one (1) minute minimum,and sixty (60) second billing increments.
Calls are rated based on call duration.
3.13 Dime Works® Service
The Company's Dime Works® Service is offered to customers, including but notlimited to, business customers for outward calling within the United States tointernational locations serviced by VT. Customers may access VT via Equal AccessFGD circuits and/or other switched access services. The service includes a monthlyrecurring service fee, a per call surcharge and a flat per minute usage rate. In order toreceive Dime Works® Service usage rates, however, Customers must first be enteredinto the VT billing database prior to utilizing this service. Calls are routed over theCompany's transmission and switching facilities to any valid international number.Rates and charges for VT's Dime Works® Service from originating locations withinthe contiguous United States to international locations (excluding Canada and Mexico)served by VT are set forth in Section 6.3 following. Rates for calling to locations inCanada and Mexico are set forth in Sections 6.1.1 and 6.2.1 respectively. Calls willbe billed with a sixty (60) second minimum and in sixty (60) second increments.
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3.14 Dime Club® Program
VT's Dime Club® Program is intended for residential Customers. Customers of VT'sDime Club® Program will be able to utilize the benefits of VT's one plus (1+) andTravel Card Services. Upon accessing VT and being entered into VT's billingdatabase for this service, customers will receive the long distance services associatedwith VT's Dime Club® Program. Rates and charges for VT's Dime Club® Service fromoriginating locations within the contiguous United States to international locations(excluding Canada and Mexico) served by VT are set forth in Section 6.3 following.Rates for calling to locations in Canada and Mexico are set forth in Sections 6.1.1 and6.2.1 respectively. Calls are subject to a one (1) minute call minimum, and sixty (60)second billing increments. Calls to Canada are subject to a three (3) minute callminimum, and sixty (60) second billing increments. A per call surcharge of $1.75 willalso apply to Customers utilizing VT’s Travel Card services. The Dime Club®
Program is a long distance telecommunications services package including, up to, thefollowing two services for a single monthly recurring fee (excluding per minute usagecharges):
3.14.1 One Plus Service
Customers may access VT's one plus service (non-operator assisted, directdial) associated with the Company's Dime Club® Program via Equal AccessFGD circuits and/or other Switched Access Services. Calls are routed overthe Companys transmission and switching facilities to any valid internationallocation served by VT.
3.14.2 Travel Card Service
Customers may access VT's Travel Card Service associated with theCompany's Dime Club® Program from any non-rotary dialed telephone to anyother location by dialing 1+800+NXX-XXXX (or appropriate internationalcode), receiving a prompting tone, then dialing the Customer's PIN, assignedby VT, followed by the destination number of the called party. Customersutilizing VT’s Travel Card Service will be charged $1.75 per call surcharge.
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3.15 Dime College Travel Card Service
VT's Dime College Travel Card Service permits Customers to place calls fromlocations within the United States to international locations serviced by VT by dialing1 + 800 + XXX + XXXX, receiving a prompting tone, then dialing in the Customer'spersonal identification number (PIN) assigned by VT followed by the telephonenumber of the called party. The Dime College Travel Card Service is intended forCustomers of VT’s College and Alumni Programs which are available throughparticipating colleges and alumni organizations. Rates and charges for calls tointernational locations placed on VT's Dime College Travel Card Service (excludingCanada and Mexico) are set forth in Section 6.3 following. Rates for calling tolocations in Canada and Mexico are set forth in Sections 6.1.1 and 6.2.1 respectively.
3.16 Custom 12 Outbound Service
VT's Custom 12 Outbound Service is designed for including, but not limited to,business customers of VT. Customers of this Service access VT'sTelecommunications Network via Equal Access FGD or other Switched AccessServices purchased from applicable LECs. Custom 12 Outbound Service permitscustomers to make outbound calls from locations in diverse service areas to any validinternational location served by VT. Custom 12 Outbound Service usage rates applyto completed calls from applicable locations and Associated Locations to internationallocations served by VT. In order to receive Custom 12 Outbound Service usage rates,however, Customers must be entered into the VT billing database prior to utilizing thisservice. Calls are rated based on and call duration. Rates and charges for VT'sCustom 12 Outbound Service from originating locations within the contiguous UnitedStates to international locations (excluding Canada and Mexico) served by VT are setforth in Section 6.7 following. Rates for calling to locations in Canada and Mexicoare set forth in Sections 6.1.3 and 6.2.3 respectively. Calls will have a minimum calllength of thirty (30) seconds. All calls are subject to six (6) second billing increments.
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3.17 Custom 13 Outbound Service
VT's Custom 13 Outbound Service is designed for including, but not limited to,business customers of VT. Customers of this Service access VT'sTelecommunications Network via Equal Access FGD or other Switched AccessServices purchased from applicable LECs. Custom 13 Outbound Service permitscustomers to make outbound calls from locations in diverse service areas to any validinternational location served by VT. Custom 13 Outbound Service usage rates applyto completed calls from applicable locations and Associated Locations to internationallocations served by VT. In order to receive Custom 13 Outbound Service usage rates,however, Customers must be entered into the VT billing database prior to utilizing thisservice. Calls are rated based on and call duration. Rates and charges for VT'sCustom 13 Outbound Service from originating locations within the contiguous UnitedStates to international locations (excluding Canada and Mexico) served by VT are setforth in Section 6.7 following. Rates for calling to locations in Canada and Mexicoare set forth in Sections 6.1.3 and 6.2.3 respectively. Calls are subject to a sixty (60)second call minimum, and sixty (60) second billing increments.
3.18 Custom 18 Outbound Service
VT's Custom 18 Service is designed for including, but not limited to, businesscustomers of VT. Customers of this Service access VT's TelecommunicationsNetwork via Equal Access FGD or other Switched Access Services purchased fromapplicable LECs. Custom 18 Service permits customers to make outbound calls fromlocations in diverse service areas to any valid international location served by VT.Custom 18 Service usage rates apply to completed calls from applicable locations andAssociated Locations to international locations served by VT. In order to receiveCustom 18 Service usage rates, however, Customers must be entered into the VTbilling database prior to utilizing this service. Calls are rated based on and callduration. Rates and charges for VT's Custom 18 Outbound Service from originatinglocations within the contiguous United States to international locations (excludingCanada and Mexico) served by VT are set forth in Section 6.7 following. Rates forcalling to locations in Canada and Mexico are set forth in Sections 6.1.3 and 6.2.3respectively. Calls are subject to a thirty (30) second call minimum, and six (6)second billing increments.
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3.19 Aspire® Service
VT’s Aspire® Service (non-operator assisted, direct dial) is intended for smallbusiness customers. This program is designed to be sold by agents of VT. Uponchoosing VT as their primary interexchange carrier and being entered into VT’s billingdatabase, customers will receive the long distance usage rates associated with VT’sAspire® Service. When VT is not the presubscribed interexchange carrier, Customerscan access Aspire® by dialing 101XXXX + 1 + (Country Code) + (City Code [whererequired]) + (Destination Number). In order to receive VT's Aspire® usage rates,however, the Customer must be entered into the VT billing database prior to utilizingthis service. Calls are routed over the Company's transmission and switchingfacilities to any valid international location. Rates and charges for VT's Aspire®
Service from originating locations within the contiguous United States to internationallocations (excluding Canada and Mexico) served by VT are set forth in Section 6.3following. Rates for calling to locations in Canada and Mexico are set forth inSections 6.1.1 and 6.2.1 respectively. Calls will be billed with a sixty (60) secondminimum and in sixty (60) second increments.
3.20 Universal Travel Card Service
VT's Universal Travel Card Service permits Customers to make calls from any non-rotary dialed telephone to any international location by dialing 1 + 800 + XXX +XXXX (or the appropriate number in the originating country), receiving a promptingtone, then dialing in the Customer's personal identification number (PIN) assigned byVT, followed by the telephone number of the called party.
Rates and charges for VT’s Universal Travel Card Service from originating locationswithin the contiguous United States to international locations (excluding Canada andMexico) served by VT are set forth in Section 6.3 following. Rates for calling tolocations in Canada and Mexico are set forth in Sections 6.1.1 and 6.2.1 respectively.Calls will be billed with a sixty (60) second minimum and in sixty (60) secondincrements.
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3.21 Insure One Plus Gold Service
VT's Insure One Plus Gold Service is a flat-rated service intended for residentialCustomers. Customers access VT via Equal Access FGD circuits and/or otherSwitched Access Services. Customers can access VTI’s Insure One Plus GoldService by dialing 1 + (Country Code) + (City Code [where required]) + (DestinationNumber) if they have selected VT as their primary interexchange carrier. In order toreceive Insure One Plus Gold Service rates, however, the Customer must be enteredinto the billing database of VT’s billing agent, American Farm Bureau, Inc., for InsureOne Plus Gold Service prior to utilizing the service. Calls are routed over theCompany's transmission and switching facilities to any valid destination number.Customers of VT's Insure One Plus Gold Service will be billed a monthly service feeof $3.00. Rates and charges for VT's Insure One Plus Service from originatinglocations within the contiguous United States to international locations (excludingCanada and Mexico) served by VT are set forth in Section 6.6 following. Rates forcalling to locations in Canada and Mexico are set forth in Sections 6.1.3 and 6.2.3respectively. Calls are rated based on time of day and call duration.
3.22 CallManage Service
The CallManage Service is intended for residential Customers who enroll in theCallManage Program. Customers of this service will utilize the optional longdistance access feature installed on a Uniden Long Distance Manager™ EXLI8962telephone, or subsequent models, to access VT via Equal Access FGD circuits and/orother Switched Access Services. After enrolling, Customers may access theCallManage Service on a per call basis by utilizing the long distance access featurewhich automatically accesses VT’s network when selected, then the Customer dials1 + (Country Code) + (City Code [where required]) + (Destination Number). In orderto receive the CallManage Service rates, the Customer must be entered intoCallManage Program billing database for the CallManage Service prior to utilizingthis service. Calls are routed over the Company's transmission and switchingfacilities. Rates and charges for the CallManage Service are set forth in Section 6.14following. A sixty (60) second minimum will apply to each completed call, andthereafter, Customers shall be billed at sixty (60) second increments.
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3.23 FiveLine® Service
VT’s FiveLine® Service (non-operator assisted, direct dial) is intended for residentialCustomers. Customers access the FiveLine® Service by dialing 1 + (Country Code)+ (City Code [where required]) + (Destination Number) if they have selected VT astheir primary interexchange carrier. When VT is not the presubscribed interexchangecarrier, Customers can access the FiveLine® Service by dialing 101XXXX + 1 +(Country Code) + (City Code [where required]) + (Destination Number). Calls arerouted over the Company's transmission and switching facilities to any validinternational location served by VT. Rates and charges for VT's FiveLine® Servicefrom originating locations within the contiguous United States to internationallocations served by VT are set forth in Section 6.16 following. A ten (10) minuteminimum will apply to each completed call to Canada, and thereafter, Customers shallbe billed at sixty (60) second increments.
Calls are rated based on call duration.
3.24 Long Distance Saver Service
The Long Distance Saver Service is intended for use by residential and small businessCustomers who enroll in the CallManage Program. Customers of this service willutilize the optional long distance access feature installed in a telephone manufacturedand distributed by vendors selected by VT to access its service via Equal AccessFGD circuits and/or other Switched Access Services. After enrolling in theCallManage Program, Customers may access the Long Distance Saver Service on aper call basis by utilizing the long distance access feature which automaticallyaccesses VT’s network when selected, then the Customer dials 1 + (Country Code) +(City Code [where required]) + (Destination Number). In order to receive the LongDistance Saver Service rates, the Customer must be entered into CallManage Programbilling database for the Long Distance Saver Service prior to utilizing this service.Calls are routed over the Company's transmission and switching facilities to any validinternational location served by VT. Rates and charges for VT’s Long Distance SaverService from originating locations within the contiguous United States to internationallocations served by VT are set forth in Section 6.14 following. Calls are rated basedon call duration.
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3.25 Exclusive Travel Card Service
VarTec’s Exclusive Travel Card Service permits Customers to make calls from anydomestic non-rotary dialed telephone to any international location by dialing 1 + 600+ XXX + XXXX, receiving a prompting tone, then dialing in the Customer’s personalidentification number (PIN) assigned by VarTec followed by the telephone number ofthe called party. In order to be eligible to utilize this service, the Customer must alsosubscribe to a VarTec Value Plan as described in Section 7 of this Agreement. In theevent the Customer discontinues utilizing a VarTec Value Plan, the Customer will nolonger be eligible to receive the Exclusive Travel Card Service. Rates and chargesfor VT’s Exclusive Travel Card Service from originating locations within thecontiguous United States to international locations served by VT are set forth inSection 6.18 following. Calls are rated based on call duration.
3.26 Directory Assistance Service
Directory Assistance Service is provided to assist Customers in obtaining telephonenumbers in Canada only. Customers can access Directory Assistance Service bydialing 1 + area code + 555-1212 if they have selected VT as their primaryinterexchange carrier. When VT is not the presubscribed interexchange carrier,Customers can access Directory Assistance by dialing 101XXXX + 1 + area code (ifrequired) + 555-1212. The directory assistance charge applies to each call regardlessof whether the directory assistance bureau is able to furnish the requested telephonenumber. Rates and charges associated with VT’s Directory Assistance Service arelocated in Section 6.0.12 following.
3.27 VarTec VoiceK Services
VarTec VoiceK Services allow customers to be able to utilize one-plus (1+) longdistance service as well as travel card services to international locations. Billing forthe VarTec VoiceK Services will be rendered directly by VT. Customers who selectVT as their primary interexchange carrier will be eligible to utilize any or all of thelong distance telecommunications services associated with VarTec VoiceK Services.When VT is not the presubscribed interexchange carrier, Customers can accessDimeLine® Service by dialing 101XXXX + 1 + (Country Code) + (City Code [whererequired]) + (Destination Number). The VarTec VoiceK Services may also bemarketed as One ChoiceK Services. Rates and charges for VT’s VarTec VoiceKServices from originating locations within the contiguous United States to any validinternational location served by VT are set forth in Section 6.20 following. TheVarTec VoiceK Services are long distance telecommunications services including,up to the following:
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3.27.1 VarTec VoiceK Long Distance Service
Customers may access the VarTec VoiceK Long Distance Service by dialing1 + (Country Code) + (City Code [where required]) + (Destination Number).Calls are routed over the Company’s transmission and switching facilities toany valid international location served by VT. The specific rates and chargesassociated with the VarTec VoiceK Long Distance Service are included inSection 6.20 following. Calls are rated based on call duration.
3.27.2 VarTec VoiceK Travel Card Service
VarTec VoiceK Travel Card Service is designed to allow residentialCustomers to make calls from any non-rotary dialed telephone to any validinternational location served by VT by dialing 1 + 800 + XXX + XXXX,receiving a prompting tone, then dialing in the Customer’s Authorization Codeassigned by VT followed by the telephone number of the called party. Ratesand charges associated with the VarTec VoiceK Travel Card Service are setforth in Section 6.20 following. Calls are rated based on call duration.
3.28 VarTec LibertyLineK Services
VarTec LibertyLineK Services are intended for business Customers. Customers ofthis service will be able to utilize one-plus (1+) long distance service and travel cardservice. Billing for the VarTec LibertyLineK Services will be rendered directly byVT. Only those Customers who select VT as their primary interexchange carrier willbe eligible to utilize any or all of the long distance telecommunications servicesassociated with VarTec LibertyLineK Services. Rates and charges associated withVarTec LibertyLineK Services are set forth in Section 6.20 following. The VarTecLibertyLineK Services are long distance telecommunications services including, upto the following:
3.28.1 VarTec LibertyLineK Long Distance Service
Customers may access the VarTec LibertyLineK Long Distance Service viaEqual Access FGD circuits and/or other switched access services to makeinterstate calls. Customers access the VarTec LibertyLineK Long DistanceService by dialing 1 + (Country Code) + (City Code [where required]) +(Destination Number). Calls are routed over the Company’s transmission andswitching facilities to any valid international location served by VT. Thespecific rates and charges associated with the VarTec LibertyLineK LongDistance Service are included in Section 6.20 following.
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3.28.2 VarTec LibertyLineK Travel Card Service
VarTec LibertyLineK Travel Card Service is designed to allow businessCustomers to make calls from any non-rotary dialed telephone to any validinternational location served by VT by dialing 1 + 800 + XXX + XXXX,receiving a prompting tone, then dialing the Customer’s Authorization Codeassigned by VT followed by the telephone number of the called party. A percall surcharge of $1.25 will apply to each completed call placed on theVarTec LibertyLineK Travel Card Service. Rates and charges associatedwith the VarTec LibertyLineK Travel Card Service are set forth in Section6.20 following.
3.29 5TalkK California Service
VT’s 5TalkK California Service (non-operator assisted, direct dial) is intended forCalifornia residential Customers. Customers access 5TalkK California Service bydialing 1 + (Country Code) + (City Code [where required]) + (Destination Number)if they have selected VT as their primary interexchange carrier. When VT is not thepresubscribed interexchange carrier, Customers can access the 5TalkK CaliforniaService by dialing 101XXXX + 1 + (Country Code) + (City Code [where required])+ (Destination Number). Calls are routed over the Company’s transmission andswitching facilities to any valid international location served by VT. Rates andcharges for VT’s 5TalkK California Service from originating locations withinCalifornia to international locations served by VT are set forth in Section 6.21following.
A one (1) minute minimum will apply to each completed call, and thereafter,Customers shall be billed at sixty (60) second increments.
3.30 FiveLine® Travel Card Service
VT’s FiveLine® Travel Card Service is designed to allow residential Customers tomake calls from any non-rotary dialed telephone to any valid international location bydialing 1 + 800 + XXX + XXXX, receiving a prompting tone, then dialing in theCustomer's Authorization Code assigned by VT, followed by the telephone number ofthe called party. A per call surcharge of $1.25 will apply to each completed callplaced on the FiveLine® Travel Card Service. Rates and charges for the FiveLine®
Travel Card Service from originating locations within the contiguous United States tointernational locations served by VT are set forth in Section 6.18 following.
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3.31 Hawaiian DimeLine® Service
VT's Hawaiian DimeLine® Service is intended for residential Customers for callingto any valid international location by dialing 1 + (Country Code) + (City Code [whererequired]) + (Destination Number) if they have selected VT as their primaryinterexchange carrier. When VT is not the presubscribed interexchange carrier,Customers access Hawaiian DimeLine® Service by dialing 101XXXX + 1 + (CountryCode) + (City Code [where required]) + (Destination Number). Calls are routed overthe Company's transmission and switching facilities to any valid NPA-NXX. Ratesand charges for VT’s Hawaiian DimeLine® Service from originating locations withinHawaii to international locations served by VT are set forth in are set forth in Section6.21 following.
Calls are rated based on call duration.
3.32 Telephone Express® Services
Telephone Express® Services allow customers to be able to utilize one-plus (1+) longdistance service as well as travel card services to international locations. Only thosecurrent Customers who have utilized Telephone Express® via carrier access code, orhave selected Telephone Express® as their primary interexchange carrier and/or theresponsible organization for a particular toll-free telephone number will be eligibleto utilize any or all of the long distance telecommunications services associated withTelephone Express® Services. Telephone Express® Services will not be availableto new Customers or to any Customers currently subscribed to another VTI service.Rates and charges associated with Telephone Express® Services from originatinglocations within the United States to international locations served by VT are set forthin Section 6.20 following. The Telephone Express® Services are long distancetelecommunications services including, up to the following:
3.32.1 Telephone Express® Long Distance Service
Customers may access the Telephone Express® Long Distance Service viaEqual Access FGD circuits and/or other switched access services to makeintrastate calls. Calls are routed over carrier’s transmission and switchingfacilities to any valid NPA-NXX. Rates and charges associated withTelephone Express® Services from originating locations within the UnitedStates to international locations served by VT are set forth in Section 6.20following.
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3.32.2 Telephone Express® Travel Card Service
VarTec Telephone Express® Travel Card Service is designed to allowCustomers to make calls from any non-rotary dialed telephone within theUnited States to any other location by dialing 1 + 800 + XXX + XXXX,receiving a prompting tone, then dialing the Customer's Authorization Codeassigned by VT followed by the telephone number of the called party. Ratesand charges associated with Telephone Express® Services from originatinglocations within the United States to international locations served by VT areset forth in Section 6.20 following.
3.33 New 5Time® Service
New 5Time® Service (non-operator assisted, direct dial) is intended for residentialCustomers for calling to any valid international location by dialing 1 + (Country Code)+ (City Code [where required]) + (Destination Number) if they have selected VT astheir primary interexchange carrier. When VT is not the presubscribed interexchangecarrier, Customers can access the New 5Time® Service by dialing 101XXXX + 1 +(Country Code) + (City Code [where required]) + (Destination Number). Calls arerouted over Carrier’s transmission and switching facilities to any valid internationallocation served by VT. The New 5Time® Service will only be offered to OregonCustomers in the geographical areas served by the following Local Exchange Carrier:US West. Rates and charges for VT’s New 5Time® Service from originating locationswithin the United States to international locations served by VT are set forth in Section6.21 following.
3.34 5TalkK Calling Card Service
VT’s 5TalkK Calling Card Service is designed to allow residential Customers to makecalls from any non-rotary dialed telephone to any valid international location bydialing 1 + 800 + XXX + XXXX, receiving a prompting tone, then dialing in theCustomer’s Authorization Code assigned by VT, followed by the telephone number ofthe called party. A per call surcharge of $1.25 will apply to each completed callplaced on the 5TalkK Calling Card Service. International calls placed on the 5TalkK
Calling Card Service will be billed according to the rates and charges associated withthe Customer’s international direct dial long distance service as designated in VT’sbilling database.
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3.35 New DimeLine® Service - Customer Conversion
VTI’s New DimeLine® Service - Customer Conversion (non-operator assisted, directdial) is intended for existing VTI Customers for calling within the United States. Thisservice will not be available to new customers who first presubscribe to or accessVTI’s service on or after May 15, 2002. Customers access New DimeLine® Service -Customer Conversion by dialing 1 + (Country Code) + (City Code [where required])+ (Destination Number) if they have selected VTI as their primary interexchangecarrier. When VTI is not the presubscribed interexchange carrier, Customers canaccess New DimeLine® Service - Customer Conversion by dialing 101XXXX + 1 +(Country Code) + (City Code [where required]) + (Destination Number). In order toreceive VarTec’s New DimeLine® Service - Customer Conversion usage rates,however, the Customer must be eligible to receive the service based on the aboverequirements and must be entered into the VTI billing database prior to utilizing thisservice. Calls are routed over Carrier’s transmission and switching facilities to anyvalid NPA-NXX. Rates and charges for VTI’s New DimeLine® Service - CustomerConversion are set forth in Section 8.5 following. Calls are rated based on callduration.
3.36 DimeLine® America Service
VT's DimeLine® America Service (non-operator assisted, direct dial) is intended fordomestic long distance calling by residential customers. Upon selecting VT as theirprimary interexchange carrier and being entered into the Company’s billing database,Customers will receive the long distance usage rates associated with VT’s DimeLine®America Service. When VT is not the presubscribed interexchange carrier, Customerscan access the DimeLine® America Service by dialing 101XXXX + 1 + area code +NXX-XXXX. In order to receive VT's DimeLine® America Service usage rates,however, the Customer must be entered into the VT billing database prior to utilizingthis service. Calls are routed over Carrier's transmission and switching facilities toany valid NPA-NXX. Rates and charges for VarTec's DimeLine® America Serviceare set forth in Section 8.5 following. Calls are rated based on call duration.
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4.0 CLEAR CHOICE COMMUNICATIONS® DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES
4.0 General
4.0.1 Introduction
The Company endeavors to provide high quality LDMTS. LDMTS isavailable twenty-four (24) hours per day, seven (7) days a week, everyday ofthe year, subject to routine maintenance and outages beyond the control of theCompany. The Company's switching equipment is designed and engineered toprovide high quality transmission of LDMTS with a minimum level ofimpairment such as noise and echo. However, overall quality may varysomewhat due to the variability in quality of the connections provided by thelocal telephone companies, other interexchange carriers, and ForeignTelecommunications Administrations. If for any reason a customers serviceis interrupted, or the Company is unable to provide international terminationfor the telecommunications service that the Customer is currently utilizing, thecompany reserves the right to terminate the customers call on a substitutetelecommunications service prescribed by the Company. Rates associatedwith such termination will be billed according to the service actually utilizedto terminate the call.
4.0.2 Service Area
Calls may be originated from any telephone connected to sub-tending equalaccess COs or exchanges which are served by LEC Tandems in which VT hasnegotiated and entered into a billing and collection arrangement with theapplicable LEC; however, service is being offered for termination throughoutthe entire United States and the international locations listed herein, and is notlimited to the originating LEC Tandems.
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4.0.3 Special Promotions
The Company may from time to time engage in special promotional serviceofferings which may be limited to certain dates, times and/or locations. Thesepromotions are designed to attract new customers and/or increase customerawareness of particular service offerings. Customers must subscribe tospecific promotions within the given time period as stated in the promotionaloffer. Any ANI disconnected and then reconnected from VT’s service forpurposes of subscribing to the special promotion may not be eligible. Afterthe initial subscription to a promotion, if no outbound usage is generated by anANI within the specified time period as stated in the promotional offering, thecustomer may not receive benefits from the promotion. The promotions maycontain special terms and conditions, including but not limited to, usage ratesand charges. Such special terms and conditions will be in lieu of those terms,conditions, rates and charges outlined in Sections 4 and 6.
4.1 Directory Assistance Service
Directory Assistance Service is provided to assist Customers in obtaining telephonenumbers in Canada only. Customers can access Directory Assistance Service bydialing 1 + area code + 555-1212 if they have selected CCC as their primaryinterexchange carrier. When CCC is not the presubscribed interexchange carrier,Customers can access Directory Assistance by dialing 101XXXX + 1 + area code (ifrequired) + 555-1212. The directory assistance charge applies to each call regardlessof whether the directory assistance bureau is able to furnish the requested telephonenumber. Rates and charges associated with CCC’s Directory Assistance Service arelocated in Section 6.0.12 following.
4.2 CCC Residential Service
CCC Residential Service (non-operator assisted, direct dial) is offered to customers,including but not limited to, residential customers, for calling within the United Statesto international points serviced by CCC. CCC Residential Service is a one-waymulti-point service whereby the subscriber originates and terminates calls viaresidential lines. Subscribers switch on through Equal Access Dialing procedures.Rates and charges associated with CCC’s Residential Service to all internationalpoints served by CCC are set forth in Section 6.3. Rates and charges associated withcalls to Canada and Mexico are set forth in Sections 6.1.1 and 6.2.1 respectively.Calls will be billed with a sixty (60) second minimum and in sixty (60) secondincrements. As of April 1, 1999, new Customers utilizing this service will be billedaccording to rates listed in Section 6.16.
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4.3 CCC Business Service
CCC Business Service (non-operator assisted, direct dial) is offered to customers,including but not limited to, business customers, for calling within the United Statesto international points serviced by CCC. CCC Business Service is a one-way multi-point service whereby the subscriber originates and terminates calls via businesslines. Subscribers switch on through Equal Access Dialing procedures. Rates andcharges associated with CCC’s Business Service to all international points served byCCC are set forth in Section 6.3. Rates and charges associated with calls Canada andMexico are set forth in Sections 6.1.1 and 6.2.1 respectively. Calls will be billedwith a sixty (60) second minimum and in sixty (60) second increments. As of April1, 1999, new Customers utilizing this service will be billed according to rates listedin Section 6.16.
4.4 CCC Small Business Service
CCC Small Business Service (non-operator assisted, direct dial) is offered tocustomers, including but not limited to, small business customers, for calling withinthe United States to international points serviced by CCC. CCC Small BusinessService is a one-way multi-point service whereby the subscriber originates andterminates call via business lines. Subscribers switch on through Equal AccessDialing procedures. Rates and charges associated with CCC’s Small BusinessService to all international points served by CCC are set forth in Section 6.3. Ratesand charges associated with call to Canada and Mexico are set forth in Sections 6.1.1and 6.2.1 respectively. Calls will be billed with a sixty (60) second minimum and insixty (60) second increments. As of April 1, 1999, new Customers utilizing thisservice will be billed according to rates listed in Section 6.16.
4.5 CCC Travel Card Service
CCC’s Travel Card Service permits Customers to make calls from any non-rotarydialed telephone in a location served by CCC to any international location served byCCC by dialing 1 + 800 + NXX + XXXX (or the appropriate number in the originatingcountry), receiving a prompting tone, then dialing in the Customer's personalidentification number (PIN) assigned by CCC followed by the telephone number of thecalled party. Customers of CCC Travel Card Service will be charged a per callsurcharge of $1.75. Rates and charges associated with this service to all internationalpoints served by CCC are set forth in Section 6.3. Rates and charges associated withcalls to Canada and Mexico are set forth in Sections 6.1.1 and 6.2.1 respectively.Calls will be billed with a sixty (60) second minimum and in sixty (60) secondincrements. As of April 1, 1999, new Customers utilizing this service will be billedaccording to rates listed in Section 6.16.
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4.6 Basic One Plus Service
CCC's Basic One Plus Service (non-operator assisted, direct dial) is intended forresidential and small business Customers. Customers access CCC via Equal AccessFGD circuits and/or other Switched Access Services. Customers access CCC’s BasicOne Plus Service by dialing 1 + (Country Code) + (City Code [where required]) +(Destination Number) if they have selected CCC as their primary interexchangecarrier. When CCC is not the presubscribed interexchange carrier, Customers canaccess this service by dialing 101XXXX + 1 + (Country Code) + (City Code [whererequired]) + (Destination Number). Calls are routed over the Company's transmissionand switching facilities to any valid NPA-NXX. Rates and charges associated withCCC’s Basic One Plus Service to all international points served by CCC are set forthin Section 6.15. Calls will be billed with a sixty (60) second minimum and in sixty(60) second increments. As of April 1, 1999, new Customers utilizing this servicewill be billed according to rates listed in Section 6.16.
4.7 Basic Travel Card Service
CCC's Basic Travel Card Service is intended for residential and small businessCustomers to make calls from any non-rotary dialed telephone to any internationallocation by dialing 1 + 800 + NXX + XXXX (or the appropriate number in theoriginating country), receiving a prompting tone, then entering the Customer's personalidentification number (PIN) assigned by CCC followed by the telephone number of thecalled party. Customers of this service should have CCC as their primaryinterexchange carrier. Rates and charges associated with CCC’s Basic Travel CardService to all international points served by CCC are set forth in Section 6.15. A percall surcharge of $1.75 will be applied to each completed call. Calls will be billedwith a sixty (60) second minimum and in sixty (60) second increments. As of April1, 1999, new Customers utilizing this service will be billed according to rates listedin Section 6.16.
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4.8 Clear N’DirectK (TX and VA)
CCC's Clear N’DirectK (non-operator assisted, direct dial) is intended forresidential Customers. Customers access Clear N’DirectK Service by dialing 1 +(Country Code) + (City Code [where required]) + (Destination Number) if they haveselected CCC as their primary interexchange carrier. When CCC is not thepresubscribed interexchange carrier, Customers can access this service by dialing101XXXX + 1 + (Country Code) + (City Code [where required]) + (DestinationNumber). Calls are routed over Carrier's transmission and switching facilities to anyvalid NPA-NXX. Rates and charges associated with CCC’s Clear N’DirectKService to all international points served by CCC are set forth in Section 6.22following. Calls will be billed with a sixty (60) second minimum and in sixty (60)second increments.
As of January 1, 2003, the Clear N’DirectK is only available to customers in Texasand Virginia.
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5.0 PROMOTIONAL OFFERINGS
5.1 VarTec Telecom® Promotional Offerings
5.1.1 TollSaver® II Service - Special Promotion 0.1.VT
VT offers the TollSaver® II Service - Special Promotion 0.1.VT, which has thesame features as VT’s TollSaver® II Service as listed in Section 3.2. Thispromotion is intended for new customers only and is subject to timelimitations. Rates and charges for TollSaver® II Service - Special Promotion0.1.VT from originating locations within the contiguous United States tointernational locations (excluding Canada and Mexico) served by VT are setforth in Section 6.3. Rates for calling to locations in Canada and Mexico areset forth in Sections 6.1.1 and 6.2.1 respectively.
A sixty (60) second call minimum will apply to each completed call, andthereafter, Customers shall be billed in sixty (60) second increments.
5.1.2 DimeLine® Service - Special Promotion 0.2.VT
VT offers the DimeLine® Service - Special Promotion 0.2.VT, which has thesame features as VT’s DimeLine® Service as listed in Section 3.12, but witha monthly recurring service fee of three dollars and ninety five cents ($3.95).This promotion is intended for new customers only and is subject to timelimitations. Rates and charges for DimeLine® Service - Special Promotion0.2.VT from originating locations within the contiguous United States tointernational locations (excluding Canada and Mexico) served by VT are setforth in Section 6.4. Rates for calling to locations in Canada and Mexico areset forth in Sections 6.1.2 and 6.2.2 respectively.
A sixty (60) second call minimum will apply to each completed call, andthereafter, Customers shall be billed in sixty (60) second increments.
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5.1.3 TollSaver® II Service - Special Promotion 0.3.VT
VT offers the TollSaver® II Service - Special Promotion 0.3.VT which has thesame features as VT’s TollSaver® II Service as listed in Section 3.2, but isintended for new Customers only and is subject to time limitations. Rates andcharges for TollSaver® II Service - Special Promotion 0.3.VT from originatinglocations within the contiguous United States to international locations servedby VT are set forth in Section 6.5.
A one (1) minute minimum will apply to each completed call, and thereafter,Customers shall be billed at sixty (60) second increments.
5.1.4 TollSaver® II Service - Special Promotion 0.4.VT
VT offers the TollSaver® II Service - Special Promotion 0.4.VT, which has thesame features as VT’s TollSaver® II Service as listed in Section 3.2, but witha monthly access fee of five dollars ($5.00). The access fee will be waivedfor the first month of use. This promotion is intended for new customers only.Rates and charges for TollSaver® II Service - Special Promotion 0.4.VT fromoriginating locations within the contiguous United States to internationallocations served by VT are set forth in Section 6.5.
A one (1) minute minimum will apply to each completed call, and thereafter,Customers shall be billed in sixty (60) second increments.
5.1.5 Dime Club® Plus
VT offers Dime Club® Plus which has the same features and benefits as VT’sDime Club® Program as listed in Section 3.14, but with a $3.00 monthlyrecurring fee. This promotional offering is intended only for new customerswho are solicited by certain VarTec independent sales agents and is subjectto time limitations. Rates and charges for VT’s Dime Club® Plus service fromoriginating locations within the contiguous United States to internationallocations (excluding Canada and Mexico) served by VT are set forth inSection 6.3. Rates for calling to locations in Canada and Mexico are set forthin Sections 6.1.1 and 6.2.1 respectively.
A per call service charge of $1.75 will also apply to Customers utilizing VT’sTravel Card services. A one (1) minute minimum will apply to eachcompleted call on the Dime Club® Travel Card services, and thereafter,customers of the service shall be billed at sixty (60) second increments.
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5.1.6 VarTec Signature I Service Promotion A
VT offers the VarTec Signature I Service Promotion A which has thesamefeatures and benefits as VarTec’s Signature I Service as listed in Section3.7, but is intended only for customers billed directly by VT. This promotionis subject to time limitations. Rates and charges for VarTec Signature IService Promotion A from originating locations within the contiguous UnitedStates to international locations (excluding Canada and Mexico) served by VTare set forth in Section 6.3. Rates for calling to locations in Canada andMexico are set forth in Sections 6.1.1 and 6.2.1 respectively.
A one (1) minute minimum will apply to each completed call, and thereafter,Customers shall be billed at sixty (60) second increments.
5.1.7 VarTec Signature I Service Promotion B
VT offers the VarTec Signature I Service Promotion B which has the samefeatures and benefits as VarTec’s Signature I Service as listed in Section 3.7,but is intended only for customers billed directly by VT via a CardOvationKCredit Card account or other VT-designated credit card billing agent. Thispromotion is subject to time limitations. Rates and charges for VarTecSignature I Service Promotion B from originating locations within thecontiguous United States to international locations (excluding Canada andMexico) served by VT are set forth in Section 6.3. Rates for calling tolocations in Canada and Mexico are set forth in Sections 6.1.1 and 6.2.1respectively.
A one (1) minute minimum will apply to each completed call, and thereafter,Customers shall be billed at sixty (60) second increments.
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5.1.8 Basic VarTec Value Plan
Basic VarTec Value Plan is a promotional service offering which providesresidential Customers in Texas with local and long distance calling for a flatrate. In order to subscribe to Basic VarTec Value Plan, Customers must selectVT as the primary service provider for local exchange and interexchangeservices. Furthermore, Customers must select one of the following two longdistance plans: FiveLine® Service as described in Section 3.23r NewDimeLine® Service as described in Section 3.6 The availability of BasicVarTec Value Plan to Customers may be restricted based upon VT’s access toresold services. Basic VarTec Value Plan includes Basic Residential LocalService, Call Waiting and 250 minutes of domestic long distance usage inaccordance with the Customer’s selected long distance service, the FiveLine®
Service or the New DimeLine® Service. Any additional long distance usagebeyond the included minutes or any international long distance usage will bebilled according to the same selected long distance calling plan. The includedlong distance usage is not accumulated on a month-to-month basis, and nocredit will be given to Customers who do not use the allotted minutes.
5.1.9 Premier VarTec Value Plan
Premier VarTec Value Plan is a promotional service offering which providesresidential Customers in Texas with local and long distance calling for a flatrate. In order to subscribe to Premier VarTec Value Plan, Customers mustselect VT as the primary service provider for local exchange andinterexchange services. Furthermore, Customers must select one of thefollowing two long distance plans: FiveLine® Service as described in Section3.23 or New DimeLine® Service as described in Section 3.6. The availabilityof Premier VarTec Value Plan to Customers may be restricted based uponVT’s access to resold services.
Premier VarTec Value Plan includes Basic Residential Local Service, CallWaiting, Caller ID - Name and Number Delivery and 500 minutes of domesticlong distance usage in accordance with the Customer’s selected long distanceservice, the FiveLine® Service or the New DimeLine® Service. Anyadditional long distance usage beyond the included minutes will be billedaccording to the same selected long distance plan. The included long distanceusage is not accumulated on a month-to-month basis, and no credit will begiven to Customers who do not use the allotted minutes.
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5.1.10 Alternative Payment Processing Fees
The following fees apply for Customers who make payment for services renderedusing alternative payment processing options. Per use charges apply for individualtransactions. Customers may elect to enroll in VTI’s Recurring Payment Plan, wherebythe Customer’s payment is automatically processed by VTI each month through theCustomer’s selected alternative payment processing option.
Credit Card Payment ACH Payment
One-time Payment (per use) $2.50 $2.50
Online Payments (per use) N/C N/C
Recurring Payments N/C N/C
5.2 Clear Choice Communications® Promotional Offerings
5.2.1 Basic One Plus Promotion A
CCC offers the Basic One Plus Promotion A which has the same features andbenefits as CCC’s Basic One Plus Service as listed in Section 5.6, but is onlyavailable to Customers in the geographical areas served by applicable LocalExchange Carriers and is subject to time limitations. Rates and charges forBasic One Plus Promotion A from originating locations within the contiguousUnited States (excluding California) to international locations served by CCCare set forth in Section 6.16. Rates and charges for Basic One Plus PromotionA originating from California to international locations served by CCC are setforth in Section 6.21 (reference Cal. P.U.C. Basic One Plus Promotion E).
A one (1) minute minimum will apply to each completed call, and thereafter,Customers shall be billed at sixty (60) second increments.
5.2.2 Basic One Plus Promotion B
CCC offers the Basic One Plus Promotion B which has the same features andbenefits as CCC’s Basic One Plus Service as listed in Section 5.6, but is onlyavailable to Customers in the geographical areas served by applicable LocalExchange Carriers and is subject to time limitations. Rates and charges forBasic One Plus Promotion B from originating locations within the contiguousUnited States to international locations served by CCC are set forth in Section6.16. A one (1) minute minimum will apply to each completed call, andthereafter, Customers shall be billed at sixty (60) second increments.
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5.2.3 Basic One Plus Promotion C
CCC offers the Basic One Plus Promotion C which has the same features andbenefits as CCC’s Basic One Plus Service as listed in Section 5.6, but with amonthly access fee of five dollars ($5.00). This promotion is intended forCustomers with usage charges that exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00) permonth and will only be offered to Customers in the geographical areas servedby applicable Local Exchange Carriers and is subject to time limitations.Rates and charges for Basic One Plus Promotion C from originating locationswithin the contiguous United States to international locations served by CCCare set forth in Section 6.16.
A one (1) minute minimum will apply to each completed call, and thereafter,Customers shall be billed at sixty (60) second increments.
5.2.4 Basic One Plus Promotion D
CCC offers the Basic One Plus Promotion D which has the same features andbenefits as CCC's Basic One Plus Service as listed in Section 5.6, but with amonthly access fee of three dollars and ninety five cents ($3.95). Thispromotion is intended for all new CCC Customers in the geographical areasserved by applicable Local Exchange Carriers and is subject to timelimitations. Rates and charges for Basic One Plus Promotion D fromoriginating locations within the contiguous United States to internationallocations (excluding Canada and Mexico) served by CCC are set forth inSection 6.4. Rates for calling to locations in Canada and Mexico are set forthin Sections 6.1.2 and 6.2.2 respectively.
A one (1) minute minimum will apply to each completed call, and thereafter,Customers shall be billed at sixty (60) second increments.
5.2.5 Basic One Plus Promotion E
CCC offers the Basic One Plus Promotion E which has the same features andbenefits as CCC's Basic One Plus Service as listed in Section 5.6, but isintended for all new CCC Customers in the geographical areas served byapplicable Local Exchange Carriers. This promotion is subject to timelimitations. Rates and charges for Basic One Plus Promotion E fromoriginating locations within the contiguous United States to internationallocations served by CCC are set forth in Section 6.16.
A one (1) minute minimum will apply to each completed call, and thereafter,
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Customers shall be billed at sixty (60) second increments.
5.2.6 Basic One Plus Promotion F
CCC offers the Basic One Plus Promotion F which has the same features andbenefits as CCC’s Basic One Plus Service as listed in Section 5.6, but with amonthly access fee of five dollars ($5.00). This promotion will only beoffered to Customers in the geographical areas served by applicable LocalExchange Carriers and is subject to time limitations. Rates and charges forBasic One Plus Promotion F from originating locations within the contiguousUnited States to international locations served by CCC are set forth in Section6.16.
A one (1) minute minimum will apply to each completed call, and thereafter,Customers shall be billed at sixty (60) second increments.
5.2.7 Basic Travel Card Service Promotion A
CCC offers the Basic Travel Card Service Promotion A which has the samefeatures and benefits as CCC’s Travel Card Service as listed in Section 5.7.The promotion will only be offered to Customers in the geographical areasserved by applicable Local Exchange Carriers and is subject to timelimitations. Rates and charges for Basic Travel Card Service Promotion Afrom originating locations within the contiguous United States to internationallocations served by CCC are set forth in Section 6.16.
A sixty (60) second minimum will apply to each completed call, andthereafter, Customers shall be billed at sixty (60) second increments.
5.2.8 Basic Travel Card Service Promotion B
CCC offers the Basic Travel Card Service Promotion B which has the samefeatures and benefits as CCC’s Travel Card Service as listed in Section 5.7,but is only available to Customers in the geographical areas served byapplicable Local Exchange Carriers. This promotion is subject to timelimitations. Rates and charges for Basic Travel Card Service Promotion Bfrom originating locations within the contiguous United States to internationallocations served by CCC are set forth in Section 6.16.
A sixty (60) second minimum will apply to each completed call, andthereafter, Customers shall be billed at sixty (60) second increments.
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6.0 RATES AND CHARGES FOR VARTEC TELECOM, INC.
6.0 General
This section contains rates for international calls originating in the United States.
6.0.1 Types of Charges
There are five types of charges associated with VT’s LDMTS.
6.0.1.A Recurring Charges
Recurring charges are incurred on a monthly or per unit of usebasis, as specified for each LDMTS service.
6.0.1.B Usage Charges
Usage charges are stated as a function of, and vary with, use(e.g., per connection or per unit of time). Usage charges arebilled in arrears.
6.0.1.C Per Call Charges
Usage charges are assessed on a per call basis.
6.0.1.D Nonrecurring charges
A nonrecurring charge applies for each activity, such as a set-up or a change, ordered by the Customer and performed by theCompany. Charges may differ according to the work activityinvolved, as specified for each LDMTS.
6.0.1.E Alternative Billing Arrangements
When an LDMTS call is not billed to the origination number,the Company offers certain billing options depending on thetype of call. These options, which are not available forincluding, but not limited to, calling card and prepaid callingcard services.
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6.0.2 Computation of Charges
The charge for an LDMTS call is based on such factors as: (1) the distancebetween the rate centers of the originating (calling) and terminating (called)stations; (2) the time of day and the day of the week when the call takes place;(3) the duration of the call; (4) the class of service; and (5) other line chargesor service charges, when applicable. The specific factors which apply to agiven LDMTS call are listed in the rate section applicable to the service.
6.0.3 Application of Charges
The charges for an LDMTS call except for some optional calling plans areapplied on a per call basis. Other LDMTS offerings are charged on a monthlybasis.
6.0.4 Rate Periods
All VT services that are rated based upon time of day are subject to thefollowing rate periods:
(A) STANDARD PERIOD - As set forth in Section 6.0.5, following.
(B) ECONOMY PERIOD - As set forth in Section 6.0.5, following.
(C) Calls initiated during one time period and ending during a differenttime period will be billed for the usage during each time period at therates applicable to that time period.
(D) Service charges and surcharges may be added to all calls as specified
in this Agreement. All service and surcharges are in addition to initialand additional period charges. When a call is subject to more than oneservice charge, only the highest service charge applies.
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6.0.5 Timing of Calls
(A) LDMTS charges are based on the actual conversation time transpiringon VT's network. No charge will generally apply to uncompletedcalls, which include "ring busy" and "ring no answer calls," and suchuncompleted calls will not be knowingly charged to the Customer and,if charged in error, will be refundable to the Customer. In LECservice areas where Soft Answer Supervision must be utilized, ratherthan Hard Answer Supervision, and the Customer fails to hang upwhen receiving a busy signal or "ring no answer call" for an excessiveperiod of time, the Customer may be charged as if the call werecompleted. VT will determine that a call has been established byutilizing Hard Answer Supervision, where available, from the localtelephone company or underlying carrier.
(B) Unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, the minimum callduration for billing purposes is one (1) minute for a connected call.
(C) Unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, usage is measured androunded to the higher full minute for billing purposes.
(D) When Hard Answer Supervision is unavailable and VT has receiveda reasonable claim from the Customer for a refund of VT's charges foran uncompleted call, VT will reimburse the Customer for the chargesthat VT has billed for that call.
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Standard EconomyCountry Time Time
Period Period
Afghanistan 6PM-11AM 11AM-6PM
Albania (Socialist Republic of) 7AM-6PM 6PM-7AM
Algeria 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
American Samoa 10AM-11PM 11PM-10AM
Andorra 7AM-6PM 6PM-7AM
Angola 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
Anguilla 7AM-10PM 10PM-7AM
Antarctica (Casey Base) 10AM-11PM 11PM-10AM
Antarctica (Scott Base) 10AM-11PM 11PM-10AM
Antigua (Including Barbuda) 7AM-10PM 10PM-7AM
Argentina 8AM-12MID 12MID-8AM
Armenia 7AM-2AM 2AM-7AM
Aruba 7AM-10PM 10PM-7AM
Ascension Island 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
Atlantic / E N/A N/A
Atlantic / W N/A N/A
Australia 2PM-3AM 3AM-2PM
Austria 7AM-6PM 6PM-7AM
Azerbaijan 7AM-2AM 2AM-7AM
Bahamas 8AM-11PM 11PM-8AM
Bahrain 9PM-3PM 3PM-9PM
Bangladesh (People’s Republic of) 6AM-6PM 6PM-6AM
Barbados 7AM-10PM 10PM-7AM
Belarus 7AM-2AM 2AM-7AM
Belgium 7AM-6PM 6PM-7AM
Belize 8AM-11PM 11PM-8AM
Benin (People’s Republic of) 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
Bermuda 8AM-11PM 11PM-8AM
Bhutan (Kingdom of) 6AM-6PM 6PM-6AM
Bolivia 7AM-12MID 12MID-7AM
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Republic of) 7AM-12MID 12MID-7AM
Botswana 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
Brazil (Federative Republic of) 8AM-12MID 12MID-8AM
British Virgin Islands 8AM-11PM 11PM-8AM
Brunei 10AM-11PM 11PM-10AM
Bulgaria 7AM-2AM 2AM-7AM
Burkina Faso 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
Burundi 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
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Cambodia 5PM-11AM 11AM-5PM
Cameroon 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
Cape Verde Islands 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
Cayman Islands 7AM-10PM 10PM-7AM
Central African Republic 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
Chad (Republic of) 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
Chile 8AM-12MID 12MID-8AM
China (People’s Republic of) 5PM-11AM 11AM-5PM
Christmas Island 10AM-11PM 11PM-10AM
Cocos Island 10AM-11PM 11PM-10AM
Colombia 7AM-12MID 12MID-7AM
Comoros (Federal and Islamic Republic of) 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
Congo (Republic of) 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
Cook Islands 10AM-11PM 11PM-10AM
Costa Rica 8AM-11PM 11PM-8AM
Croatia (Republic of) 7AM-12MID 12MID-7AM
Cuba 7AM-10PM 10PM-7AM
Cyprus 7AM-6PM 6PM-7AM
Czech Republic 7AM-12MID 12MID-7AM
Denmark 7AM-6PM 6PM-7AM
Diego Garcia 6AM-6PM 6PM-6AM
Djibouti (Republic of) 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
Dominica 7AM-10PM 10PM-7AM
Dominican Republic 7AM-10PM 10PM-7AM
Easter Island 8AM-12MID 12MID-8AM
Ecuador 7AM-12MID 12MID-7AM
Egypt (Arab Republic of) 7AM-2AM 2AM-7AM
El Salvador 8AM-11PM 11PM-8AM
Equatorial Guinea (Republic of) 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
Eritrea 7AM-2AM 2AM-7AM
Estonia 7AM-2AM 2AM-7AM
Ethiopia 7AM-2AM 2AM-7AM
Faeroe Islands (Denm ark) 7AM-6PM 6PM-7AM
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 8AM-12MID 12MID-8AM
Fiji Islands 9AM-2AM 2AM-9AM
Finland 7AM-6PM 6PM-7AM
France 7AM-6PM 6PM-7AM
French Antilles 8AM-11PM 11PM-8AM
French Guiana 8AM-12MID 12MID-8AM
French Polynesia 10AM-11PM 11PM-10AM
Gabon Republic 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
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Gambia 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
Georgia 7AM-2AM 2AM-7AM
Germany (Federal Republic of) 7AM-6PM 6PM-7AM
Ghana 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
Gibraltar 7AM-6PM 6PM-7AM
Greece 7AM-6PM 6PM-7AM
Greenland (Denmark) 7AM-6PM 6PM-7AM
Grenada 7AM-10PM 10PM-7AM
Guadeloupe 8AM-11PM 11PM-8AM
Guantanamo (U.S. Naval Base) 7AM-10PM 10PM-7AM
Guatemala (Republic of) 8AM-11PM 11PM-8AM
Guinea (People’s Revolutionary Republic) 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
Guinea-Bissau 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
Guyana 8AM-12MID 12MID-8AM
Haiti 7AM-10PM 10PM-7AM
Honduras 8AM-11PM 11PM-8AM
Hong Kong 10AM-11PM 11PM-10AM
Hungary 7AM-6PM 6PM-7AM
Iceland 7AM-8PM 8PM-7AM
India 6AM-6PM 6PM-6AM
Indian Ocean N/A N/A
Indonesia 5PM-11AM 11AM-5PM
Iran 7AM-2AM 2AM-7AM
Iraq 7AM-2AM 2AM-7AM
Ireland 7AM-6PM 6PM-7AM
Israel 12MID-5PM 5PM-12MID
Italy 7AM-6PM 6PM-7AM
Ivory Coast (Republic of) 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
Jamaica 7AM-10PM 10PM-7AM
Japan (Including Okinawa) 2PM-3AM 3AM-2PM
Jordan 12MID-5PM 5PM-12MID
Kazakhstan 7AM-2AM 2AM-7AM
Kenya (Republic of ) 7AM-1AM 1AM-7AM
Kiribati 10AM-11PM 11PM-10AM
North Korea 2PM-3AM 3AM-2PM
South Korea 2PM-3AM 3AM-2PM
Kuwait 7AM-1AM 1AM-7AM
Kyrgyzstan 7AM-2AM 2AM-7AM
Laos 10AM-11PM 11PM-10AM
Latvia 7AM-2AM 2AM-7AM
Lebanon 9PM-3PM 3PM-9PM
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Lesotho 7AM-1AM 1AM-7AM
Liberia 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
Libyan Arab Socialist 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
Liechtenstein 7AM-6PM 6PM-7AM
Lithuania 7AM-2AM 2AM-7AM
Luxembourg 7AM-6PM 6PM-7AM
Macao 5PM-11AM 11AM-5PM
Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic of) 7AM-12MID 12MID-7AM
Madagascar (Democratic Republic of) 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
Malawi 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
Malaysia 5PM-11AM 11AM-5PM
Maldives (Republic of) 6PM-11AM 11AM-6PM
Mali (Republic of) 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
Malta (Republic of) 7AM-6PM 6PM-7AM
Marshall Islands 10AM-11PM 11PM-10AM
Mauritania (Islamic Republic of) 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
Mauritius 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
Mayotte Island 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
Micronesia (Federated States of ) 10AM-11PM 11PM-10AM
Midway 10AM-11PM 11PM-10AM
Moldova 7AM-2AM 2AM-7AM
Monaco 7AM-6PM 6PM-7AM
Mongolian People’s Republic 10AM-11PM 11PM-10AM
Montserrat 7AM-10PM 10PM-7AM
Morocco (Kingdom of) 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
Mozambique 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
Myanmar (Burma) 10AM-11PM 11PM-10AM
Namibia 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
Nauru 10AM-11PM 11PM-10AM
Nepal 6AM-6PM 6PM-6AM
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 7AM-6PM 6PM-7AM
Netherlands Antilles 8AM-11PM 11PM-8AM
Nevis 7AM-10PM 10PM-7AM
New Caledonia 10AM-11PM 11PM-10AM
New Zealand 10AM-11PM 11PM-10AM
Nicaragua 8AM-11PM 11PM-8AM
Niger (Republic of) 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
Nigeria (Federal Republic of) 7AM-1AM 1AM-7AM
Niue 10AM-11PM 11PM-10AM
Norfolk Island 10AM-11PM 11PM-10AM
Norway (Including Svalbard) 7AM-6PM 6PM-7AM
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Oman 9PM-3PM 3PM-9PM
Pakistan 6AM-6PM 6PM-6AM
Palau (Republic of) 10AM-11PM 11PM-10AM
Panama (Republic of) 8AM-11PM 11PM-8AM
Papua New Guinea 10AM-11PM 11PM-10AM
Paraguay 8AM-12MID 12MID-8AM
Peru 7AM-12MID 12MID-7AM
Philippines 5PM-11AM 11AM-5PM
Pitcairn Island 10AM-11PM 11PM-10AM
Poland (People’s Republic of) 7AM-12MID 12MID-7AM
Portugal (Including Azores & Madeira) 7AM-8PM 8PM-7AM
Qatar 7AM-1AM 1AM-7AM
Reunion Island 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
Romania (Socialist Republic of) 7AM-2AM 2AM-7AM
Russia 7AM-2AM 2AM-7AM
Rwanda 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
Saipan 10AM-11PM 11PM-10AM
San Marino (Republic of) 7AM-6PM 6PM-7AM
Sao Tome 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
Saudi Arabia 7AM-1AM 1AM-7AM
Senegal Republic 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
Seychelles Islands 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
Sierra Leone 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
Singapore (Republic of) 10AM-11PM 11PM-10AM
Slovakia 7AM-12MID 12MID-7AM
Slovenia (Republic of) 7AM-12MID 12MID-7AM
Solomon Islands 10AM-11PM 11PM-10AM
Somali Republic 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
South Africa (Republic of) 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
Spain 7AM-6PM 6PM-7AM
Spanish Sahara 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
Sri Lanka 6AM-6PM 6PM-6AM
St. Helena 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
St. Kitts 7AM-10PM 10PM-7AM
St. Lucia 7AM-10PM 10PM-7AM
St. Pierre and Miquelon 7AM-10PM 10PM-7AM
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 7AM-10PM 10PM-7AM
Sudan 7AM-2AM 2AM-7AM
Suriname (Republic of) 8AM-12MID 12MID-8AM
Swaziland 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
Sweden 7AM-6PM 6PM-7AM
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Switzerland (Confederation of ) 7AM-6PM 6PM-7AM
Syrian Arab Republic 7AM-2AM 2AM-7AM
Taiwan 10AM-11PM 11PM-10AM
Tajikistan 7AM-2AM 2AM-7AM
Tanzania 7AM-2AM 2AM-7AM
Thailand 5PM-11AM 11AM-5PM
Togo (Republic of) 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
Tonga Islands 9AM-2AM 2AM-9AM
Trinidad and Tobago 7AM-10PM 10PM-7AM
Tunisia 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
Turkey 7AM-6PM 6PM-7AM
Turkmenistan 7AM-2AM 2AM-7AM
Turks and Caicos Islands 8AM-11PM 11PM-8AM
Tuvalu 10AM-11PM 11PM-10AM
Uganda 7AM-2AM 2AM-7AM
Ukraine 7AM-2AM 2AM-7AM
United Arab Emirates 9PM-3PM 3PM-9PM
United Kingdom 7AM-6PM 6PM-7AM
Uruguay 7AM-12MID 12MID-7AM
Uzbekistan 7AM-2AM 2AM-7AM
Vanuata (Republic of) 10AM-11PM 11PM-10AM
Vatican City 7AM-6PM 6PM-7AM
Venezuela 8AM-12MID 12MID-8AM
Vietnam (Socialist Republic of) 5PM-11AM 11AM-5PM
Wake 10AM-11PM 11PM-10AM
Wallis and Futuna Islands 10AM-11PM 11PM-10AM
Western Samoa 10AM-11PM 11PM-10AM
Yemen (Republic of) 9PM-3PM 3PM-9PM
Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of) 7AM-12MID 12MID-7AM
Zaire (Republic of) 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
Zambia 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
Zimbabwe 6AM-5PM 5PM-6AM
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6.0.6 Holiday Discounts
All VT services that are rated based upon time of day, unlessotherwise specified, are subject to the following holiday discounts:
On Christmas Day (December 25), New Year's Day (January 1),Independence Day (July 4), Thanksgiving Day and Labor Day therate applicable is the Economy rate unless a lower rate wouldnormally apply.
6.0.7 Rounding Fractional Charges
Unless where otherwise specified in this Agreement, when theapplication of the rates set forth in this Section results in afractional charge for an individual call, the total charge for thatparticular call will be rounded up to the next higher cent.
6.0.8 Returned Check Charge
Until July 1, 2002, when payment in the form of a bank check forservices rendered is returned to the carrier, the Customer will beassessed a service charge of $15.00 to cover the cost of handlingthe check.
Beginning August 1, 2002, a returned check fee of $25.00 isapplicable for each check returned for any reason. Due to statelaws and regulations regarding returned check fees, Alabama,Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri,New York, Tennessee and Utah residents will incur a $20.00returned check fee, and District of Columbia and West Virginiaresidents will incur a $15.00 returned check fee.
6.0.9 Service Trip Charge
In the event the Subscriber or Customer reports a service difficultyor trouble report that requires an on-premise visit by the Companyand the service difficulty or trouble reported is not a result ofCompany-provided equipment and/or no service difficulty ortrouble is found in Company-provided equipment, a Service TripCharge of $50.00 may be charged to the Subscriber or Customer forthe visit by the Company.
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6.0.10 Restoration of Service Charge
In the event service is temporarily suspended by VT for non-payment such service will be restored upon payment of all chargesdue.
A restoration of service charge will be applicable for eachauthorization code temporarily suspended. Where service ispresubscribed to VT's service a restoration of service charge willbe applicable for each line temporarily suspended.
Customers not re-established within five (5) days from date ofsuspension will be treated as new customers and appropriateNonrecurring Charges and an advance payment will apply.
Service Charge
Business $50.00Residence $25.00
6.0.11 Emergency Calls
Customer shall configure its system so that 911 emergency calls,where available, and similar emergency calls will be automaticallyrouted to the emergency answering point for the geographicallocation where the call originated without the intervention of VT.911 calls are not routed but are completed through the localnetwork. No billing applies to emergency calls.
6.0.12 Directory Assistance Service
VT Customers will be billed a per call charge of $2.49 for eachdirectory assistance call. The directory assistance charge appliesto each call regardless of whether the directory assistance bureauis able to furnish the requested telephone number.
6.0.13 Extra Copies of Bill
Extra copies of a Customer's monthly bill will be provided by theCompany at the rate of $.25 per copy, per page. A minimum chargeof $1.00 will apply.
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6.0.14 Presubscribed Interexchange Carrier Charge
Customers will be billed the Presubscribed Interexchange CarrierCharge for each of their telephone lines (multi-line business, ISDN,Centrex) that are presubscribed to VTI’s service. This charge willapply in each calendar month in which VTI is the primaryinterchange carrier for the telephone lines. Customers will bebilled according to the number of lines presubscribed to VTI’sservice and as designated by the applicable LEC. Customers willbe billed no more than $4.31 per line. Customers utilizing ISDNlines will be billed no more than a total of $30.00 for thePresubscribed Interexchange Carrier Charge.
6.0.15 Payphone Use Charge
A $0.30 per call charge is applicable to calls that originate fromany payphone within the United States and access VTI’s servicesvia an 800 number (e.g., Business 800K, Travel Card, PrepaidCalling Card or Home Direct® calls). The Payphone Use Charge isin addition to the per minute usage rates and any applicable monthlyservice fees and surcharges associated with utilizing VTI’s serviceaccessed from the payphone.
6.0.16 Late Payment Fee
Customers billed directly by VTI or its agents for usage chargesincurred as the result of utilizing VTI’s service will be assessed alate payment fee as established in state tariffs of any unpaid monthlybalance if payment is not received by VTI by the due datespecifically listed on the Customer’s bill.
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6.0.17 Alternative Payment Processing Fees
The following fees apply for Customers who make payment forservices rendered using alternative payment processing options.Per use charges apply for individual transactions. Customers mayelect to enroll in VTI’s Recurring Payment Plan, whereby theCustomer’s payment is automatically processed by VTI each monththrough the Customer’s selected alternative payment processingoption.
Credit Card Payment ACH Payment
One-time Payment (per use) $2.50 $2.50
Online Payments (per use) N/C N/C
Recurring Payments N/C N/C
6.1 United States Mainland to Canada Service Rates
Calls terminating in Canada will be billed at the following rates and timeschedule:
STANDARD Mon-Sun 8am-12MidECONOMY Mon-Sun 12Mid-8am
6.1.1 Plan A
STANDARD ECONOMYRATE INITIAL ADDTL INITIAL ADDTLMILEAGE PERIOD PERIOD PERIOD PERIOD
1-18 $0.4680 $0.4680 $0.3870 $0.387019-80 $0.5040 $0.5040 $0.3870 $0.387081-140 $0.5760 $0.5760 $0.4050 $0.4050141-220 $0.6300 $0.6300 $0.4230 $0.4230221-345 $0.6660 $0.6660 $0.4230 $0.4230346-630 $0.7290 $0.7290 $0.4770 $0.4770631-1200 $0.7290 $0.7290 $0.4770 $0.47701201-1610 $0.7650 $0.7650 $0.5220 $0.52201611-4000 $0.7650 $0.7650 $0.5220 $0.5220
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6.1.2 Plan B
STANDARD ECONOMYRATE INITIAL ADDTL INITIAL ADDTLMILEAGE PERIOD PERIOD PERIOD PERIOD
1-18 $0.4160 $0.4160 $0.3440 $0.344019-80 $0.4480 $0.4480 $0.3440 $0.344081-140 $0.5120 $0.5120 $0.3600 $0.3600141-220 $0.5600 $0.5600 $0.3760 $0.3760221-345 $0.5920 $0.5920 $0.3760 $0.3760346-630 $0.6480 $0.6480 $0.4240 $0.4240631-1200 $0.6480 $0.6480 $0.4240 $0.42401201-1610 $0.6800 $0.6800 $0.4640 $0.46401611-4000 $0.6800 $0.6800 $0.4640 $0.4640
6.1.3 Plan C
STANDARD ECONOMYRATE INITIAL ADDTL INITIAL ADDTLMILEAGE PERIOD PERIOD PERIOD PERIOD
1-18 $0.5200 $0.5200 $0.4300 $0.430019-80 $0.5600 $0.5600 $0.4300 $0.430081-140 $0.6400 $0.6400 $0.4500 $0.4500141-220 $0.7000 $0.7000 $0.4700 $0.4700221-345 $0.7400 $0.7400 $0.4700 $0.4700346-630 $0.8100 $0.8100 $0.5300 $0.5300631-1200 $0.8100 $0.8100 $0.5300 $0.53001201-1610 $0.8500 $0.8500 $0.5800 $0.58001611-4000 $0.8500 $0.8500 $0.5800 $0.5800
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6.2 United States Mainland to Mexico
Calls terminating in Mexico will be billed at the following rates and timeschedule:
STANDARD Mon-Sun 8am-12MidECONOMY Mon-Sun 12Mid-8am
6.2.1 Plan A
6.2.1(A) The following rates are based on the distance in airlinemileage between the rate centers of the United StatesMainland and a point of connection at the U.S. - MexicoInternational boundary.
STANDARD ECONOMYRATE INITIAL ADDTL INITIAL ADDTLMILEAGE PERIOD PERIOD PERIOD PERIOD
1-10 $0.4140 $0.4140 $0.2340 $0.234011-22 $0.4140 $0.4140 $0.2430 $0.243023-55 $0.4950 $0.4950 $0.3690 $0.369056-124 $0.6030 $0.6030 $0.4590 $0.4590125-292 $0.6030 $0.6030 $0.4590 $0.4590293-430* $0.6030 $0.6030 $0.4590 $0.4590431-925 $0.6030 $0.6030 $0.4590 $0.4590926-3000 $0.6030 $0.6030 $0.4590 $0.4590
*From VarTec’s Dallas switch to the Mexican Border.
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6.2.1(B) The number rate tables in this rate schedule below areidentically numbered to city location tables provided in theAT&T Tariff F.C.C. No. 10, Section 81. The rate tablenumber corresponds to the specific rate to be applied to theportion of the call between the point of connection at theinternational boundary and the location in Mexico.
STANDARD ECONOMYRATE INITIAL ADDTL INITIAL ADDTLTABLE PERIOD PERIOD PERIOD PERIOD
1 $0.3690 $0.3690 $0.2070 $0.20702 $0.3690 $0.3690 $0.2430 $0.24303 $0.5400 $0.5400 $0.3600 $0.36004 $1.2690 $1.2690 $0.7650 $0.76505 $1.2690 $1.2690 $0.8280 $0.82806 $1.2690 $1.2690 $0.9810 $0.98107 $1.2690 $1.2690 $0.9810 $0.98108 $1.2690 $1.2690 $0.9810 $0.9810
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6.2.2 Plan B
6.2.2(A) The following rates are based on the distance in airlingmileage between the rate centers of the United StatesMainland and a point of connection at the U.S. - MexicoInternational boundary.
STANDARD ECONOMYRATE INITIAL ADDTL INITIAL ADDTLMILEAGE PERIOD PERIOD PERIOD PERIOD
1-10 $0.3680 $0.3680 $0.2080 $0.208011-22 $0.3680 $0.3680 $0.2160 $0.216023-55 $0.4400 $0.4400 $0.3280 $0.328056-124 $0.5360 $0.5360 $0.4080 $0.4080125-292 $0.5360 $0.5360 $0.4080 $0.4080293-430* $0.5360 $0.5360 $0.4080 $0.4080431-925 $0.5360 $0.5360 $0.4080 $0.4080926-3000 $0.5360 $0.5360 $0.4080 $0.4080
*From VarTec’s Dallas switch to the Mexican border.
6.2.2(B) The number rate tables in this rate schedule below are identicallynumbered to city location tables provided in the AT&T TariffF.C.C. No. 10, Section 61. The rate table number corresponds tothe specific rate to be applied to the portion of the call between thepoint of connection at the international boundary and the location inMexico.
STANDARD ECONOMYRATE INITIAL ADDTL INITIAL ADDTLTABLE PERIOD PERIOD PERIOD PERIOD
1 $0.3280 $0.3280 $0.1840 $0.18402 $0.3280 $0.3280 $0.2160 $0.21603 $0.4800 $0.4800 $0.3200 $0.32004 $1.1280 $1.1280 $0.6800 $0.68005 $1.1280 $1.1280 $0.7360 $0.73606 $1.1280 $1.1280 $0.8720 $0.87207 $1.1280 $1.1280 $0.8720 $0.87208 $1.1280 $1.1280 $0.8720 $0.8720
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6.2.3 Plan C
6.2.3(A) The following rates are based on the distance inairling mileage between the rate centers of theUnited States Mainland and a point of connection atthe U.S. - Mexico International boundary.
STANDARD ECONOMYRATE INITIAL ADDTL INITIAL ADDTLMILEAGE PERIOD PERIOD PERIOD PERIOD
1-10 $0.4600 $0.4600 $0.2600 $0.260011-22 $0.4600 $0.4600 $0.2700 $0.270023-55 $0.5500 $0.5500 $0.4100 $0.410056-124 $0.6700 $0.6700 $0.5100 $0.5100125-292 $0.6700 $0.6700 $0.5100 $0.5100293-430* $0.6700 $0.6700 $0.5100 $0.5100431-925 $0.6700 $0.6700 $0.5100 $0.5100926-3000 $0.6700 $0.6700 $0.5100 $0.5100
*From VarTec’s Dallas switch to the Mexican border.
6.2.3(B) The number rate tables in this rate schedule beloware identically numbered to city location tablesprovided in the AT&T Tariff F.C.C. No. 10,Section 61. The rate table number corresponds tothe specific rate to be applied to the portion of thecall between the point of connection at theinternational boundary and the location in Mexico.
STANDARD ECONOMYRATE INITIAL ADDTL INITIAL ADDTLTABLE PERIOD PERIOD PERIOD PERIOD
1 $0.4100 $0.4100 $0.2300 $0.23002 $0.4100 $0.4100 $0.2700 $0.27003 $0.6000 $0.6000 $0.4000 $0.40004 $1.4100 $1.4100 $0.8500 $0.85005 $1.4100 $1.4100 $0.9200 $0.92006 $1.4100 $1.4100 $1.0900 $1.09007 $1.4100 $1.4100 $1.0900 $1.09008 $1.4100 $1.4100 $1.0900 $1.0900
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6.3 International Plan A Usage Rates
Country Standard Economy
Country Code Time Time
Period Period
Afghanistan 93 $5.7690 $3.7980
Albania (Socialist Republic of) 355 $4.8240 $3.7530
Algeria 213 $3.0690 $2.5110
American Samoa 684 $3.1680 $2.5650
Andorra 376 $2.0700 $1.4040
Angola 244 $6.2370 $5.1390
Anguilla AI264 $2.1060 $1.7820
Antarctica 67212 $6.0660 $5.9400
Antarctica (Scott Base) 67212 $3.3390 $3.1230
Antigua (Including Barbuda) AN268 $2.0700 $1.7010
Argentina 54 $2.7000 $1.8540
Armenia 7885/374/7886 $3.4290 $2.8710
Aruba 297 $1.9800 $1.6290
Ascension Island 247 $3.4650 $2.9070
Australia 61 $2.1150 $1.4580
Austria 43 $2.0250 $1.4490
Azerbaijan 994/789 $3.3840 $2.7090
Bahamas BA242 $1.6110 $1.2960
Bahrain 973 $2.8080 $2.2680
Bangladesh (People’s Republic of)880 $4.9050 $3.5370
Barbados BD246 $2.0700 $1.7010
Belarus 7016/7017/7021/7022 $3.4290 $2.8710
Belgium 32 $2.1690 $1.3860
Belize 501 $2.6280 $1.8990
Benin (People’s Republic of) 229 $2.8350 $2.2680
Bermuda BM441 $1.7370 $1.4490
Bhutan (Kingdom of) 975 $7.2900 $5.7150
Bolivia 591 $2.7090 $2.2860
Bosnia and Herzegovina
(Republic of) 3889/387/3880/3888 $2.4570 $1.9620
Botswana 267 $2.5650 $2.0430
Brazil (Federative Republic of) 55 $2.5650 $1.8810
British Virgin Islands BV284 $2.0070 $1.6470
Brunei 673 $2.7000 $2.2230
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Bulgaria 359 $2.8080 $2.2680
Burkina Faso 226 $4.6350 $3.7890
Burundi 257 $6.1650 $5.3640
Cambodia 855 $5.6250 $4.9140
Cameroon 237 $3.0690 $2.4390
Cape Verde Islands 238 $3.7260 $3.0420
Cayman Islands CQ345 $2.1510 $1.6560
Central African Republic 236 $5.9310 $5.1300
Chad (Republic of) 235 $6.9750 $5.7690
Chile 56 $2.4390 $1.9080
China (People’s Republic of) 86 $3.6450 $2.8260
Christmas Island 6724 $7.0650 $5.9400
Cocos Island 6722 $7.0650 $5.9400
Colombia 57 $2.6100 $1.8990
Comoros (Federal and Islamic Republic of)269 $6.7410 $5.3100
Congo (Republic of) 242 $5.0940 $4.1490
Cook Islands 682 $6.4440 $5.1570
Costa Rica 506 $2.3130 $1.7100
Croatia (Republic of) 385 $2.4210 $1.9620
Cuba 53 $2.4840 $2.4840
Cyprus 357 $2.5290 $2.0250
Czech Republic 426/425/422/423/424 $2.6280 $2.1330
Denmark 45 $2.0430 $1.3320
Diego Garcia 246 $4.8240 $3.9780
Djibouti (Republic of) 253 $4.3830 $3.5550
Dominica DM767 $2.2500 $1.7730
Dominican Republic DR809 $2.2140 $1.8540
Ecuador 593 $2.5740 $2.1240
Egypt (Arab Republic of) 20 $3.0420 $2.4570
El Salvador 503 $2.4390 $1.9800
Equatorial Guinea (Republic of) 240 $5.8680 $4.9680
Eritrea 291 $3.6720 $2.8710
Estonia 372 $4.0050 $2.9070
Ethiopia 251 $3.6000 $2.9700
Faeroe Islands (Denm ark) 298 $1.8990 $1.3050
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 500 $5.3190 $4.0230
Fiji Islands 679 $3.7440 $2.8800
Finland 358 $2.0610 $1.2420
France 33 $1.8720 $1.1970
French Antilles 596 $2.4030 $1.6830
French Guiana 594 $2.3490 $1.8540
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French Polynesia (Including Moorea and Tahiti)689 $3.1950 $2.6640
Gabon Republic 241 $3.0420 $2.3940
Gambia 220 $2.8530 $2.2680
Georgia 788/995 $3.4290 $2.8710
Germany (Federal Republic of) 49 $1.7370 $1.1520
Ghana 233 $3.0420 $2.3490
Gibraltar 350 $2.4120 $1.7010
Greece 30 $2.7180 $1.8360
Greenland (Denmark) 299 $2.6100 $1.8540
Grenada GN473 $2.2770 $1.8720
Guadeloupe 590 $2.1060 $1.6830
Guantanamo (U.S. Naval Base) 5399 $2.4840 $2.4840
Guatemala (Republic of) 502 $2.4750 $1.9620
Guinea (People’s Revolutionary Republic)224 $3.7530 $2.9880
Guinea-Bissau 245 $6.4620 $5.1030
Guyana 592 $3.2310 $2.3490
Haiti 509 $2.4570 $2.0700
Honduras 504 $2.6820 $1.9620
Hong Kong 852 $2.5650 $1.6830
Hungary 36 $2.3400 $1.8990
Iceland 354 $2.3220 $1.5660
India 91 $3.6810 $3.0150
Indonesia 62 $3.0780 $2.2140
Iran 98 $3.5640 $2.7900
Iraq 964 $4.2390 $3.7530
Ireland 353 $1.8900 $1.2420
Israel 972 $2.7450 $1.8540
Italy 39 $2.1060 $1.4850
Ivory Coast (Republic of) 225 $3.6720 $2.8710
Jamaica JM876 $2.2230 1.8360
Japan (Including Okinawa) 81 $2.0340 $1.4670
Jordan 962 $2.6640 $2.1150
Kazakhstan 7338/7336/731/732/7330 $3.4290 $2.8710
Kenya (Republic of ) 254 $3.0600 $2.4750
Kiribati 686 $4.7340 $3.6630
Korea, North 850 $7.1730 $6.5160
Korea, South 82 $2.5380 $1.7820
Kuwait 965 $2.7720 $1.7730
Kyrgyzstan 996 $3.4020 $2.8710
Laos 856 $8.0730 $5.7150
Latvia 371 $4.1400 $3.0240
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Lebanon 961 $4.1670 $3.8160
Lesotho 266 $2.5650 $2.2050
Liberia 231 $2.7180 $2.1330
Libya 218 $2.8980 $2.3310
Liechtenstein 4175 $2.0610 $1.2240
Lithuania 370 $3.6810 $2.6640
Luxembourg 352 $1.9800 $1.2150
Macao 853 $3.5280 $2.8080
Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic of)389 $2.4390 $1.9530
Madagascar (Democratic Republic of)261 $7.0020 $5.3370
Malawi 265 $2.5470 $2.0520
Malaysia 60 $2.8620 $1.7280
Maldives (Republic of) 960 $4.6170 $3.7980
Mali (Republic of) 223 $4.5810 $3.6450
Malta (Republic of) 356 $3.1230 $2.1690
Marshall Islands 692 $3.1230 $2.4750
Mauritania (Islamic Republic of) 222 $4.3650 $3.4470
Mauritius 230 $4.7700 $3.7260
Mayotte Island 269 $5.7330 $5.2110
Micronesia (Federated States of ) 691 $3.0780 $2.5650
Moldova 373 $3.9690 $3.1320
Monaco 377 $1.8720 $1.1970
Mongolian People’s Republic 976 $7.5960 $5.6520
Montserrat MR664 $2.2140 $1.7820
Morocco (Kingdom of) 212 $3.4830 $2.8710
Mozambique 258 $5.0490 $4.1490
Myanmar (Burma) 95 $8.3700 $6.6060
Namibia 264 $2.7180 $2.2680
Nauru 674 $5.2650 $4.2390
Nepal 977 $4.5000 $3.3660
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 31 $1.8450 $1.1970
Netherlands Antilles 599 $2.0610 $1.6020
Nevis NI869 $2.2050 $1.7370
New Caledonia 687 $2.9880 $2.4390
New Zealand (Including Chatham Island)64 $2.7180 $1.8450
Nicaragua 505 $2.5650 $2.0700
Niger (Republic of) 227 $3.7260 $3.0240
Nigeria (Federal Republic of) 234 $2.7270 $2.1690
Niue 683 $6.7770 $5.5440
Norfolk Island 672 $6.6780 $5.8500
Norway (Including Svalbard) 47 $1.8810 $1.2420
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Oman 968 $2.8260 $2.2860
Pakistan 92 $5.7690 $3.7980
Palau (Republic of) 680 $5.0490 $4.2300
Panama (Republic of) 507 $2.4570 $1.8810
Papua New Guinea 675 $3.0510 $2.2860
Paraguay 595 $3.0420 $2.4030
Peru 51 $2.7900 $1.9530
Philippines 63 $3.0420 $2.0430
Poland (People’s Republic of) 48 $2.2050 $1.7730
Portugal (Including Azores & Madeira)351 $2.3130 $1.4850
Qatar 974 $2.8440 $2.1870
Reunion Island 262 $4.7070 $3.7170
Romania (Socialist Republic of) 40 $3.1320 $2.5110
Russia 7** $3.4290 $2.8710
Rwanda 250 $4.9770 $4.0230
San Marino (Republic of) 378 $1.9440 $1.4040
Sao Tome 239 $6.5790 $5.3370
Saudi Arabia 966 $2.9340 $2.3130
Senegal Republic 221 $3.9330 $3.1500
Seychelles Islands 248 $4.9770 $3.9780
Sierra Leone 232 $4.1130 $3.3030
Singapore (Republic of) 65 $2.3130 $1.5210
Slovakia 421 $2.4930 $2.1060
Slovenia (Republic of) 386 $2.5650 $2.0520
Solomon Islands 677 $5.1300 $4.0860
Somali Republic 252 $3.8250 $3.2220
South Africa (Republic of) 27 $2.4570 $1.8450
Spain 34 $2.2680 $1.5390
Sri Lanka (Democratic Socialist Republic of)94 $4.6980 $3.5100
St. Helena 290 $4.5090 $3.7530
St. Kitts KI869 $2.2050 $1.7370
St. Lucia SL758 $2.2050 $1.7730
St. Pierre and Miquelon 508 $1.8000 $1.4040
St. Vincent and the Grenadines SV784 $2.2680 $1.8720
Sudan 249 $5.3640 $5.1210
Suriname (Republic of) 597 $3.9060 $3.0150
Swaziland 268 $2.7000 $2.1870
Sweden 46 $1.8450 $1.1970
Switzerland (Confederation of ) 41 $1.9620 $1.2240
Syrian Arab Republic 963 $4.6260 $4.2570
Taiwan 866 $2.7900 $1.6920
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Tajikistan 7364/7377/7379/7431/7433$3.4470 $2.8710
Tanzania 255 $3.0420 $2.4750
Thailand 66 $2.8260 $1.7730
Togo (Republic of) 228 $3.1500 $2.4750
Tonga Islands 676 $4.1670 $3.6000
Trinidad and Tobago (Democratic Republic o f)TR868 $2.2680 $1.7820
Tunisia 216 $2.8080 $2.2680
Turkey 90 $2.5650 $1.8450
Turkmenistan 993/7360/7363/7370/7378/7432$3.4290 $2.8710
Turks and Caicos Islands TC649 $2.1060 $1.7460
Tuvalu 688 $8.0550 $5.9760
Uganda 256 $3.0240 $2.4570
Ukraine 380 $3.4290 $2.8710
United Arab Emirates 971 $2.3490 $1.9440
United Kingdom 44 $1.5210 $1.1070
Uruguay 598 $2.6640 $1.9620
Uzbekistan 736/737 $3.4290 $3.8710
Vanuata (Republic of) 678 $6.3450 $5.3100
Vatican City 379 $2.1060 $1.4850
Venezuela 58 $1.8900 $1.4130
Vietnam (Socialist Republic of) 84 $3.9960 $3.3570
Wallis and Futuna Islands 681 $6.3000 $4.9410
Western Samoa 685 $4.6260 $3.7260
Yemen (Republic of) 967 $2.7720 $2.2050
Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of) 381 $2.6460 $2.1240
Zaire (Republic of) 243 $2.7090 $2.2410
Zambia 260 $2.3130 $1.9080
Zimbabwe 263 $2.6280 $2.0520
*Belarus codes include: 375, 701, 702, 7015, 7016, 7017, 7021, 7022 and 7023
**Russian codes include: 7, 7411, 7413, 7415, 7416, 7421, 7423, 7424, 7436, 7501, 7502, 7745, 7746, 7811, 7812, 7814, 7815,
7816, 7817, 7818, 7821, 7831, 7833, 7834, 7835, 7836, 7841, 7842, 7843, 7844, 7845, 7846, 7847, 7848, 7851, 7861, 7862,
7863, 7865, 7866, 7867, 7871, 7872, 7879, 7880 and 79.
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6.4 International Plan B Usage Rates
Country Standard Economy
Country Code Time Time
Period Period
Afghanistan 93 $5.1280 $3.3760
Albania (Socialist Republic of) 355 $4.2880 $3.3360
Algeria 213 $2.7280 $2.2320
American Samoa 684 $2.8160 $2.2800
Andorra 376 $1.8400 $1.2480
Angola 244 $5.5440 $4.5680
Anguilla AI264 $1.8720 $1.5840
Antarctica (Casey Base) 67212 $5.3920 $5.2800
Antarctica (Scott Base) 67212 $2.9680 $2.7760
Antigua (Including Barbuda) AN268 $1.8400 $1.5120
Argentina 54 $2.4000 $1.6480
Armenia 374/7885/7886 $3.0480 $2.5520
Aruba 297 $1.7600 $1.4480
Ascension Island 247 $3.0800 $2.5840
Australia 61 $1.8800 $1.2960
Austria 43 $1.8000 $1.2880
Azerbaijan 994 $3.0080 $2.4080
Bahamas BA242 $1.4320 $1.1520
Bahrain 973 $2.4960 $2.0160
Bangladesh (People’s Republic of)880 $4.3600 $3.1440
Barbados BD246 $1.8400 $1.5120
Belarus 375* $3.0480 $2.5520
Belgium 32 $1.9280 $1.2320
Belize 501 $2.3360 $1.6880
Benin (People’s Republic of) 229 $2.5200 $2.0160
Bermuda BM441 $1.5440 $1.2880
Bhutan (Kingdom of) 975 $6.4800 $5.0800
Bolivia 591 $2.4080 $2.0320
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Republic of)3889/387/3880/3888$2.1840 $1.7440
Botswana 267 $2.2800 $1.8160
Brazil (Federative Republic of) 55 $2.2800 $1.6700
British Virgin Islands BV284 $1.7840 $1.4640
Brunei 673 $2.4000 $1.9760
Bulgaria 359 $2.4960 $2.0160
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Burkina Faso 226 $4.1200 $3.3680
Burundi 257 $5.4800 $4.7680
Cambodia 855 $5.0000 $4.3680
Cameroon 237 $2.7280 $2.1680
Cape Verde Islands 238 $3.3120 $2.7040
Cayman Islands CQ345 $1.9120 $1.4720
Central African Republic 236 $5.2720 $4.5600
Chad (Republic of) 235 $6.2000 $5.1280
Chile 56 $2.1680 $1.6960
China (People’s Republic of) 86 $3.2400 $2.5120
Christmas Island 6724 $6.2800 $5.2800
Cocos Island 6722 $6.2800 $5.2800
Colombia 57 $2.3200 $1.6880
Comoros (Federal and Islamic Republic of)269 $5.9920 $4.7200
Congo (Republic of) 242 $4.5280 $3.6880
Cook Islands 682 $5.7280 $4.5840
Costa Rica 506 $2.0560 $1.5200
Croatia (Republic of) 385 $2.1520 $1.7440
Cuba 53 $2.2080 $2.2080
Cyprus 357 $2.2480 $1.8000
Czech Republic 426/425/422/423/424 $2.3360 $1.8960
Denmark 45 $1.8160 $1.1840
Diego Garcia 246 $4.2880 $3.5360
Djibouti (Republic of) 253 $3.8960 $3.1600
Dominica DM767 $2.0000 $1.5760
Dominican Republic DR809 $1.9680 $1.6480
Ecuador 593 $2.2880 $1.8880
Egypt (Arab Republic of) 20 $2.7040 $2.1840
El Salvador 503 $2.1680 $1.7600
Equatorial Guinea (Republic of) 240 $5.2160 $4.4160
Eritrea 291 $3.2640 $2.5520
Estonia 372 $3.5660 $2.5840
Ethiopia 251 $3.2000 $2.6400
Faeroe Islands (Denm ark) 298 $1.6880 $1.1600
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 500 $4.7280 $3.5760
Fiji Islands 679 $3.3280 $2.5600
Finland 358 $1.8320 $1.1040
France 33 $1.6640 $1.0640
French Antilles 596 $1.8160 $1.4960
French Guiana 594 $2.0880 $1.6480
French Polynesia (Including Moorea and Tahiti)689 $2.8400 $2.3680
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Gabon Republic 241 $2.7040 $21280
Gambia 220 $2.5360 $2.0160
Georgia 995/788 $3.0480 $2.5520
Germany (Federal Republic of) 49 $1.5440 $1.0240
Ghana 233 $2.7040 $2.0080
Gibraltar 350 $2.1440 $1.5120
Greece 30 $2.4160 $1.6320
Greenland (Denmark) 299 $2.3200 $1.6480
Grenada GN473 $2.0240 $1.6640
Guadeloupe 590 $1.8720 $1.4960
Guantanamo (U.S. Naval Base) 5399 $2.2080 $2.2080
Guatemala (Republic of) 502 $2.2000 $1.7440
Guinea (People’s Revolutionary Republic)224 $3.3360 $2.6560
Guinea-Bissau 245 $5.7440 $4.5360
Guyana 592 $2.8720 $2.0880
Haiti 509 $2.1840 $1.8400
Honduras 504 $2.3840 $1.7440
Hong Kong 852 $2.2800 $1.4960
Hungary 36 $2.0800 $1.6880
Iceland 354 $2.0640 $1.3920
India 91 $3.2720 $2.6800
Indonesia 62 $2.7360 $1.9680
Iran 98 $3.1680 $2.4800
Iraq 964 $3.7680 $3.3360
Ireland 353 $1.6800 $1.1040
Israel 972 $2.4400 $1.6480
Italy 39 $1.8720 $1.3200
Ivory Coast (Republic of) 225 $3.2640 $2.5520
Jamaica JM876 $1.9760 6320
Japan (Including Okinawa) 81 $1.8080 $1.3040
Jordan 962 $2.3680 $1.8800
Kazakhstan 7336/7338/731/732/7330 $3.0480 $2.5520
Kenya (Republic of ) 254 $2.7200 $2.2000
Kiribati 686 $4.2080 $3.2560
Korea, North 850 $6.3760 $5.7920
Korea, South 82 $2.2560 $1.5840
Kuwait 965 $2.4640 $1.5760
Kyrgyzstan 996 $3.0240 $2.5520
Laos 856 $7.7160 $5.0800
Latvia 371 $3.6800 $2.6880
Lebanon 961 $3.7040 $3.3920
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Lesotho 266 $2.2800 $1.9600
Liberia 231 $2.4160 $1.8960
Libyan Arab Socialist People Jamahiriya218 $2.5760 $2.0720
Liechtenstein 4175 $1.8320 $1.0880
Lithuania 370 $3.2720 $2.3680
Luxembourg 352 $1.7600 $1.0800
Macao 853 $3.1360 $2.4960
Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic of)389 $2.1680 $1.7360
Madagascar (Democratic Republic of)261 $6.2240 $4.7440
Malawi 265 $2.2640 $1.8240
Malaysia 60 $2.5440 $1.5360
Maldives (Republic of) 960 $4.1040 $3.3760
Mali (Republic of) 223 $4.0720 $3.2400
Malta (Republic of) 356 $2.7760 $1.9280
Marshall Islands 692 $2.7760 $2.2000
Mauritania (Islamic Republic of) 222 $3.8800 $3.0640
Mauritius 230 $4.2400 $3.3120
Mayotte Island 269 $5.0960 $4.6320
Micronesia (Federated States of ) 691 $2.7360 $2.2800
Moldova 373 $3.5280 $2.7840
Monaco 377 $1.6640 $1.0640
Mongolian People’s Republic 976 $6.7520 $5.0240
Montserrat MR664 $1.9680 $1.5840
Morocco (Kingdom of ) 212 $3.0960 $2.5520
Mozambique 258 $4.4880 $3.6880
Myanmar (Burma) 95 $7.4400 $5.8720
Namibia 264 $2.4160 $2.0160
Nauru 674 $4.6800 $3.7680
Nepal 977 $4.0000 $2.9920
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 31 $1.6400 $1.0640
Netherlands Antilles 599 $1.8320 $1.4240
Nevis NI869 $1.9600 $1.5440
New Caledonia 687 $2.6560 $2.1680
New Zealand (Including Chatham Island)64 $2.4160 $1.6400
Nicaragua 505 $2.2800 $1.8400
Niger (Republic of) 227 $3.3120 $2.6880
Nigeria (Federal Republic of) 234 $2.4240 $19280
Niue 683 $6.0240 $4.9280
Norfolk Island 672 $59360 $5.2000
Norway (Including Svalbard) 47 $1.6720 $1.1040
Oman 968 $2.5120 $2.0320
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Pakistan 92 $5.1280 $3.3760
Palau (Republic of) 680 $4.4880 $3.7600
Panama (Republic of) 507 $2.1840 $1.6720
Papua New Guinea 675 $2.7120 $2.0320
Paraguay 595 $2.7040 $2.1360
Peru 51 $2.4800 $1.7360
Philippines 63 $2.7040 $1.8160
Poland (People’s Republic of) 48 $1.9600 $1.5760
Portugal (Including Azores & Madeira)351 $2.0560 $1.3200
Qatar 974 $2.5280 $1.9440
Reunion Island 262 $4.1840 $3.3040
Romania (Socialist Republic of) 40 $2.7840 $2.2320
Russia 7** $3.0480 $2.5520
Rwanda 250 $4.4240 $3.5760
San Marino (Republic of) 378 $1.7280 $1.2480
Sao Tome 239 $5.8480 $4.7440
Saudi Arabia 966 $2.6080 $2.0560
Senegal Republic 221 $3.4960 $2.8000
Seychelles Islands 248 $4.4240 $3.5360
Sierra Leone 232 $3.6560 $2.9360
Singapore (Republic of) 65 $2.0560 $1.3520
Slovakia 421 $2.2160 $1.8720
Slovenia (Republic of) 386 $2.2800 $1.8240
Solomon Islands 677 $4.5600 $3.6320
Somali Republic 252 $3.4000 $2.8640
South Africa (Republic of) 27 $2.1840 $1.6400
Spain 34 $2.0160 $1.3680
Sri Lanka (Democratic Socialist Republic of)94 $4.1760 $3.1200
St. Helena 290 $4.0080 $3.3360
St. Kitts KI869 $1.9600 $1.5400
St. Lucia SL758 $1.9600 $1.5760
St. Pierre and Miquelon 508 $1.6000 $1.2480
St. Vincent and the Grenadines SV784 $2.0160 $1.6640
Sudan 249 $4.7680 $4.5520
Suriname (Republic of) 597 $3.4720 $2.6800
Swaziland 268 $2.4000 $1.9440
Sweden 46 $1.6400 $1.0640
Switzerland (Confederation of ) 41 $1.7440 $1.0880
Syrian Arab Republic 963 $4.1120 $3.7840
Taiwan 866 $2.4800 $1.5040
Tajikistan 7431/7433/7364/7377/7379 $3.0640 $2.5520
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Tanzania 255 $2.7040 $2.2000
Thailand 66 $2.5120 $1.5760
Togo (Republic of) 228 $2.8000 $2.2000
Tonga Islands 676 $3.7040 $3.2000
Trinidad and Tobago (Democratic Republic o f)TR868 $2.0160 $1.5840
Tunisia 216 $2.4960 $2.0160
Turkey 90 $2.2800 $1.6400
Turkmenistan 993/7360/7363/7370/7378/7432$3.0480 $2.5520
Turks and Caicos Islands TC649 $1.8720 $1.5520
Tuvalu 688 $7.1600 $5.3120
Uganda 256 $2.6880 $2.1840
Ukraine 380 $3.0480 $2.5520
United Arab Emirates 971 $2.0880 $1.7280
United Kingdom 44 $1.3520 $0.9840
Uruguay 598 $2.3680 $1.7440
Uzbekistan 736/737 $3.0480 $2.5520
Vanuata (Republic of) 678 $5.6400 $4.7200
Vatican City 379 $1.8720 $1.3200
Venezuela 58 $1.6800 $1.2560
Vietnam (Socialist Republic of) 84 $3.5520 $2.9840
Wallis and Futuna Islands 681 $5.6000 $4.3920
Western Samoa 685 $4.1120 $3.3120
Yemen (Republic of) 967 $2.4640 $1.9600
Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of) 381 $2.3520 $1.8880
Zaire (Republic of) 243 $2.4080 $1.9920
Zambia 260 $2.0560 $1.6960
Zimbabwe 263 $2.3360 $1.8240
*Belarus codes include: 375, 701, 702, 7015, 7016, 7017, 7021, 7022, 7023
**Russian codes include: 7, 7411, 7413, 7415, 7416, 7421, 7423, 7424, 7436, 7501, 7502, 7745, 7746, 7811, 7812, 7814, 7815,
7816, 7817, 7818, 7821, 7831, 7833, 7834, 7835, 7836, 7841, 7842, 7843, 7844, 7845, 7846, 7847, 7848, 7851, 7861, 7862,
7863, 7865, 7866, 7867, 7871, 7872, 7879, 7880 and 79.
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6.5 International Plan C Usage Rates
Country
Country Code Rate
Afghanistan 93 $2.20
Albania (Socialist Republic of) 355 $0.80
Algeria 213 $0.90
American Samoa 684 $0.90
Andorra 376 $0.50
Angola 244 $1.30
Anguilla 264/809 $1.00
Antarctica (Casey Base) 67212 $0.90
Antarctica (Scott Base) 64240 $0.90
Antigua (Including Barbuda) 268/809 $0.80
Argentina 54 $1.10
Armenia 374/7885/7886 $1.20
Aruba 297 $0.60
Ascension Island 247 $1.30
Australia 61 $0.30
Austria 43 $0.40
Azerbaijan 994 $0.80
Bahamas 242/809 $0.50
Bahrain 973 $1.30
Bangladesh (People’s Republic of)880 $1.80
Barbados 246/809 $1.00
Belarus 375/701/702 $0.80
Belgium 32 $0.40
Belize 501 $1.40
Benin (People’s Republic of) 229 $1.10
Bermuda 441/809 $0.50
Bhutan (Kingdom of) 975 $1.50
Bolivia 591 $1.30
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Republic of)387/3880/3888 $0.90
Botswana 267 $1.00
Brazil (Federative Republic of) 55 $0.90
British Virgin Islands 809/284 $0.60
Brunei 673 $0.90
Bulgaria 359 $0.70
Burkina Faso 226 $1.20
Burma 95 $2.00
Burundi 257 $1.40
Cambodia 855 $1.80
Cameroon 237 $1.50
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Canada 01 $0.10
Cape Verde Islands 238 $1.00
Cayman Islands 345/809 $0.70
Central African Republic 236 $1.70
Chad (Republic of) 235 $2.00
Chile 56 $0.60
China (People’s Republic of) 86 $1.20
Christmas Island 6724 $1.40
Cocos Island 6722 $1.40
Colombia 57 $0.90
Comoros (Federal and Islamic Republic of)269 $1.90
Congo (Republic of) 242 $1.60
Cook Islands 682 $1.90
Costa Rica 506 $1.00
Croatia (Republic of) 385 $0.70
Cuba 53 $1.20
Cyprus 357 $0.80
Czech Republic 422/423/424 $0.60
Denmark 45 $0.40
Diego Garcia 246 $1.30
Djibouti (Republic of) 253 $1.50
Dominica 809/767 $1.00
Dominican Republic 809 $0.60
Ecuador 593 $1.10
Egypt (Arab Republic of) 20 $1.40
El Salvador 503 $1.00
Equatorial Guinea (Republic of) 240 $2.10
Eritrea 291 $2.10
Estonia 372 $0.60
Ethiopia 251 $1.90
Faeroe Islands (Denm ark) 298 $0.50
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 500 $1.60
Fiji Islands 679 $1.50
Finland 358 $0.40
France 33 $0.30
French Antilles 596 $0.90
French Guiana 594 $1.10
French Polynesia (Including Moorea and Tahiti)689 $1.20
Gabon Republic 241 $1.40
Gambia 220 $1.00
Georgia 788/995 $1.30
Germany (Federal Republic of) 49 $0.30
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Ghana 233 $1.10
Gibraltar 350 $0.80
Greece 30 $0.70
Greenland (Denmark) 299 $0.90
Grenada 809/473 $1.00
Guadeloupe 590 $0.90
Guantanamo (U.S. Naval Base) 5399 $1.10
Guatemala (Republic of) 502 $1.00
Guinea (People’s Revolutionary Republic)224 $1.30
Guinea-Bissau 245 $1.90
Guyana 592 $1.50
Haiti 509 $1.10
Honduras 504 $0.85
Hong Kong 852 $0.50
Hungary 36 $0.50
Iceland 354 $0.50
India 91 $1.10
Indonesia 62 $1.20
Inmarsat-Atl E 871 $12.10
Inmarsat-Atl W 874 $14.10
Inmarsat-Indian Ocean 873 $11.70
Inmarsat-Pacific Ocean 872 $12.90
Iran 98 $1.60
Iraq 964 $1.90
Ireland 353 $0.40
Israel 972 $0.70
Italy 39 $0.40
Ivory Coast (Republic of) 225 $1.90
Jamaica 876/809 $1.20
Japan (Including Okinawa) 81 $0.40
Jordan 962 $1.30
Kazakhstan 731/732/7330 $1.20
Kenya (Republic of ) 254 $1.30
Kiribati 686 $1.70
North Korea 850 $1.50
South Korea 820 $0.70
Kuwait 965 $1.40
Kyrgyzstan 996 $1.00
Laos 856 $1.80
Latvia 371 $0.70
Lebanon 961 $1.50
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Lesotho 266 $1.40
Liberia 231 $1.00
Libyan Arab Socialist People Jamahiriya218 $1.00
Liechtenstein 4175 $0.40
Lithuania 370/7012 $0.80
Luxembourg 352 $0.40
Macao 853 $1.00
Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic of)389 $0.90
Madagascar (Democratic Republic of)261 $1.50
Malawi 265 $1.00
Malaysia 60 $0.70
Maldives (Republic of) 960 $1.50
Mali (Republic of) 223 $1.60
Malta (Republic of) 356 $0.60
Marshall Islands 692 $0.90
Mauritania (Islamic Republic of) 222 $1.60
Mauritius 230 $1.20
Mayotte Island 2696 $1.80
Mexico 52 $0.60
Micronesia (Federated States of ) 691 $1.40
Moldova 373/7042 $1.20
Monaco 377/3393 $0.50
Mongolian People’s Republic 976 $1.30
Montserrat 809/664 $1.10
Morocco (Kingdom of) 212 $0.90
Mozambique 258 $1.20
Namibia 264 $1.50
Nauru 674 $1.70
Nepal 977 $1.80
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 31 $0.30
Netherlands Antilles 599 $0.70
Nevis 809/869 $1.00
New Caledonia 687 $1.50
New Zealand (Including Chatham Island)64 $0.40
Nicaragua 505 $1.20
Niger (Republic of) 227 $1.50
Nigeria (Federal Republic of) 234 $1.00
Niue 683 $2.20
Norfolk Island 672 $0.80
Norway (Including Svalbard) 47 $0.30
Oman 968 $1.50
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Pakistan 92 $1.40
Palau (Republic of) 680 $1.60
Panama (Republic of) 507 $1.20
Papua New Guinea 675 $0.80
Paraguay 595 $1.30
Peru 51 $1.10
Philippines 63 $0.70
Poland (People’s Republic of) 48 $0.70
Portugal (Including Azores & Madeira)351 $0.60
Qatar 974 $1.60
Reunion Island 262 $1.40
Romania (Socialist Republic of) 40 $0.80
Russia 7* $0.90
Rwanda 250 $1.80
San Marino (Republic of) 378 $0.90
Sao Tome 239 $1.90
Saudi Arabia 966 $1.50
Senegal Republic 221 $2.00
Seychelles Islands 248 $2.10
Sierra Leone 232 $1.50
Singapore (Republic of) 65 $0.50
Slovakia 421 $0.70
Slovenia (Republic of) 386 $0.80
Solomon Islands 677 $1.50
Somali Republic 252 $2.00
South Africa (Republic of) 27 $0.90
Spain 34 $0.40
Sri Lanka (Democratic Socialist Republic of)94 $1.60
St. Helena 290 $1.50
St. Kitts 869/809 $0.90
St. Lucia 809/758 $1.00
St. Pierre and Miquelon 508 $0.70
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 809/784 $1.10
Sudan 249 $1.00
Suriname (Republic of) 597 $1.80
Swaziland 268 $0.90
Sweden 46 $0.30
Switzerland (Confederation of ) 41 $0.30
Syrian Arab Republic 963 $1.70
Taiwan 886 $0.80
Tajikistan 7364/7377 $0.90
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Tanzania 255 $1.60
Thailand 66 $1.20
Togo (Republic of) 228 $1.50
Tonga Islands 676 $1.80
Trinidad and Tobago (Democratic Republic o f)868/809 $1.20
Tunisia 216 $0.90
Turkey 90 $0.80
Turkmenistan 993/7360 $1.40
Turks and Caicos Islands 649/809 $1.00
Tuvalu 688 $1.40
Uganda 256 $1.30
Ukraine 380 $0.90
United Arab Emirates 971 $1.10
United Kingdom 44 $0.10
Uruguay 598 $1.30
Uzbekistan 736/737 $1.30
Vanuata (Republic of) 678 $1.30
Vatican City 39/379 $0.60
Venezuela 58 $0.70
Vietnam (Socialist Republic of) 84 $1.80
Wallis and Futuna Islands 681 $0.70
Western Samoa 685 $1.40
Yemen (Republic of) 967 $1.30
Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of) 38/381/382 $0.80
Zaire (Republic of) 243 $1.20
Zambia 260 $1.40
Zimbabwe 263 $0.90
*Russian codes include 7, 7411, 7413, 7415, 7416, 7421, 7423, 7424, 7436, 7501, 7502, 7745, 7746,
7811, 7812, 7814, 7815, 7816, 7817, 7818, 7821, 7831, 7833, 7834, 7835, 7836, 7841, 7842, 7843,
7844, 7845, 7846, 7847, 7848, 7851, 7861, 7862, 7863, 7865, 7866, 7867, 7871, 7872, 7879, 7880
and 79.
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6.6 International Plan D Usage Rates
Country Standard Discount Economy
Country Code Time Time Time
Period Period Period
Afghanistan No CC N/A N/A N/A
Albania (Socialist Republic of) 355 $3.16 $2.39 $2.21
Algeria 213 $1.94 $1.46 $1.34
American Samoa 684 $1.96 $1.49 $1.36
Andorra 376 $1.39 $0.94 $0.85
Angola 244 $4.15 $3.13 $2.85
Anguilla 809 $1.29 $0.99 $0.94
Antarctica (Casey Base) 67212 $4.94 $3.58 $3.45
Antarctica (Scott Base) 64240 $1.94 $1.94 $1.68
Antigua (Including Barbuda) 809 $1.31 $0.99 $0.91
Argentina 54 $1.80 $1.20 $0.99
Armenia 7 $2.01 $1.70 $1.51
Aruba 297 $1.24 $0.96 $0.85
Ascension Island 247 $2.13 $1.69 $1.54
Australia 61 $1.56 $1.03 $0.90
Austria 43 $1.29 $0.96 $0.88
Azerbaijan 994 $2.01 $1.70 $1.51
Bahamas 809 $1.04 $0.75 $0.69
Bahrain 973 $1.75 $1.33 $1.20
Bangladesh (People’s Republic of)880 $2.85 $2.85 $1.88
Barbados 809 $1.31 $1.01 $0.91
Belarus 7 $2.01 $1.70 $1.51
Belgium 32 $1.50 $0.95 $0.84
Belize 501 $1.69 $1.24 $1.03
Benin (People’s Republic of) 229 $1.75 $1.33 $1.20
Bermuda 809 $1.09 $0.83 $0.76
Bhutan (Kingdom of) 975 $4.24 $1.24 $3.31
Bolivia 591 $1.61 $1.38 $1.23
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Republic of)387 $1.53 $1.15 $1.05
Botswana 267 $1.59 $1.20 $1.06
Brazil (Federative Republic of) 55 $1.63 $1.21 $1.01
British Virgin Islands 809 $1.25 $0.95 $0.86
Brunei 673 $1.61 $1.25 $1.18
Bulgaria 359 $1.74 $1.31 $1.20
Burkina Faso 226 $2.89 $2.20 $1.99
Burma 95 $5.11 $3.96 $3.83
Burundi 257 $4.05 $3.16 $3.03
Cambodia 855 $3.40 $2.71 $2.70
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Cameroon 237 $1.91 $1.45 $1.28
Cape Verde Islands 238 $2.36 $1.78 $1.61
Cayman Islands 809 $1.38 $0.98 $0.88
Central African Republic 236 $3.96 $2.95 $2.69
Chad (Republic of) 235 $4.49 $3.48 $3.38
Chile 56 $1.55 $1.18 $1.04
China (People’s Republic of) 86 $2.14 $1.85 $1.51
Christmas Island 6724 $4.70 $3.45 $3.45
Cocos Island 6722 $4.70 $3.45 $3.45
Colombia 57 $1.69 $1.18 $1.00
Comoros (Federal and Islamic Republic of)269 $4.24 $3.15 $3.11
Congo (Republic of) 242 $3.18 $2.40 $2.19
Cook Islands 682 $4.25 $3.16 $2.90
Costa Rica 506 $1.45 $1.10 $0.93
Croatia (Republic of) 385 $1.53 $1.16 $1.05
Cuba 53 $1.31 $1.31 $1.31
Cyprus 357 $1.56 $1.18 $1.08
Czech Republic 42 $1.65 $1.25 $1.14
Denmark 45 $1.39 $0.95 $0.83
Diego Garcia 246 $2.81 $2.81 $2.09
Djibouti (Republic of) 253 $2.73 $2.05 $1.90
Dominica DM $1.43 $1.05 $1.96
Domincan Republic DR $1.29 $1.15 $0.96
Easter Island No CC N/A N/A N/A
Ecuador 593 $1.56 $1.29 $1.15
Egypt (Arab Republic of) 20 $1.88 $1.41 $1.29
El Salvador 503 $1.41 $1.29 $1.15
Equatorial Guinea (Republic of) 240 $3.75 $2.75 $2.61
Eritrea 291 $2.21 $1.78 $1.54
Estonia 372 $2.61 $1.88 $1.71
Ethiopia 251 $2.21 $1.65 $1.55
Faeroe Islands (Denm ark) 298 $1.39 $0.88 $0.80
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 500 $3.23 $2.28 $2.13
Fiji Islands 679 $2.35 $1.59 $1.55
Finland 358 $1.40 $0.88 $0.75
France 33 $1.26 $0.84 $0.74
French Antilles 596 $1.30 $0.98 $0.89
French Guiana 594 $1.53 $1.08 $0.98
French Polynesia (Including Moorea and Tahiti)689 $1.96 $1.48 $1.39
Gabon Republic 241 $1.93 $1.39 $1.26
Gambia 220 $1.85 $1.31 $1.20
Georgia ZG $2.01 $1.70 $1.51
Germany (Federal Republic of) 49 $1.13 $0.83 $0.71
Ghana 233 $1.83 $1.48 $1.26
Gibraltar 350 $1.53 $1.15 $1.05
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Greece 30 $1.86 $1.08 $0.96
Greenland (Denmark) 299 $1.81 $1.24 $1.13
Grenada GN $1.43 $1.08 $1.00
Guadeloupe 590 $1.34 $0.98 $0.89
Guantanamo (U.S. Naval Base) 5399 $1.31 $1.31 $1.31
Guatemala (Republic of) 502 $1.53 $1.21 $1.06
Guinea (People’s Revolutionary Republic)224 $2.31 $1.74 $1.58
Guinea-Bissau 245 $4.30 $3.19 $2.88
Guyana 592 $2.06 $1.45 $1.28
Haiti 509 $1.51 $1.20 $1.14
Honduras 852 $1.71 $1.29 $1.06
Hong Kong 852 $1.64 $1.05 $0.90
Hungary 36 $1.46 $1.10 $1.00
Iceland 354 $1.56 $1.06 $0.96
India 91 $2.16 $2.16 $1.61
Indonesia 62 $1.95 $1.38 $1.20
Iran 98 $2.24 $1.61 $1.48
Iraq 964 $2.50 $2.04 $1.98
Ireland 353 $1.31 $0.88 $0.75
Israel 972 $1.79 $1.09 $0.98
Italy 39 $1.45 $1.01 $0.91
Ivory Coast (Republic of) 225 $2.31 $1.75 $1.51
Jamaica JM $1.39 $1.05 $0.95
Japan (Including Okinawa) 81 $1.55 $1.06 $0.90
Jordan 962 $1.65 $1.23 $1.11
Kazakhstan ZK $2.01 $1.70 $1.15
Kenya (Republic of ) 254 $1.89 $1.50 $1.31
Kiribati 686 $2.94 $2.13 $1.94
Korea (Republic of) 82 $1.75 $1.18 $0.96
Kuwait 965 $1.78 $1.09 $0.94
Kyrgystan ZI $2.01 $1.70 $1.51
Laos 856 $4.99 $3.43 $3.43
Latvia 371 $2.68 $1.94 $1.76
Lebanon 266 $2.50 $2.09 $2.04
Lesotho 266 $1.55 $1.23 $1.15
Liberia 231 $1.65 $1.25 $1.14
Libyan Arab Socialist People Jamahiriya218 $1.81 $1.36 $1.24
Liechtenstein 4175 $1.36 $0.85 $0.75
Lithuania 370 $2.38 $1.68 $1.56
Luxembourg 352 $1.68 $0.86 $0.75
Macao 853 $2.16 $1.64 $1.48
Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic of)389 $1.50 $1.20 $1.04
Madagascar (Democratic Republic of)261 $4.54 $3.45 $3.11
Malawi 265 $1.58 $1.20 $1.08
Malaysia 60 $1.93 $1.04 $0.91
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Maldives (Republic of) 960 $2.76 $2.20 $1.99
Mali (Republic of) 223 $2.94 $2.11 $1.93
Malta (Republic of) 356 $2.01 $1.45 $1.33
Marshall Islands 692 $1.96 $1.39 $1.29
Mauritania (Islamic Republic of) 222 $2.78 $2.05 $1.83
Mauritius 230 $2.99 $2.20 $1.96
Mayotte Island 2696 $3.58 $3.15 $3.11
Micronesia (Federated States of ) 691 $1.86 $1.44 $1.35
Midway No CC N/A N/A N/A
Moldova 373 $2.38 $1.81 $1.64
Monaco 33 $1.26 $0.84 $0.74
Mongolian People’s Republic 976 $4.79 $3.61 $3.29
Monserrat MR $1.39 $1.05 0.95
Morocco (Kingdom of) 212 $2.24 $1.59 $1.51
Mozambique 258 $3.18 $2.48 $2.19
Namibia 264 $1.69 $1.29 $1.20
Nauru 674 $3.24 $2.45 $2.28
Nepal 977 $2.61 $2.61 $1.78
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 31 $1.23 $0.84 $0.74
Netherlands Antilles 599 $1.35 $0.91 $0.84
Nevis NI $1.38 $1.04 $0.94
New Caledonia 687 $1.81 $1.36 $1.28
New Zealand (Including Chatham Island)64 $1.75 $1.15 $0.99
Nicaragua 505 $1.61 $1.23 $1.10
Niger (Republic of) 227 $2.33 $1.76 $1.60
Nigeria (Federal Republic of) 234 $1.66 $1.26 $1.15
Niue 683 $4.49 $3.31 $3.06
Norfolk Island 672 $4.28 $3.45 $3.45
Norway (Including Svalbard) 47 $1.26 $0.88 $0.75
Oman 968 $1.78 $1.34 $1.21
Pakistan 92 $3.46 $3.46 $2.03
Palau (Republic of) 680 $3.03 $2.38 $2.21
Panama (Republic of) 507 $1.60 $1.13 $1.00
Papua New Guinea 675 $1.84 $1.29 $1.20
Paraguay 595 $1.94 $1.39 $1.26
Peru 51 $1.78 $1.28 $1.06
Philippines 63 $1.93 $1.26 $1.10
Pitcairn Island No CC N/A N/A N/A
Poland (People’s Republic of) 48 $1.43 $1.04 $0.94
Portugal (Including Azores & Madeira)351 $1.58 $1.09 $0.90
Qatar 974 $1.81 $1.26 $1.15
Reunion Island 262 $2.85 $2.15 $1.99
Romania (Socialist Republic of) 40 $1.94 $1.46 $1.34
Rwanda 250 $3.10 $2.29 $2.13
Saipan 670 $1.75 $1.33 $1.20
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San Marino (Republic of) 378 $1.24 $0.95 $0.85
Sao Tome 239 $4.38 $3.31 $3.01
Saudi Arabia 966 $1.83 $1.34 $1.23
Senegal Republic 221 $2.41 $1.93 $1.66
Seychelles Islands 248 $3.15 $2.24 $2.09
Sierra Leone 232 $2.54 $1.94 $1.75
Singapore (Republic of) 65 $1.40 $0.94 $0.83
Slovakia 42 $1.59 $1.20 $1.13
Slovenia (Republic of) 386 $1.61 $1.24 $1.08
Solomon Islands 677 $3.08 $2.28 $2.18
Somali Republic 252 $3.25 $3.09 $2.96
South Africa (Republic of) 27 $1.56 $1.13 $0.98
Spain 34 $1.55 $1.06 $0.95
St. Kitts KI $1.38 $1.04 $0.94
Sri Lanka (Democratic Socialist Republic of)94 $2.73 $2.73 $1.85
St. Lucia SA $1.38 $1.04 $0.94
St. Helena 290 $2.90 $2.15 $1.98
St. Pierre and Miquelon 508 $1.13 $0.91 $0.84
St. Vincent SV $1.43 $1.08 $0.99
Sudan 249 $4.28 $4.04 $3.81
Suriname (Republic of) 597 $2.45 $1.83 $1.60
Swaziland 268 $1.71 $1.24 $1.15
Sweden 46 $1.23 $0.84 $0.74
Switzerland (Confederation of ) 41 $1.36 $0.84 $0.75
Syrian Arab Republic 963 $2.73 $2.34 $2.24
Taiwan 886 $1.76 $1.05 $0.90
Tajikistan ZT $2.01 $1.70 $1.51
Tanzania 255 $1.89 $1.43 $1.30
Thailand 66 $1.89 $1.05 $0.94
Togo (Republic of) 228 $1.95 $1.43 $1.30
Tonga Islands 676 $2.51 $1.99 $1.89
Trinidad/Tobago TR $1.39 $1.14 $0.95
Tunisia 216 $1.76 $1.33 $1.20
Turkey 90 $1.83 $1.26 $1.15
Turkmenistan Z2 $2.01 $1.70 $1.51
Turks/Caicos TC $1.30 $0.98 $0.91
Tuvalu 688 $5.14 $3.70 $3.54
Uganda 256 $1.88 $1.41 $1.18
Ukraine ZU $2.01 $1.70 $1.51
United Arab Emirates 971 $1.50 $1.14 $1.04
United Kingdom 44 $1.06 $0.74 $0.68
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Uruguay 598 $1.81 $1.16 $1.06
Uzbekistan Z3 $2.01 $1.70 $1.51
Vanuata (Republic of) 678 $3.91 $3.14 $2.94
Vatican City 396 $1.45 $1.01 $0.91
Venezuela 58 $1.28 $0.83 $0.75
Vietnam (Socialist Republic of) 84 $2.34 $2.08 $1.80
Wake No CC N/A N/A N/A
Wallis and Futuna Islands 681 $3.99 $2.86 $2.59
Western Sahara NoCC NA NA NA
Western Samoa 685 $2.89 $2.16 $1.96
Yemen (Republic of) 967 $1.84 $1.28 $1.15
Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of) 381 $1.64 $1.24 $1.13
Zaire (Republic of) 243 $1.63 $1.29 $1.18
Zambia 260 $1.39 $1.13 $1.01
Zimbabwe 263 $1.65 $1.20 $1.08
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6.7 International Plan E Usage Rates
Country Standard Economy
Country Code Time Time
Period Period
Afghanistan No CC N/A N/A
Albania (Socialist Republic of) 355 $3.63 $2.82
Algeria 213 $2.31 $1.89
American Samoa 684 $2.38 $1.93
Andorra 376 $1.56 $1.06
Angola 244 $4.69 $3.86
Anguilla 809 $1.58 $1.34
Antarctica (Casey Base) 67212 $4.56 $4.47
Antarctica (Scott Base) 64240 $2.50 $2.34
Antigua (Including Barbuda) 809 $1.56 $1.28
Argentina 54 $2.03 $1.39
Armenia 7 $2.57 $2.16
Aruba 297 $1.49 $1.22
Ascension Island 247 $2.60 $2.19
Atlantic Ocean 871/874 $9.75 $9.75
Australia 61 $1.59 $1.09
Austria 43 $1.51 $1.08
Azerbaijan 994 $2.55 $2.04
Bahamas 809 $1.21 $0.97
Bahrain 973 $2.10 $1.70
Bangladesh (People’s Republic of)880 N/A $2.66
Barbados 809 $1.56 $1.28
Belarus 7 $2.57 $2.16
Belgium 32 $1.63 $1.04
Belize 501 $1.96 $1.43
Benin (People’s Republic of) 229 $2.12 $1.70
Bermuda 809 $1.31 $1.08
Bhutan (Kingdom of) 975 N/A $4.29
Bolivia 591 $2.40 $1.72
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Republic of)387 $1.84 $1.48
Botswana 267 $1.93 $1.53
Brazil (Federative Republic of) 55 $1.93 $1.41
British Virgin Islands 809 $1.50 $1.23
Brunei 673 $2.03 $1.67
Bulgaria 359 $2.10 $1.70
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Burkina Faso 226 $3.49 $2.84
Burundi 257 $4.63 $4.03
Cambodia 855 $4.22 $3.69
Cameroon 237 $2.31 $1.83
Cape Verde Islands 238 $2.80 $2.28
Cayman Islands 809 $1.62 $1.24
Central African Republic 236 $4.46 $3.85
Chad (Republic of) 235 $5.23 $4.34
Chile 56 $1.83 $1.44
China (People’s Republic of) 86 $2.73 $2.11
Christmas Island 6724 $5.31 $4.47
Cocos Island 6722 $5.31 $4.47
Colombia 57 $1.95 $1.43
Comoros (Federal and Islamic Republic of)269 $5.07 $3.98
Congo (Republic of) 242 $3.82 $3.11
Cook Islands 682 $4.84 $3.87
Costa Rica 506 $1.73 $1.29
Croatia (Republic of) 385 $1.82 $1.48
Cuba 53 $1.86 $1.86
Cyprus 357 $1.90 $1.51
Czech Republic 42 $1.96 $1.61
Denmark 45 $1.53 $1.01
Diego Garcia 246 N/A $2.99
Djibouti (Republic of) 253 $3.29 $2.67
Dominica 809 $1.69 $1.33
Dominican Republic 809 $1.66 $1.39
Ecuador 593 $1.94 $1.60
Egypt (Arab Republic of) 20 $2.28 $1.84
El Salvador 503 $1.83 $1.49
Equatorial Guinea (Republic of) 240 $4.41 $3.73
Eritrea 291 $2.76 $2.16
Estonia 372 $3.01 $2.19
Ethiopia 251 $2.71 $2.22
Faeroe Islands (Denm ark) 298 $1.43 $0.98
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 500 $3.99 $3.03
Fiji Islands 679 $2.81 $2.17
Finland 358 $1.55 $0.93
France 33 $1.40 $0.90
French Antilles 596 $1.53 $1.26
French Guiana 594 $1.77 $1.39
French Polynesia (Including Moorea and Tahiti)689 $2.40 $2.00
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Gabon Republic 241 $2.28 $1.79
Gambia 220 $2.14 $1.70
Georgia 7 $2.57 $2.16
Germany (Federal Republic of) 49 $1.31 $0.86
Ghana 233 $2.28 $1.77
Gibraltar 350 $1.81 $1.28
Greece 30 $2.05 $1.37
Greenland (Denmark) 299 $1.95 $1.39
Grenada 809 $1.71 $1.40
Guadeloupe 590 $1.58 $1.26
Guantanamo (U.S. Naval Base) 5399 $1.86 $1.86
Guatemala (Republic of) 502 $1.85 $1.48
Guinea (People’s Revolutionary Republic)224 $2.82 $2.24
Guinea-Bissau 245 $4.85 $3.83
Guyana 592 $2.43 $1.77
Haiti 509 $1.84 $1.56
Honduras 852 $2.01 $1.48
Hong Kong 852 $1.93 $1.26
Hungary 36 $1.76 $1.43
Iceland 354 $1.74 $1.18
India 91 N/A $2.26
Indian Ocean 873 $9.75 $9.75
Indonesia 62 $2.32 $1.66
Iran 98 $2.68 $2.09
Iraq 964 $3.19 $2.82
Ireland 353 $1.42 $0.93
Israel 972 $2.07 $1.39
Italy 39 $1.58 $1.12
Ivory Coast (Republic of) 225 $2.76 $2.16
Jamaica 809 $1.67 $1.37
Japan (Including Okinawa) 81 $1.52 $1.10
Jordan 962 $2.00 $1.59
Kazakhstan 7 $2.57 $2.16
Kenya (Republic of ) 254 $2.30 $1.85
Kiribati 686 $3.55 $2.75
North Korea 850 $5.38 $4.90
South Korea 82 $1.91 $1.34
Kuwait 965 $2.08 $1.33
Kyrgyzstan 996 $2.56 $2.16
Laos 856 $6.07 $4.29
Latvia 371 $2.00 $2.27
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Lebanon 266 $3.13 $2.87
Lesotho 266 $1.93 $1.65
Liberia 231 $2.05 $1.61
Libyan Arab Socialist People Jamahiriya218 $2.18 $1.75
Liechtenstein 4175 $1.55 $0.92
Lithuania 370 $2.77 $2.00
Luxembourg 352 $1.49 $0.91
Macao 853 $2.65 $2.10
Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic of)389 $1.83 $1.47
Madagascar (Democratic Republic of)261 $5.25 $4.00
Malawi 265 $1.92 $1.54
Malaysia 60 $2.15 $1.30
Maldives (Republic of) 960 $3.47 $2.85
Mali (Republic of) 223 $3.44 $2.73
Malta (Republic of) 356 $2.34 $1.63
Marshall Islands 692 $2.34 $1.85
Mauritania (Islamic Republic of) 222 $3.28 $2.58
Mauritius 230 $3.59 $2.80
Mayotte Island 2696 $4.31 $3.92
Micronesia (Federated States of ) 691 $2.32 $1.93
Moldova 373 $2.98 $2.35
Monaco 33 $1.40 $0.90
Mongolian People’s Republic 976 $5.70 $4.24
Montserrat 809 $1.66 $1.34
Morocco (Kingdom of) 212 $2.61 $2.16
Mozambique 258 $3.79 $1.20
Myanmar (Burma) 95 $6.29 $4.96
Namibia 264 $2.05 $1.70
Nauru 674 $3.96 $3.19
Nepal 977 N/A $2.53
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 31 $1.38 $0.90
Netherlands Antilles 599 $1.55 $1.20
Nevis 809 $1.65 $1.31
New Caledonia 687 $2.24 $1.83
New Zealand (Including Chatham Island)64 $2.05 $1.38
Nicaragua 505 $1.93 $1.56
Niger (Republic of) 227 $2.80 $2.27
Nigeria (Federal Republic of) 234 $2.06 $1.63
Niue 683 $5.08 $4.16
Norfolk Island 672 $5.02 $4.39
Norway (Including Svalbard) 47 $1.41 $0.93
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Oman 968 $2.11 $1.72
Pacific Ocean 872 $9.75 $9.75
Pakistan 92 N/A $2.85
Palau (Republic of) 680 $3.79 $3.18
Panama (Republic of) 507 $1.84 $1.41
Papua New Guinea 675 $2.29 $1.72
Paraguay 595 $2.28 $1.80
Peru 51 $2.09 $1.47
Philippines 63 $2.28 $1.53
Poland (People’s Republic of) 48 $1.65 $1.33
Portugal (Including Azores & Madeira)351 $1.73 $1.12
Qatar 974 $2.13 $1.64
Reunion Island 262 $3.53 $2.79
Romania (Socialist Republic of) 40 $2.35 $1.89
Russia 7 $2.57 $2.16
Rwanda 250 $3.74 $3.03
San Marino (Republic of) 378 $1.46 $1.06
Sao Tome 239 $4.94 $4.00
Saudi Arabia 966 $2.21 $1.73
Senegal Republic 221 $2.95 $2.36
Seychelles Islands 248 $3.74 $2.99
Sierra Leone 232 $3.08 $2.48
Singapore (Republic of) 65 $1.73 $1.14
Slovakia 42 $1.87 $1.58
Slovenia (Republic of) 386 $1.93 $1.54
Solomon Islands 677 $3.85 $3.07
Somali Republic 252 $2.88 $2.42
South Africa (Republic of) 27 $1.84 $1.38
Spain 34 $1.70 $1.16
Sri Lanka (Democratic Socialist Republic of)94 N/A $2.64
St. Helena 290 $3.38 $2.82
St. Kitts 809 $1.65 $1.31
St. Lucia 809 $1.65 $1.33
St. Pierre and Miquelon 508 $1.35 $1.06
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 809 $1.70 $1.40
Sudan 249 $4.03 $3.84
Suriname (Republic of) 597 $2.93 $2.26
Swaziland 268 $2.03 $1.64
Sweden 46 $1.38 $0.90
Switzerland (Confederation of ) 41 $1.48 $0.92
Syrian Arab Republic 963 $3.48 $3.20
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Taiwan 886 $2.09 $1.27
Tajikistan 7 $2.58 $2.16
Tanzania 255 $2.28 $1.85
Thailand 66 $2.11 $1.33
Togo (Republic of) 228 $2.36 $1.85
Tonga Islands 676 $3.13 $2.71
Trinidad and Tobago (Democratic Republic o f)868 $1.70 $1.34
Tunisia 216 $2.10 $1.70
Turkey 90 $1.93 $1.38
Turkmenistan 7 $2.57 $2.16
Turks and Caicos Islands 649 $1.58 $1.32
Tuvalu 688 $6.05 $4.48
Uganda 256 $2.27 $1.84
Ukraine 380 $2.57 $2.16
United Arab Emirates 971 $1.77 $1.46
United Kingdom 44 $1.14 $0.83
Uruguay 598 $2.00 $1.48
Uzbekistan 7 $2.57 $2.16
Vanuata (Republic of) 678 $4.76 $3.98
Vatican City 396 $1.58 $1.12
Venezuela 58 $1.42 $1.07
Vietnam (Socialist Republic of) 84 $3.00 $2.52
Wallis and Futuna Islands 681 $4.73 $3.71
Western Samoa 685 $3.48 $2.80
Yemen (Republic of) 967 $2.08 $1.65
Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of) 381 $1.98 $1.60
Zaire (Republic of) 243 $2.04 $1.68
Zambia 260 $1.73 $1.44
Zimbabwe 263 $1.96 $1.54
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6.8 International Plan F Usage Rates
Country Phone Pass
Country Code Price
Domestic $0.40
Mexico $1.60
Canada $0.79
Alaska, Hawaii $0.49
PR & VI $0.49
Afghanistan 93 N/A
Albania 355 $3.60
Algeria 213 $2.40
American Samoa 684 $3.20
Andorra 376 $1.60
Angola 244 $3.60
Anguilla 809 $2.40
Antigua 809 $1.60
Argentina 54 $2.00
Armenia 374 $4.00
Aruba 297 $2.50
Ascension Island 247 $3.20
Australia 61 $1.33
Austria 43 $1.60
Azerbaijan 994 $4.00
Bahamas 809 $1.20
Bahrain 973 $2.00
Bangladesh 880 $3.60
Barbados 809 $1.85
Belarus 375 $4.25
Belgium 32 $1.60
Belize 501 $2.50
Benin 229 $2.80
Bermuda 809 $1.20
Bhutan 975 $6.40
Bolivia 591 $2.50
Bosnia-Herzegovina 387 $2.40
Botswana 267 $2.80
Brazil 55 $2.40
British Virgin Islands 809 $1.60
Brunei 673 $3.60
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Bulgaria 359 $3.20
Burkina Faso 226 $3.60
Burundi 257 $4.00
Cambodia 855 $4.00
Cameroon 237 $3.60
Cape Verde Islands 238 $2.80
Cayman Islands 809 $1.60
Central African Republic 236 $6.40
Chad 235 $6.40
Chile 56 $2.00
China 86 $3.60
Colombia 57 $2.00
Congo 242 $2.80
Cook Islands 682 $6.40
Costa Rica 506 $1.85
Croatia 385 $2.40
Cuba 530 $3.20
Cyprus 357 $2.40
Czech Republic 42 $2.00
Denmark 45 $1.60
Diego Garcia 246 N/A
Djibouti (Republic of) 253 $3.20
Dominica 809 $2.40
Dominican Republic 809 $1.60
Ecuador 593 $2.00
Egypt 20 $2.40
El Salvador 503 $1.60
Equatorial Guinea 240 $6.40
Eritrea 291 N/A
Estonia 372 $4.00
Ethiopia 251 $3.60
Faeroe Islands 298 $3.20
Falkland Islands 500 $4.00
Fiji Islands 679 $3.60
Finland 358 $1.60
France 33 $1.20
French Antilles 596 $2.40
French Guiana 594 $3.20
French Polynesia 689 $4.25
Gabon Republic 241 $2.80
Gambia 220 $2.40
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Georgia 995 $4.00
Germany 49 $1.20
Ghana 233 $2.00
Gibraltar 350 $2.80
Greece 30 $2.40
Greenland 299 $2.00
Grenada 809 $2.00
Guadeloupe 590 $2.40
Guam 671 $1.60
Guantanamo Bay 53 $2.40
Guatemala 502 $2.00
Guinea 224 $4.00
Guinea-Bissau 245 $4.40
Guyana 592 $2.80
Haiti 509 $2.00
Honduras 504 $2.00
Hong Kong 852 $1.60
Hungary 36 $2.00
Iceland 354 $2.00
India 91 $2.00
Indonesia 62 $2.80
Iran 98 $3.20
Iraq 964 N/A
Ireland 353 $1.60
Israel 972 $2.40
Italy 39 $1.60
Ivory Coast 225 $3.20
Jamaica 809 $2.00
Japan 81 $1.33
Jordan 962 $2.00
Kenya 254 $2.80
Kiribati 686 $3.60
Kuwait 965 $2.40
Laos 856 N/A
Latvia 371 $4.00
Lebanon 961 $2.80
Lesotho 266 $2.80
Liberia 231 $1.60
Libya 218 $2.80
Lithuania 370 $4.00
Luxembourg 352 $1.60
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Macao 853 $3.60
Macedonia 389 N/A
Madagascar 261 $6.40
Malawi 265 $2.40
Malaysia 60 $2.80
Maldives 960 $5.20
Mali (Republic of) 223 $4.40
Malta 356 $2.80
Marshall Islands 692 $3.60
Martinique 596 $4.40
Mauritania 222 $4.40
Mauritius 230 $4.00
Mayotte Island 269 $3.60
Micronesia 691 N/A
Moldova 373 $4.00
Monaco 377 $1.20
Mongolia 976 N/A
Montserrat 809 $2.40
Morocco 212 $2.80
Mozambique 258 $2.80
Myanmar 95 N/A
Namibia 264 $2.40
Nauru 674 $3.60
Nepal 977 $4.00
Netherlands 31 $1.60
Netherlands Antilles 599 $1.20
Nevis 809 $2.40
New Caledonia 687 $4.80
New Zealand 64 $2.00
Nicaragua 505 $2.00
Niger 227 $4.00
Nigeria 234 $1.60
Niue Island 683 N/A
Norway 47 $1.20
Oman 968 $4.00
Pakistan 92 $3.20
Palau 680 $5.20
Panama 507 $1.60
Papua New Guinea 675 $4.00
Paraguay 595 $2.80
Peru 51 $2.00
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Philippines 63 $2.40
Poland 48 $2.00
Portugal 351 $2.40
Qatar 974 $2.80
Reunion Island 262 $4.40
Romania 40 $3.60
Russia 7 $4.40
Rwanda 250 $4.40
San Marino 378 $1.60
Sao Tome 239 $3.60
Saudi Arabia 966 $2.40
Senegal Republic 221 $3.20
Seychelles Islands 248 $5.20
Sierra Leone 232 $6.00
Singapore (Republic of) 65 $1.60
Slovenia (Republic of) 386 $2.80
Solomon Islands 677 $3.20
South Africa (Republic of) 27 $2.00
South Korea 82 N/A
Spain 34 $1.60
Sri Lanka 94 $2.80
St. Helena 290 $4.80
St. Kitts 809 $2.40
St. Lucia 809 $2.00
St. Pierre and Miquelon 508 $2.00
St. Vincent 809 $2.00
Suriname (Republic of) 597 $3.20
Swaziland 268 $2.80
Sweden 46 $1.20
Switzerland (Confederation of ) 41 $1.20
Syria 963 $4.00
Taiwan 886 $1.60
Tanzania 255 $3.20
Thailand 66 $2.40
Togolese Republic 228 $3.20
Tonga Islands 676 $4.40
Trinidad and Tobago 868 $2.00
Tunisia 216 $2.80
Turkey 90 $2.40
Turks and Caicos Islands 809 $2.00
Tuvalu 688 N/A
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Uganda 256 $2.80
Ukraine 380 $4.00
United Arab Emirates 971 $2.00
United Kingdom 44 $0.99
Uruguay 598 $2.40
Vanuata (Republic of) 678 $4.00
Venezuela 58 $1.60
Vietnam (Socialist Republic of) 84 $3.60
Wallis and Futuna Islands 681 N/A
Western Samoa 685 $3.20
Yemen (Republic of) 967 N/A
Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of) 381 $2.40
Zaire (Republic of) 243 $2.80
Zambia 260 $3.20
Zimbabwe 263 $2.80
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6.9 International Plan G Usage Rates
Country Phone Pass
Country Code Plus Price
Domestic $0.40
Mexico $1.60
Canada $0.79
Alaska, Hawaii $0.49
PR & VI $0.49
Afghanistan 93 N/A
Albania 355 $3.10
Algeria 213 $2.90
American Samoa 684 $4.20
Andorra 376 $1.20
Angola 244 $3.60
Anguilla 809 $2.80
Antigua 809 $2.30
Argentina 54 $2.20
Armenia 374 $6.60
Aruba 297 $2.70
Ascension Island 247 $4.10
Australia 61 $0.90
Austria 43 $1.20
Azerbaijan 994 $6.60
Bahamas 809 $1.10
Bahrain 973 $2.60
Bangladesh 880 $4.60
Barbados 809 $2.10
Belarus 375 $5.00
Belgium 32 $1.20
Belize 501 $2.80
Benin 229 $4.00
Bermuda 809 $1.60
Bhutan 975 $9.30
Bolivia 591 $2.70
Bosnia-Herzegovina 387 $2.90
Botswana 267 $3.40
Brazil 55 $2.10
British Virgin Islands 809 $2.30
Brunei 673 $3.90
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Bulgaria 359 $2.50
Burkina Faso 226 $5.10
Burundi 257 $4.40
Cambodia 855 $5.80
Cameroon 237 $4.40
Cape Verde Islands 238 $3.80
Cayman Islands 809 $2.10
Central African Republic 236 $8.20
Chad 235 $9.60
Chile 56 $2.10
China 86 $3.40
Colombia 57 $2.10
Congo 242 $4.30
Cook Islands 682 $7.60
Costa Rica 506 $2.10
Croatia 385 $3.10
Cuba 530 $3.30
Cyprus 357 $3.40
Czech Republic 42 $1.60
Denmark 45 $1.20
Diego Garcia 246 N/A
Djibouti (Republic of) 253 $4.80
Dominica 809 $2.70
Dominican Republic 809 $1.50
Ecuador 593 $2.20
Egypt 20 $2.70
El Salvador 503 $2.00
Equatorial Guinea 240 $8.80
Eritrea 291 N/A
Estonia 372 $2.70
Ethiopia 251 $4.50
Faeroe Islands 298 $3.70
Falkland Islands 500 $7.10
Fiji Islands 679 $4.80
Finland 358 $1.20
France 33 $1.00
French Antilles 596 $2.80
French Guiana 594 $2.70
French Polynesia 689 $3.30
Gabon Republic 241 $3.00
Gambia 220 $3.00
Georgia 995 $4.50
Germany 49 $1.00
Ghana 233 $2.50
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Gibraltar 350 $3.30
Greece 30 $1.90
Greenland 299 $2.70
Grenada 809 $2.50
Guadeloupe 590 $2.90
Guam 671 $1.40
Guantanamo Bay 53 $2.80
Guatemala 502 $2.10
Guinea 224 $5.40
Guinea-Bissau 245 $6.20
Guyana 592 $3.40
Haiti 509 $2.10
Honduras 504 $2.30
Hong Kong 852 $1.20
Hungary 36 $1.70
Iceland 354 $1.60
India 91 $2.60
Indonesia 62 $3.00
Iran 98 $3.50
Iraq 964 N/A
Ireland 353 $1.40
Israel 972 $2.20
Italy 39 $1.40
Ivory Coast 225 $4.10
Jamaica 809 $2.20
Japan 81 $1.10
Jordan 962 $2.60
Kenya 254 $2.90
Kiribati 686 $4.70
Kuwait 965 $2.80
Laos 856 N/A
Latvia 371 $2.80
Lebanon 961 $3.00
Lesotho 266 $3.40
Liberia 231 $2.00
Libya 218 $3.60
Lithuania 370 $4.20
Luxembourg 352 $1.50
Macao 853 $4.80
Macedonia 389 N/A
Madagascar 261 $8.80
Malawi 265 $3.00
Malaysia 60 $2.10
Maldives 960 $7.40
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Mali (Republic of) 223 $6.10
Malta 356 $2.60
Marshall Islands 692 $4.30
Martinique 596 $3.00
Mauritania 222 $5.90
Mauritius 230 $6.50
Mayotte Island 269 $7.20
Micronesia 691 N/A
Moldova 373 $4.20
Monaco 377 $1.50
Mongolia 976 N/A
Montserrat 809 $2.70
Morocco 212 $3.60
Mozambique 258 $4.20
Myanmar 95 N/A
Namibia 264 $3.20
Nauru 674 $4.50
Nepal 977 $5.40
Netherlands 31 $1.00
Netherlands Antilles 599 $1.40
Nevis 809 $2.70
New Caledonia 687 $6.10
New Zealand 64 $1.40
Nicaragua 505 $2.60
Niger 227 $4.70
Nigeria 234 $2.20
Niue Island 683 $10.10
Norway 47 $1.10
Oman 968 $5.10
Pakistan 92 $3.80
Palau 680 $6.60
Panama 507 $2.10
Papua New Guinea 675 $4.20
Paraguay 595 $3.40
Peru 51 $2.30
Philippines 63 $2.50
Poland 48 $1.80
Portugal 351 $1.60
Qatar 974 $3.60
Reunion Island 262 $6.40
Romania 40 $3.00
Russia 7 $3.90
Rwanda 250 $5.60
San Marino 378 $2.20
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Sao Tome 239 $4.20
Saudi Arabia 966 $2.60
Senegal Republic 221 $3.90
Seychelles Islands 248 $7.00
Sierra Leone 232 $5.00
Singapore (Republic of) 65 $1.00
Slovenia (Republic of) 386 $3.40
Solomon Islands 677 $4.20
South Africa (Republic of) 27 $1.80
South Korea 82 $2.00
Spain 34 $1.40
Sri Lanka 94 $3.70
St. Helena 290 $7.20
St. Kitts 809 $2.80
St. Lucia 809 $2.30
St. Pierre and Miquelon 508 $1.70
St. Vincent 809 $2.30
Suriname (Republic of) 597 $3.90
Swaziland 268 $3.50
Sweden 46 $0.80
Switzerland (Confederation of )41 $1.00
Syria 963 $5.10
Taiwan 886 $1.50
Tanzania 255 $4.10
Thailand 66 $2.70
Togolese Republic 228 $4.00
Tonga Islands 676 $5.70
Trinidad and Tobago 868 $2.80
Tunisia 216 $3.40
Turkey 90 $2.30
Turks and Caicos Islands 809 $2.40
Tuvalu 688 $10.60
Uganda 256 $3.50
Ukraine 380 $2.80
United Arab Emirates 971 $2.20
United Kingdom 440 $0.70
Uruguay 598 $2.70
Vanuata (Republic of) 678 $10.00
Venezuela 58 $1.30
Vietnam (Socialist Republic of)84 $3.60
Wallis and Futuna Islands 681 N/A
Western Samoa 685 $4.20
Yemen (Republic of) 967 N/A
Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of)381 $3.20
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Zaire (Republic of) 243 $3.00
Zambia 260 $4.00
Zimbabwe 263 $3.60
6.10 International Plan H Usage Rates
Country Units Retail
Country CodeCharged Price
Afghanistan 93 20 $2.00
Albania 355 8 $0.80
Algeria 213 8 $0.80
American Samoa 684 7 $0.70
Andorra 376 5 $0.50
Angola 244 12 $1.20
Anguilla 809 7 $0.70
Antarctica (Casey) 672 8 $0.80
Antarctica (Scott Base) 642 11 $1.10
Antigua 809 9 $0.90
Argentina 54 54 $1.00
Armenia 374 12 $1.20
Aruba 297 6 $0.60
Ascension Island 247 15 $1.50
Australia 61 3 $0.30
Austria 43 5 $0.50
Azerbaijan 994 7 $0.70
Azores 351 6 $0.60
Bahamas 809 4 $0.40
Bahrain 973 12 $1.20
Balearic 34 5 $0.50
Bangladesh 880 18 $1.80
Barbados 809 8 $0.80
Belarus 375 8 $0.80
Belgium 32 4 $0.40
Belize 501 12 $1.20
Benin 229 9 $0.90
Bermuda 809 4 $0.40
Bhutan 975 18 $1.80
Bolivia 591 12 $1.20
Bosnia-Herzegovina 387 8 $0.80
Botswana 267 11 $1.10
Brazil 55 8 $0.80
British Virgin Islands 809 5 $0.50
Brunei 673 8 $0.80
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Bulgaria 359 7 $0.70
Burkina Faso 226 13 $1.30
Burma 95 20 $2.00
Burundi 257 18 $1.80
Cambodia 855 18 $1.80
Cameroon 237 15 $1.50
Canada 3 $0.30
Canary Islands 34 5 $0.50
Cape Verde Islands 238 10 $1.00
Cayman Islands 809 6 $0.60
Central African Republic 236 17 $1.70
Chad* 235 20 $2.00
Chile 56 6 $0.60
China 86 11 $1.10
Christmas/Cocos Island 672 7 $0.70
Colombia 57 8 $0.80
Comoros 269 17 $1.70
Congo 242 15 $1.50
Cook Islands 682 18 $1.80
Costa Rica 506 9 $0.90
Croatia 385 7 $0.70
Cuba 530 11 $1.10
Cyprus 357 8 $0.80
Czech Republic 42 6 $0.60
Denmark 45 4 $0.40
Diego Garcia 246 12 $1.20
Djibouti (Republic of) 253 15 $1.50
Dominica 809 7 $0.70
Dominican Republic 809 5 $0.50
Ecuador 593 10 $1.00
Egypt* 20 12 $1.20
El Salvador 503 10 $1.00
Equatorial Guinea 240 17 $1.70
Eritrea 291 18 $1.80
Estonia 372 6 $0.60
Ethiopia 251 17 $1.70
Faeroe Islands 298 5 $0.50
Falkland Islands 500 15 $1.50
Fiji Islands 679 15 $1.50
Finland 358 4 $0.40
France 33 4 $0.40
French Antilles 596 8 $0.80
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French Guiana 594 8 $0.80
French Polynesia 689 9 $0.90
Gabon Republic 241 15 $1.50
Gambia 220 11 $1.10
Georgia 995 12 $1.20
Germany 49 3 $0.30
Ghana 233 12 $1.20
Gibraltar 350 6 $0.60
Greece 30 5 $0.50
Greenland 299 9 $0.90
Grenada 809 8 $0.80
Guadeloupe 590 7 $0.70
Guam 671 3 $0.30
Guantanamo Bay* 53 9 $0.90
Guatemala 502 9 $0.90
Guinea 224 13 $1.30
Guinea-Bissau 245 15 $1.50
Guyana* 592 14 $1.40
Haiti* 509 9 $0.90
Honduras 504 10 $1.00
Hong Kong 852 5 $0.50
Hungary 36 5 $0.50
Iceland 354 5 $0.50
India* 91 11 $1.10
Indonesia* 62 12 $1.20
Inmarsat Atl East 871 90 $9.00
Inmarsat Atl West 874 90 $9.00
Inmarsat Indian Ocean 873 90 $9.00
Inmarsat Pacific Ocean 872 90 $9.00
Iran 8 15 $1.50
Iraq 964 15 $1.50
Ireland 353 4 $0.40
Israel 972 8 $0.80
Italy 39 5 $0.50
Ivory Coast 225 15 $1.50
Jamaica 809 7 $0.70
Japan 81 4 $0.40
Jordan 962 12 $1.20
Kazakhstan 7336 13 $1.30
Kenya 254 12 $1.20
Kirghizia 7 15 $1.50
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Kiribati 686 15 $1.50
Korea North 850 9 $0.90
Korea South 82 8 $0.80
Kuwait 965 11 $1.10
Kyrgyzstan 7331 13 $1.30
Laos 856 17 $1.70
Latvia 371 7 $0.70
Lebanon 961 13 $1.30
Lesotho 266 13 $1.30
Liberia 231 9 $0.90
Libya 218 8 $0.80
Liechtenstein 41 4 $0.40
Lithuania 370 8 $0.80
Luxembourg 352 4 $0.40
Macao 853 9 $0.90
Macedonia 389 9 $0.90
Madagascar 261 12 $1.20
Madeira 7 $0.70
Malawi 265 9 $0.90
Malaysia 60 7 $0.70
Maldives 960 15 $1.50
Mali (Republic of) 223 14 $1.40
Malta 356 7 $0.70
Marshall Islands 692 7 $0.70
Martinique 596 8 $0.80
Mauritania 222 12 $1.20
Mauritius 230 9 $0.90
Mayotte Island 269 17 $1.70
Mexico Zone 1-8 52 7 $0.70
Micronesia 691 13 $1.30
Moldova 373 12 $1.20
Monaco 377 4 $0.40
Mongolia 976 13 $1.30
Montserrat 809 7 $0.70
Morocco 212 8 $0.80
Mozambique 258 11 $1.10
Mustique 809 11 $1.10
Myanmar (Burma)* 95 25 $2.50
Nakhodka* 7 15 $1.50
Namibia 264 15 $1.50
Nauru 674 15 $1.50
Nepal 977 18 $1.80
Netherlands 31 4 $0.40
Netherlands Antilles 599 6 $0.60
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Nevis 80 122 $12.20
New Caledonia 687 12 $1.20
New Zealand 64 4 $0.40
Nicaragua* 505 10 $1.00
Niger 227 15 $1.50
Nigeria 234 11 $1.10
Niue Island 683 20 $2.00
Norfolk Island 672 8 $0.80
Norway 47 4 $0.40
Oman 968 14 $1.40
Pakistan 92 15 $1.50
Palau 680 17 $1.70
Palm Island* 809 9 $0. 90
Panama 507 10 $1.00
Papua New Guinea 675 10 $1.00
Paraguay* 595 12 $1.20
Peru 51 11 $1.10
Poland 48 6 $0.60
Portugal 351 6 $0.60
Puerto Rico* 2 $0.20
Qatar 974 13 $1.30
Reunion Island 262 18 $1.80
Romania 40 9 $0.90
Russia 7 8 $0.80
Rwanda 250 15 $1.50
Saipan 670 7 $0.70
San Marino 378 6 $0.60
Sao Tome 239 20 $2.00
Saudi Arabia 966 15 $1.50
Senegal Republic 221 17 $1.70
Seychelles Islands 248 18 $1.80
Sierra Leone 232 14 $1.40
Singapore (Republic of) 65 4 $0.40
Slovakia 42 6 $0.60
Slovenia (Republic of) 386 7 $0.70
Solomon Islands 677 13 $1.30
Somali Republic 252 20 $2.00
South Africa (Republic of) 27 8 $0.80
Spain 34 5 $0.50
Sri Lanka 94 15 $1.50
St. Helena 290 12 $1.20
St. Kitts 809 7 $0.70
St. Lucia 809 7 $0.70
St. Pierre and Miquelon 508 5 $0.50
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St. Vincent 809 7 $0.70
Sudan 249 8 $0.80
Suriname (Republic of) 597 15 $1.50
Swaziland 268 9 $0.90
Sweden 46 3 $0.30
Switzerland (Confederation of ) 41 4 $0.40
Syria 963 15 $1.50
Taiwan 886 7 $0.70
Tajikistan 7 13 $1.30
Tanzania 255 13 $1.30
Thailand 66 12 $1.20
Togo (Republic of) 228 15 $1.50
Tonga Islands 676 14 $1.40
Trinidad and Tobago 868 7 $0.70
Tunisia 216 8 $0.80
Turkey 90 8 $0.80
Turkmenistan 7 13 $1.30
Turks and Caicos Islands 809 7 $0.70
Tuvalu 688 15 $1.50
Uganda* 256 11 $1.10
Ukraine 380 8 $0.80
United Arab Emirates* 971 9 $0.90
United Kingdom 44 2 $0.20
Uruguay 598 12 $1.20
Uzbekistan 7 14 $1.40
Vanuata (Republic of) 678 12 $1.20
Vatican City 39 5 $0.50
Venezuela 58 6 $0.60
Vietnam (Socialist Republic of) 84 14 $1.40
Wallis and Futuna Islands 681 6 $0.60
Western Samoa 685 15 $1.50
Yemen (Republic of) 967 12 $1.20
Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of) 381 7 $0.70
Zaire (Republic of) 243 11 $1.10
Zambia 260 12 $1.20
Zimbabwe 263 9 $1.90
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6.11 International Plan I Usage Rates
Country
Country Code Price
Domesti $0.19
Mexico $1.60
Canada $0.79
Alaska, Hawaii $0.49
PR & VI $0.49
Afghanistan 93 N/A
Albania 355 $3.60
Algeria 213 $2.40
American Samoa 684 $3.20
Andorra 376 $1.60
Angola 244 $3.60
Anguilla 809 $2.40
Antigua 809 $1.60
Argentina 54 $2.00
Armenia 374 $4.00
Aruba 297 $2.50
Ascension Island 247 $3.20
Australia 61 $1.33
Austria 43 $1.60
Azerbaijan 994 $4.00
Bahamas 809 $1.20
Bahrain 973 $2.00
Bangladesh 880 $3.60
Barbados 809 $1.85
Belarus 375 $4.25
Belgium 32 $1.60
Belize 501 $2.50
Benin 229 $2.80
Bermuda 809 $1.20
Bhutan 975 $6.40
Bolivia 591 $2.50
Bosnia-Herzegovina 387 $2.40
Botswana 267 $2.80
Brazil 55 $2.40
British Virgin Islands 809 $1.60
Brunei 673 $3.60
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Bulgaria 359 $3.20
Burkina Faso 226 $3.60
Burundi 257 $4.00
Cambodia 855 $4.00
Cameroon 237 $3.60
Cape Verde Islands 238 $2.80
Cayman Islands 809 $1.60
Central African Republic 236 $6.40
Chad 235 $6.40
Chile 56 $2.00
China 86 $3.60
Colombia 57 $2.00
Congo 242 $2.80
Cook Islands 682 $6.40
Costa Rica 506 $1.85
Croatia 385 $2.40
Cuba 530 $3.20
Cyprus 357 $2.40
Czech Republic 42 $2.00
Denmark 45 $1.60
Diego Garcia 246 N/A
Djibouti (Republic of) 253 $3.20
Dominica 809 $2.40
Dominican Republic 809 $1.60
Ecuador 593 $2.00
Egypt 20 $2.40
El Salvador 503 $1.60
Equatorial Guinea 240 $6.40
Eritrea 291 N/A
Estonia 372 $4.00
Ethiopia 251 $3.60
Faeroe Islands 298 $3.20
Falkland Islands 500 $4.00
Fiji Islands 679 $3.60
Finland 358 $1.60
France 33 $1.20
French Antilles 596 $2.40
French Guiana 594 $3.20
French Polynesia 689 $4.25
Gabon Republic 241 $2.80
Gambia 220 $2.40
Georgia 995 $4.00
Germany 49 $1.20
Ghana 233 $2.00
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Gibraltar 350 $2.80
Greece 30 $2.40
Greenland 299 $2.00
Grenada 809 $2.00
Guadeloupe 590 $2.40
Guam 671 $1.60
Guantanamo Bay 53 $2.40
Guatemala 502 $2.00
Guinea 224 $4.00
Guinea-Bissau 245 $4.40
Guyana 592 $2.80
Haiti 509 $2.00
Honduras 504 $2.00
Hong Kong 852 $1.60
Hungary 36 $2.00
Iceland 354 $2.00
India 91 $2.00
Indonesia 62 $2.80
Iran 98 $3.20
Iraq 964 N/A
Ireland 353 $1.60
Israel 972 $2.40
Italy 39 $1.60
Ivory Coast 225 $3.20
Jamaica 809 $2.00
Japan 81 $1.33
Jordan 962 $2.00
Kenya 254 $2.80
Kiribati 686 $3.60
Kuwait 965 $2.40
Laos 856 N/A
Latvia 371 $4.00
Lebanon 961 $2.80
Lesotho 266 $2.80
Liberia 231 $1.60
Libya 218 $2.80
Lithuania 370 $4.00
Luxembourg 352 $1.60
Macao 853 $3.60
Macedonia 389 N/A
Madagascar 261 $6.40
Malawi 265 $2.40
Malaysia 60 $2.80
Maldives 960 $5.20
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Mali (Republic of) 223 $4.40
Malta 356 $2.80
Marshall Islands 692 $3.60
Martinique 596 $4.40
Mauritania 222 $4.40
Mauritius 230 $4.00
Mayotte Island 269 $3.60
Micronesia 691 N/A
Moldova 373 $4.00
Monaco 377 $1.20
Mongolia 976 N/A
Montserrat 809 $2.40
Morocco 212 $2.80
Mozambique 258 $2.80
Myanmar 95 N/A
Namibia 264 $2.40
Nauru 674 $3.60
Nepal 977 $4.00
Netherlands 31 $1.20
Netherlands Antilles 599 $1.60
Nevis 809 $2.40
New Caledonia 687 $4.80
New Zealand 64 $2.00
Nicaragua 505 $2.00
Niger 227 $4.00
Nigeria 234 $1.60
Niue Island 683 NA
Norway 47 $1.20
Oman 968 $4.00
Pakistan 92 $3.20
Palau 680 $5.20
Panama 507 $1.60
Papua New Guinea 675 $4.00
Paraguay 595 $2.80
Peru 51 $2.00
Philippines 63 $2.40
Poland 48 $2.00
Portugal 351 $2.40
Qatar 974 $2.80
Reunion Island 262 $4.40
Romania 40 $3.60
Russia 7 $4.40
Rwanda 250 $4.40
San Marino 378 $1.60
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Sao Tome 239 $3.60
Saudi Arabia 966 $2.40
Senegal Republic 221 $3.20
Seychelles Islands 248 $5.20
Sierra Leone 232 $6.00
Singapore (Republic of) 65 $1.60
Slovenia (Republic of) 386 $2.80
Solomon Islands 677 $3.20
South Africa (Republic of) 27 $2.00
South Korea 82 NA
Spain 34 $1.60
Sri Lanka 94 $2.80
St. Helena 290 $4.80
St. Kitts 809 $2.40
St. Lucia 809 $2.00
St. Pierre and Miquelon 508 $2.00
St. Vincent 809 $2.00
Suriname (Republic of) 597 $3.20
Swaziland 268 $2.80
Sweden 46 $1.20
Switzerland (Confederation of ) 41 $1.20
Syria 963 $4.00
Taiwan 886 $1.60
Tanzania 255 $3.20
Thailand 66 $2.40
Togolese Republic 228 $3.20
Tonga Islands 676 $4.40
Trinidad and Tobago 868 $2.00
Tunisia 216 $2.80
Turkey 90 $2.40
Turks and Caicos Islands 809 $2.00
Tuvalu 688 NA
Uganda 256 $2.80
Ukraine 380 $4.00
United Arab Emirates 971 $2.00
United Kingdom 440 $0.99
Uruguay 598 $2.40
Vanuata (Republic of) 678 $4.00
Venezuela 58 $1.60
Vietnam (Socialist Republic of) 84 $3.60
Wallis and Futuna Islands 681 N/A
Western Samoa 685 $3.20
Yemen (Republic of) 967 N/A
Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of) 381 $2.40
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Zaire (Republic of) 243 $2.80
Zambia 260 $3.20
Zimbabwe 263 $2.80
6.12 International Plan J Usage Rates
Country New Phone
Country Code Pass Price
Domestic $0.25
Mexico $0.70
Canada $0.30
Alaska, Hawaii $0.25
PR & VI $0.25
Afghanistan 93 $2.20
Albania 355 $0.90
Algeria 213 $0.90
American Samoa 684 $1.10
Andorra 376 $0.70
Angola 244 $1.20
Anguilla 891 $1.00
Antarctica 672 $0.90
Antigua 892 $0.90
Argentina 54 $1.10
Armenia 374 $1.60
Aruba 297 $0.80
Ascension Island 247 $1.70
Australia 61 $0.30
Australia Ext Terr 672 $0.90
Austria 43 $0.50
Azerbaijan 994 $1.10
Azores 351 $1.10
Bahamas 893 $0.50
Bahrain 973 $1.50
Balearic Islands 34 $0.80
Bangladesh 880 $2.10
Barbados 894 $1.10
Belarus 375 $1.00
Belgium 32 $0.40
Belize 501 $1.50
Benin 229 $1.30
Bermuda 895 $0.50
Bhutan 975 $1.60
Bolivia 591 $1.40
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Bosnia-Herzegovina 387 $0.90
Botswana 267 $1.10
Brazil 55 $0.90
British Virgin Islands 896 $0.70
Brunei 673 $1.10
Bulgaria 359 $0.80
Burkina Faso 226 $1.50
Burma 95 $2.40
Burundi 257 $1.50
Cambodia 855 $2.00
Cameroon 237 $1.80
Canary Islands 34 $0.70
Cape Verde Islands 238 $1.30
Cayman Islands 897 $0.70
Central African Republic 236 $1.70
Chad 235 $2.20
Chile 56 $0.60
China 86 $1.40
Christmas Island 672 $0.40
Coco Island 61 $0.40
Colombia 57 $0.90
Comorros 269 $2.20
Congo 242 $1.70
Cook Islands 682 $2.30
Costa Rica 506 $0.90
Croatia 385 $0.80
Cuba 53 $1.40
Cyprus 357 $0.80
Czech Republic 42 $0.70
Denmark 45 $0.30
Diego Garcia 246 $1.50
Djibouti (Republic of) 253 $1.80
Dominica 898 $1.20
Dominican Republic 899 $0.70
Ecuador 593 $1.20
Egypt 20 $1.60
El Salvador 503 $0.90
Equatorial Guinea 240 $2.20
Eritrea 291 $2.20
Estonia 372 $0.70
Ethiopia 251 $2.10
Faeroe Islands 298 $0.60
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Falkland Islands 500 $2.00
Fiji Islands 679 $1.90
Finland 358 $0.40
France 33 $0.40
French Antilles 596 $0.80
French Guiana 594 $1.00
French Polynesia 689 $1.50
Gabon Republic 241 $1.80
Gambia 220 $1.20
Georgia 995 $1.60
Germany 49 $0.30
Ghana 233 $1.30
Gibraltar 350 $0.90
Greece 30 $0.70
Greenland 299 $0.90
Grenada 900 $1.20
Guadeloupe 590 $1.10
Guam 671 $0.40
Guantanamo Bay 53 $1.10
Guatemala 502 $0.90
Guinea 224 $1.30
Guinea-Bissau 245 $2.20
Guyana 592 $1.80
Haiti 509 $1.30
Honduras 504 $1.20
Hong Kong 852 $0.60
Hungary 36 $0.60
Iceland 354 $0.60
India 91 $1.60
Indonesia 62 $1.40
Inmarsat/ATL E 871 $11.80
Inmarsat/ATL W 874 $11.80
Inmarsat/Indian Ocean 873 $11.80
Inmarsat/Pacific Ocean 872 $11.80
Iran 98 $1.80
Iraq 964 $2.20
Ireland 353 $0.50
Israel 972 $0.60
Italy 39 $0.50
Ivory Coast 225 $2.20
Jamaica 901 $1.30
Japan 81 $0.60
Jordan 962 $1.60
Kazakhstan 7 $1.50
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Kenya 254 $1.60
Kirghizia 7 $2.10
Kiribati 686 $2.00
Kuwait 965 $1.70
Kyrgyzstan 996 $1.30
Laos 856 $2.00
Latvia 371 $0.80
Lebanon 961 $1.60
Lesotho 266 $1.20
Liberia 231 $1.30
Libya 218 $0.80
Liechtenstein 41 $0.50
Lithuania 370 $0.90
Luxembourg 352 $0.50
Macao 853 $1.00
Macedonia 389 $0.90
Madagascar 261 $1.70
Madeira $1.20
Malawi 265 $1.00
Malaysia 60 $0.60
Maldives 960 $1.50
Mali (Republic of) 223 $1.80
Malta 356 $0.60
Mariana Islands 670 $1.20
Marshall Islands 692 $1.10
Martinique 596 $1.10
Mauritania 222 $1.40
Mauritius 230 $1.50
Mayotte Island 269 $1.70
Melilla 34 $0.70
Micronesia 691 $1.40
Moldova 373 $1.20
Monaco 377 $0.40
Mongolia 976 $1.60
Montserrat 902 $1.20
Morocco 212 $1.00
Mozambique 258 $1.40
Mustique 809/784 $1.40
Myanmar/Burma 95 $2.40
Marian Island (North) 670 $1.20
Nakhodka 7 $1.70
Namibia 264 $1.20
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Nauru 674 $1.80
Nepal 977 $2.00
Netherlands 31 $0.40
Netherlands Antilles 599 $0.50
Nevis 903 $0.90
New Caledonia 687 $1.50
New Zealand 64 $0.40
Nicaragua 505 $1.20
Niger 227 $1.80
Nigeria 234 $1.50
Niue Island 683 $2.20
Norfolk Island 72 $0.40
North Korea 850 $1.70
Norway 47 $0.40
Oman 968 $1.80
Pakistan 92 $1.90
Palau 680 $1.70
Palm Island 809 $1.40
Panama 507 $1.30
Papua New Guinea 675 $1.10
Paraguay 595 $1.50
Peru 51 $1.20
Philippines 63 $1.00
Poland 48 $0.70
Portugal 351 $0.70
Qatar 974 $1.70
Reunion Island 262 $1.40
Romania 40 $0.90
Russia & Nis 7 $1.00
Rwanda 250 $2.00
Saipan 670 $1.00
Sakhalin 7 $1.00
San Marino 378 $0.90
Sao Tome 239 $2.20
Saudi Arabia 966 $1.60
Senegal Republic 221 $2.10
Seychelles Islands 248 $2.10
Sierra Leone 232 $1.70
Singapore (Republic of) 65 $0.60
Slovakia 42 $0.80
Slovenia (Republic of) 386 $0.50
Solomon Islands 677 $1.70
Somali Democratic Republic 252 $2.10
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South Africa (Republic of) 27 $1.00
South Korea 82 $0.80
Spain 34 $0.60
Sri Lanka 94 $2.00
St. Helena 290 $1.60
St. Kitts 904 $0.90
St. Lucia 905 $1.10
St. Pierre and Miquelon 508 $0.70
St. Vincent 906 $1.30
Sudan 249 $1.30
Suriname (Republic of) 597 $2.20
Swaziland 268 $0.80
Sweden 46 $0.30
Switzerland (Confederation of ) 41 $0.40
Syria 963 $1.70
Taiwan 886 $0.80
Tajikistan 992 $1.00
Tanzania 255 $1.60
Thailand 66 $1.30
Togolese Republic 228 $1.90
Tokelau 690 $1.70
Tonga Islands 676 $2.10
Trinidad and Tobago 907 $1.20
Tunisia 216 $1.00
Turkey 90 $0.90
Turkmenistan 993 $1.60
Turks and Caicos Islands 908 $1.10
Tuvalu 688 $1.70
Uganda 256 $1.20
Ukraine 380 $1.00
United Arab Emirates 971 $1.30
United Kingdom 44 $0.20
Uruguay 598 $1.40
Uzbekistan 998 $1.50
Vanuata (Republic of) 678 $1.60
Vatican City 379 $0.50
Venezuela 58 $0.70
Vietnam (Socialist Republic of) 84 $2.10
Wallis and Futuna Islands 681 $0.70
Western Samoa 685 $1.20
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Yemen (Arab Republic) 967 $1.70
Yemen (Peoples Republic) 969 $1.70
Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of) 381 $1.00
Zaire (Republic of) 243 $1.40
Zambia 260 $1.50
Zanzibar (Tanzania) 259 $1.60
Zimbabwe 263 $1.10
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6.13 International Plan K Usage Rates
Country
Country Code Rate
Afghanistan 93 $1.1200
Albania (Socialist Republic of) 355 $0.2808
Algeria 213 $0.3138
American Samoa 684 $0.1888
Andorra 376 $0.1704
Angola 244 $0.2344
Anguilla AI264 $0.3358
Antarctica (Casey Base) 67212 $0.2368
Antarctica (Scott) 67212 $0.2368
Antigua (Including Barbuda) AN268 $0.3752
Argentina 54 $0.2688
Armenia 374/7886/7885 $0.3450
Aruba 297 $0.2568
Ascension Island 247 $0.6968
Australia 61 $0.0576
Austria 43 $0.0704
Azerbaijan 994/789 $0.3128
Bahamas BA242 $0.1345
Bahrain 973 $0.3968
Bangladesh (People’s Republic of) 880 $0.6584
Barbados BD246 $0.4602
Belarus 7015/7016/7017/7021
7022/7023/375/701/702 $0.3253
Belgium 32 $0.0560
Belize 501 $0.4718
Benin (People’s Republic of) 229 $0.5368
Bermuda BM441 $0.1056
Bhutan (Kingdom of) 975 $0.3309
Bolivia 591 $0.4528
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Republic of) 3889/387/3880/3888 $0.2808
Botswana 267 $0.2528
Brazil (Federative Republic of) 55 $0.2096
British Virgin Islands BV284 $0.2248
Brunei 673 $0.2864
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Bulgaria 359 $0.2888
Burkina Faso 226 $0.5648
Burundi 257 $0.4368
Cambodia 855 $0.7907
Cameroon 237 $0.5408
Cape Verde Islands 238 $0.4568
Cayman Islands CQ345 $0.1808
Central African Republic 236 $0.5648
Chad (Republic of) 235 $0.6768
Chile 56 $0.1118
China (People’s Republic of) 86 $0.2208
Christmas Island 6724 $0.1200
Cocos Island 6722 $0.1200
Colombia 57 $0.2048
Comoros (Federal and Islamic Republic of) 269 $0.4128
Congo (Republic of) 242 $0.4872
Cook Islands 682 $0.8600
Costa Rica 506 $0.1584
Croatia (Republic of) 385 $0.2896
Cuba 53 $0.7488
Cyprus 357 $0.2074
Czech Republic 425/426/422/423/424 $0.2048
Denmark 45 $0.0523
Diego Garcia 246 $0.4048
Djibouti (Republic of) 253 $0.7248
Dominica DM767 $0.4608
Dominican Republic DR809 $0.1472
Ecuador 593 $0.5168
Egypt (Arab Republic of) 20 $0.5928
El Salvador 503 $0.2528
Equatorial Guinea (Republic of) 240 $0.5888
Eritrea 291 $0.9808
Estonia 372 $0.2288
Ethiopia 251 $0.7568
Faeroe Islands (Denm ark) 298 $0.2405
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 500 $0.4406
Fiji Islands 679 $0.7488
Finland 358 $0.0792
France 33 $0.0528
French Antilles 596 $0.3168
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French Guiana 594 $0.3408
French Polynesia (Including Moorea and Tahiti) 689 $0.2608
Gabon Republic 241 $0.3240
Gambia 220 $0.4600
Georgia 788/995 $0.3064
Germany (Federal Republic of) 49 $0.0496
Ghana 233 $0.3408
Gibraltar 350 $0.1728
Greece 30 $0.1888
Greenland (Denmark) 299 $0.3776
Grenada GN473 $0.5368
Guadeloupe 590 $0.2976
Guantanamo (U.S. Naval Base) 5399 $0.7488
Guatemala (Republic of) 502 $0.2816
Guinea (People’s Revolutionary Republic) 224 $0.3307
Guinea-Bissau 245 $0.5133
Guyana 592 $0.7408
Haiti 509 $0.5362
Honduras 504 $0.4704
Hong Kong 852 $0.0488
Hungary 36 $0.1928
Iceland 354 $0.1328
India 91 $0.7888
Indonesia 62 $0.2800
Iran 98 $0.7248
Iraq 964 $0.9056
Ireland 353 $0.0624
Israel 972 $0.1008
Italy 39 $0.0704
Ivory Coast (Republic of) 225 $0.6712
Jamaica JM876 $0.4728
Japan (Including Okinawa) 81 $0.0808
Jordan 962 $0.5360
Kazakhstan 731/732/7330/7336/7338 $0.3213
Kenya (Republic of ) 254 $0.5648
Kiribati 686 $0.7936
Korea, N 850 $0.5648
Korea, S 82 $0.0848
Kuwait 965 $0.4168
Kyrgyzstan 996/733 $0.3869
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Laos 856 $0.7272
Latvia 371 $0.3520
Lebanon 961 $0.4688
Lesotho 266 $0.3648
Liberia 231 $0.3795
Libyan Arab Sociali st People Jamahiriya 218 $0.3168
Liechtenstein 4175 $0.0928
Lithuania 370 $0.3208
Luxembourg 352 $0.1024
Macao 853 $0.2264
Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic of) 389 $0.3568
Madagascar (Democratic Republic of) 261 $0.5128
Malawi 265 $0.2810
Malaysia 60 $0.1248
Maldives (Republic of) 960 $0.7176
Mali (Republic of) 223 $0.6928
Malta (Republic of) 356 $0.1688
Marshall Islands 692 $0.4008
Mauritania (Islamic Republic of) 222 $0.4688
Mauritius 230 $0.8246
Mayotte Island 2696 $0.3568
Mexico 52 $0.1760
Micronesia (Federated States of ) 691 $0.6768
Moldova 373 $0.3728
Monaco 377 $0.1248
Mongolian People’s Republic 976 $0.7568
Montserrat MR664, RT $0.6187
Morocco (Kingdom of) 212 $0.4368
Mozambique 258 $0.3568
Myanmar/Burma 95 $0.8208
Namibia 264 $0.2403
Nauru 674 $0.6688
Nepal 977 $0.8288
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 31 $0.0528
Netherlands Antilles 599 $0.2448
Nevis NI869 $0.3888
New Caledonia 687 $0.5648
New Zealand (Including Chatham Island) 64 $0.0616
Nicaragua 505 $0.4365
Niger (Republic of) 227 $0.5363
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Nigeria (Federal Republic of) 234 $0.6768
Niue 683 $1.1368
Norfolk Island 672 $0.1563
Norway (Including Svalbard) 47 $0.0680
Oman 968 $0.6088
Pakistan 92 $0.7184
Palau (Republic of) 680 $0.2554
Panama (Republic of) 507 $0.3728
Papua New Guinea 675 $0.3248
Paraguay 595 $0.4288
Peru 51 $0.3408
Philippines 63 $0.2248
Poland (People’s Republic of) 48 $0.2048
Portugal (Including Azores & Madeira) 351 $0.1712
Qatar 974 $0.5328
Reunion Island 262 $0.3488
Romania (Socialist Republic of) 40 $0.3448
Russia 7* $0.2320
Rwanda 250 $0.7248
San Marino (Republic of) 378 $0.1232
Sao Tome 239 $0.8091
Saudi Arabia 966 $0.6419
Senegal Republic 221 $0.7218
Seychelles Islands 248 $0.7008
Sierra Leone 232 $0.6768
Singapore (Republic of) 65 $0.1012
Slovakia 421 $0.2608
Slovenia (Republic of) 386 $0.2552
Solomon Islands 677 $0.6888
Somali Republic 252 $0.7568
South Africa (Republic of) 27 $0.3208
Spain 34 $0.0848
Sri Lanka (Democratic Socialist Republic of) 94 $0.4872
St. Helena 290 $0.7306
St. Kitts KI869 $0.3888
St. Lucia SL758, SA $0.3608
St. Pierre and Miquelon 508 $0.1414
St. Vincent and the Grenadines SV784, ZF $0.4048
Sudan 249 $0.4348
Suriname (Republic of) 597 $0.5880
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Swaziland 268 $0.2582
Sweden 46 $0.0448
Switzerland (Confederation of ) 41 $0.0624
Syrian Arab Republic 963 $0.6728
Taiwan 886 $0.1040
Tajikistan 992/7364/7377/7379/7431/7433 $0.3155
Tanzania 255 $0.4448
Thailand 66 $0.3568
Togo (Republic of) 228 $0.7981
Tonga Islands 676 $0.9216
Trinidad and Tobago (Democratic Republic o f) TR868 $0.4528
Tunisia 216 $0.3696
Turkey 90 $0.2608
Turkmenistan 993/7360/7363/7370/7378/7432 $0.3995
Turks and Caicos Islands TC649 $0.4448
Tuvalu 688 $0.5242
Uganda 256 $0.3408
Ukraine 380/704/706 $0.2528
United Arab Emirates 971 $0.3408
United Kingdom 44 $0.0368
Uruguay 598 $0.3872
Uzbekistan 736/737/998 $0.3787
Vanuata (Republic of) 678 $0.8771
Vatican City 396/379 $0.1037
Venezuela 58 $0.2800
Vietnam (Socialist Republic of) 84 $0.9808
Wallis and Futuna Islands 681 $0.4502
Western Samoa 685 $0.4912
Yemen (Republic of) 967 $0.8088
Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of) 381 $0.3088
Zaire (Republic of) 243 $0.5568
Zambia 260 $0.4208
Zimbabwe 263 $0.3088
*Russian codes include 7, 7411, 7413, 7415, 7416, 7421, 7423, 7424, 7436, 7501, 7502, 7745, 7746,
7811, 7812, 7814, 7815, 7816, 7817, 7818, 7821, 7831, 7833, 7834, 7835, 7836, 7841, 7842, 7843,
7844, 7845, 7846, 7847, 7848, 7851, 7861, 7862, 7863, 7865, 7866, 7867, 7871, 7872, 7879, 7880
and 79.
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6.14 International Plan L Usage Rates
Country
Country Code Rate
Afghanistan 93 $2.2000
Albania (Socialist Republic of) 355 $0.8000
Algeria 213 $0.7400
American Samoa 684 $0.4000
Andorra 376 $0.4200
Angola 244 $1.3000
Anguilla AI264 $0.6200
Antarctica (Casey Base) 67212 $0.9000
Antarctica (Scott Base) 67212 $0.5500
Antigua (Including Barbuda) AN268 $0.5200
Argentina 54 $0.7400
Armenia 374/7885/7886 $0.9400
Aruba 297 $0.4200
Ascension Island 247 $1.1900
Australia 61 $0.2000
Austria 43 $0.2900
Azerbaijan 994 $0.8000
Bahamas BA242 $0.2500
Bahrain 973 $0.7800
Bangladesh (People’s Republic of)880 $1.3000
Barbados BD246 $0.5500
Belarus *375 $0.7700
Belgium 32 $0.2900
Belize 501 $0.8300
Benin (People’s Republic of) 229 $0.7000
Bermuda BM441 $0.4300
Bhutan (Kingdom of) 975 $1.5000
Bolivia 591 $0.8100
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Republic of)
387/3880/3888/3889 $0.8400
Botswana 267 $0.8900
Brazil (Federative Republic of) 55 $0.3200
British Virgin Islands BV284 $0.5000
*701/702/7015/7016/7017/7021/7022/7023
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Brunei 673 $0.9000
Bulgaria 359 $0.6800
Burkina Faso 226 $1.0900
Burundi 257 $1.4000
Cambodia 855 $1.8000
Cameroon 237 $1.0400
Canada N/A $0.1000
Cape Verde Islands 238 $0.8700
Cayman Islands CQ345 $0.3500
Central African Republic 236 $1.5700
Chad (Republic of) 235 $2.0000
Chile 56 $0.5000
China (People’s Republic of) 86 $0.7500
Christmas Island 6724 $0.4700
Cocos Island/Kelling Island 6722 $0.4700
Colombia 57 $0.7200
Comoros (Federal and Islamic Republic of)269 $1.9000
Congo (Republic of) 242 $1.1900
Cook Islands 682 $1.7200
Costa Rica 506 $0.5700
Croatia (Republic of) 385 $0.5800
Cuba 53 $0.8000
Cyprus 357 $0.6200
Czech Republic 42/422/423/424/425/426 $0.6000
Denmark 45 $0.2900
Diego Garcia 246 $1.3000
Djibouti (Republic of) 253 $1.0200
Dominica DM767 $0.5700
Dominican Republic DR809 $0.4500
Ecuador 593 $0.7700
Egypt (Arab Republic of) 20 $0.7700
El Salvador 503 $0.6900
Equatorial Guinea (Republic of) 240 $2.1000
Eritrea 291 $1.3200
Estonia 372 $0.6000
Ethiopia 251 $1.1400
Faeroe Islands (Denm ark) 298 $0.5000
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 500 $1.2600
Fiji Islands 679 $1.0900
Finland 358 $0.2900
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France 33 $0.1700
French Antilles 596 $0.7000
French Guiana 594 $0.7100
French Polynesia (Including Moorea and Tahiti)689 $1.2000
Gabon Republic 241 $1.0400
Gambia 220 $0.7100
Georgia 995/788 $1.1100
Germany (Federal Republic of) 49 $0.1500
Ghana 233 $0.6800
Gibraltar 350 $0.8000
Greece 30 $0.2900
Greenland (Denmark) 299 $0.6300
Grenada GN47 $0.5900
Guadeloupe 590 $0.6800
Guantanamo Bay 5399 $0.8400
Guatemala (Republic of) 502 $0.7300
Guinea (People’s Revolutionary Republic)224$0.8700
Guinea-Bissau 245 $1.7200
Guyana 592 $0.9700
Haiti 509 $0.7000
Honduras 504 $0.7700
Hong Kong 852 $0.2000
Hungary 36 $0.5000
Iceland 354 $0.5000
India 91 $0.7900
Indonesia 62 $0.7300
Iran 98 $1.2100
Iraq 964 $1.4100
Ireland 353 $0.2900
Israel 972 $0.2500
Italy 39 $0.2900
Ivory Coast (Republic of) 225 $1.3100
Jamaica JM87 $0.7200
Japan (Including Okinawa) 81 $0.1700
Jordan 962 $1.0000
Kazakhstan 731/732/7330/7336/7338 $1.1800
Kenya (Republic of ) 254 $0.9200
Kiribati/Gilbert Island 686 $1.2800
North Korea 850 $1.5000
South Korea 82 $0.3500
Kuwait 965 $0.8600
Kyrgyzstan 996 $1.0000
Laos 856 $1.8000
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Latvia 371 $0.7000
Lebanon 961 $1.2500
Lesotho 266 $0.8900
Liberia 231 $0.7200
Libya 218 $1.0000
Liechtenstein 4175 $0.2900
Lithuania 370 $0.8000
Luxembourg 352 $0.2900
Macao 853 $0.8200
Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic of)389 $0.6200
Madagascar (Democratic Republic of)261 $1.5000
Malawi 265 $0.7700
Malaysia 60 $0.5100
Maldives (Republic of) 960 $1.5000
Mali (Republic of) 223 $1.1100
Malta (Republic of) 356 $0.6000
Marshall Islands 692 $0.7900
Mauritania (Islamic Republic of) 222 $1.0500
Mauritius 230 $1.2000
Mayotte Island 269 $1.8000
Mexico 2-1/52-2-52-3 $0.2500
52-4/52-5/52-6 /52-7/52-8/52-9 $0.3000
Micronesia (Federated States of ) 691 $0.8200
Moldova 373 $1.2000
Monaco 377 $0.2900
Mongolian People’s Republic 976 $1.3000
Montserrat MR664 $0.5700
Morocco (Kingdom of) 212 $0.8800
Mozambique 258 $1.2000
Myanmar (Burma) 95 $2.4000
Namibia 264 $0.8500
Nauru 674 $1.2100
Nepal 977 $1.3500
Netherlands 31 $0.1700
Netherlands Antilles 599 $0.4700
Nevis NI869 $0.5400
New Caledonia 687 $1.4300
New Zealand (Including Chatham Island)64 $0.4000
Nicaragua 505 $0.7300
Niger (Republic of) 227 $0.9800
Nigeria (Federal Republic of) 234 $0.7600
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Niue 683 $1.8800
Norfolk Island 672 $0.8000
Norway (Including Svalbard) 47 $0.2900
Oman 968 $1.1200
Pakistan 92 $0.9500
Palau (Pacific Island) 680 $1.3500
Panama (Republic of) 507 $0.7200
Papua New Guinea 675 $0.8000
Paraguay 595 $0.9300
Peru 51 $0.6000
Philippines 63 $0.3900
Poland (People’s Republic of) 48 $0.5000
Portugal (Including Azores & Madeira)351 $0.2900
Qatar 974 $1.0000
Reunion Island 262 $1.0700
Romania (Socialist Republic of) 40 $0.8000
Russia 7* $0.3600
Rwanda 250 $1.2400
San Marino (Republic of) 378 $0.6200
Sao Tome 239 $1.6500
Saudi Arabia 966 $0.8600
Senegal Republic 221 $1.5100
Seychelles Islands 248 $1.5700
Sierra Leone 232 $0.9600
Singapore (Republic of) 65 $0.2500
Slovakia 421 $0.6300
Slovenia (Republic of) 386 $0.6100
Solomon Islands 677 $1.2500
Somali Republic 252 $1.7100
South Africa (Republic of) 27 $0.4500
Spain 34 $0.2000
Sri Lanka (Democratic Socialist Republic of)94 $1.1300
St. Helena 290 $1.2000
St. Kitts KA869/KI869 $0.5400
St. Lucia SL758 $0.5400
St. Pierre and Miquelon 508 $0.5300
St. Vincent and the Grenadines SV784 $0.6100
Sudan 249 $1.0000
Suriname (Republic of) 597 $1.3000
Swaziland 268 $0.8100
Sweden 46 $0.2900
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Switzerland (Confederation of ) 41 $0.1700
Syrian Arab Republic 963 $1.3200
Taiwan 886 $0.2200
Tajikistan 7364/7377/7379/7431/7433 $0.9000
Tanzania 255 $0.9700
Thailand 66 $0.8200
Togo (Republic of) 228 $1.1600
Tonga Islands 676 $1.6300
Trinidad and Tobago (Democratic Republic of)TR868 $0.6800
Tunisia 216 $0.8400
Turkey 90 $0.3800
Turkmenistan 993/7360/7363/7370/7378/7432 $1.1800
Turks and Caicos Islands TC649 $0.5700
Tuvalu 688 $1.4000
Uganda 256 $0.8700
Ukraine 380 $0.7600
United Arab Emirates 971 $0.6600
United Kingdom 44 $0.1000
Uruguay 598 $0.8000
Uzbekistan 736/737/998 $1.2500
Vanuatu/New Hebridi 678 $1.3000
Vatican City 379 $0.2900
Venezuela 58 $0.4800
Vietnam (Socialist Republic of) 84 $1.2800
Wallis and Futuna Islands 681 $0.7000
Western Samoa 685 $1.0900
Yemen Arab Republic 967 $1.0000
Yugoslavia/Serbia 381 $0.8000
Zaire (Republic of) 243 $0.7900
Zambia 260 $0.8500
Zimbabwe 263 $0.8400
* Russian codes include 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 707, 708, 709, 722, 723, 724, 725, 726, 727, 730, 734,
735, 738, 739, 7011, 7411, 7413, 7415, 7416, 7421, 7423, 7424, 7436, 7501, 7502, 7745, 7746, 7811,
7812, 7814, 7815, 7816, 7817, 7818, 7821, 7831, 7833, 7834, 7835, 7836, 7841, 7842, 7843, 7844,
7845, 7846, 7847, 7848, 7851,7855, 7861, 7862, 7863, 7865, 7866, 7867, 7871, 7872, 7879, 7880.
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6.15 International Plan M Usage Rates
Country Standard Standard Economy
Country Code First Additional Time
Minute Minute Period
Afghanistan No CC N/A N/A N/A
Albania (Socialist Republic of)355 $2.90 $2.90 $2.26
Algeria 213 $1.85 $1.85 $1.51
American Samoa 684 $1.90 $1.90 $1.54
Andorra 376 $1.25 $1.25 $0.85
Angola 244 $3.75 $3.75 $3.09
Anguilla 809 $1.26 $1.26 $1.07
Antarctica (Casey Base) 67212 $3.65 $3.65 $3.58
Antarctica (Scott Base) 64240 $2.00 $2.00 $1.87
Antigua (Including Barbuda) 809 $1.10 $0.90 $1.10
Argentina 54 $1.62 $1.62 $1.11
Armenia 7 $2.06 $2.06 $1.73
Aruba 297 $1.19 $1.19 $0.98
Ascension Island 247 $2.08 $2.08 $1.75
Atlantic East/West 871/74 $7.80 $7.80 $7.80
Australia 61 $0.50 $0.30 $0.50
Austria 43 $0.50 $0.30 $0.50
Azerbaijan 994 $2.04 $2.04 $1.63
Bahamas 809 $0.97 $0.97 $0.78
Bahrain 973 $1.68 $1.68 $1.36
Bangladesh (People’s Republic of)880 N/A N/A $2.13
Barbados 809 $1.25 $1.25 $1.02
Belarus 7 $2.06 $2.06 $1.73
Belgium 32 $0.50 $0.30 $0.50
Belize 501 $1.57 $1.57 $1.14
Benin (People’s Republic of) 229 $1.70 $1.70 $1.36
Bermuda 809 $1.05 $1.05 $0.86
Bhutan (Kingdom of) 975 N/A N/A $3.43
Bolivia 591 $1.92 $1.92 $1.38
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Republic of)387 $1.47 $1.47 $1.18
Botswana 267 $1.54 $1.54 $1.22
Brazil (Federative Republic of)55 $1.54 $1.54 $1.13
British Virgin Islands 809 $1.20 $1.20 $0.98
Brunei 673 $1.62 $1.62 $1.34
Bulgaria 359 $1.68 $1.68 $1.36
Burkina Faso 226 $2.79 $2.79 $2.27
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Burundi 257 $3.70 $3.70 $3.22
Cambodia 855 $3.38 $3.38 $2.95
Cameroon 237 $1.85 $1.85 $1.46
Canada 01 $0.35 $0.15 $0.35
Cape Verde Islands 238 $2.24 $2.24 $1.82
Cayman Islands 809 $1.30 $1.30 $0.99
Central African Republic 236 $3.57 $3.57 $3.08
Chad (Republic of) 235 $4.18 $4.18 $3.47
Chile 56 $1.46 $1.46 $1.15
China (People’s Republic of)86 $1.20 $1.00 $1.20
Christmas Island 672 $4.25 $4.25 $3.58
Cocos Island 672 $4.25 $4.25 $3.58
Colombia 57 $1.00 $0.80 $1.00
Comoros (Federal and Islamic Republic of)269 $4.06 $4.06 $3.18
Congo (Republic of) 242 $3.06 $3.06 $2.49
Cook Islands 682 $3.87 $3.87 $3.10
Costa Rica 506 $1.38 $1.38 $1.03
Croatia (Republic of) 385 $1.46 $1.46 $1.18
Cuba 53 $1.49 $1.49 $1.49
Cyprus 357 $1.52 $1.52 $1.21
Czech Republic 42 $1.57 $1.57 $1.29
Denmark 45 $0.50 $0.30 $0.50
Diego Garcia 246 N/A N/A $2.39
Djibouti (Republic of) 253 $2.63 $2.63 $2.14
Dominica 809 $1.35 $1.35 $1.06
Dominican Republic 809 $0.80 $0.60 $0.80
Ecuador 593 $1.55 $1.55 $1.28
Egypt (Arab Republic of) 20 $1.82 $1.82 $1.47
El Salvador 503 $1.46 $1.46 $1.19
Equatorial Guinea (Republic of)240 $3.53 $3.53 $2.98
Eritrea 291 $2.21 $2.21 $1.73
Estonia 372 $2.41 $2.41 $1.75
Ethiopia 251 $2.17 $2.17 $1.78
Faeroe Islands (Denm ark) 298 $1.14 $1.14 $0.78
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 500 $3.19 $3.19 $2.42
Fiji Islands 679 $1.60 $1.40 $1.60
Finland 358 $1.24 $1.24 $0.74
France 33 $0.50 $0.30 $0.50
French Antilles 596 $1.22 $1.22 $1.01
French Guiana 594 $1.42 $1.42 $1.11
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French Polynesia (Including Moorea and Tahiti)689 $1.92 $1.92 $1.60
Gabon Republic 241 $1.82 $1.82 $1.43
Gambia 220 $1.71 $1.71 $1.36
Georgia 7 $2.06 $2.06 $1.73
Germany (Federal Republic of)49 $0.50 $0.30 $0.50
Ghana 233 $1.82 $1.82 $1.42
Gibraltar 350 $1.45 $1.45 $1.02
Greece 30 $0.50 $0.30 $0.50
Greenland (Denmark) 299 $1.56 $1.56 $1.11
Grenada 809 $1.37 $1.37 $1.12
Guadeloupe 590 $1.26 $1.26 $1.01
Guantanamo (U.S. Naval Base)5399 $1.49 $1.49 $1.49
Guatemala (Republic of) 502 $1.48 $1.48 $1.18
Guinea (People’s Revolutionary Republic)224 $2.26 $2.26 $1.79
Guinea-Bissau 245 $3.88 $3.88 $3.06
Guyana 592 $1.40 $1.20 $1.40
Haiti 509 $1.10 $0.90 $1.10
Honduras 852 $1.61 $1.61 $1.18
Hong Kong 852 $0.70 $0.50 $0.70
Hungary 36 $1.41 $1.41 $1.14
Iceland 354 $1.39 $1.39 $0.94
India 91 $1.40 $1.20 $1.40
Indian Ocean 873 $7.80 $7.80 $7.80
Indonesia 62 $1.86 $1.86 $1.33
Iran 98 $2.14 $2.14 $1.67
Iraq 964 $2.55 $2.55 $2.26
Ireland 353 $0.50 $0.30 $0.50
Israel 972 $1.00 $0.80 $1.00
Italy 39 $0.50 $0.30 $0.50
Ivory Coast (Republic of) 225 $2.21 $2.21 $1.73
Jamaica 809 $0.90 $0.70 $0.90
Japan (Including Okinawa) 81 $0.60 $0.40 $0.60
Jordan 962 $1.60 $1.60 $1.27
Kazakhstan 7 $2.06 $2.06 $1.73
Kenya (Republic of ) 254 $1.84 $1.84 $1.48
Kiribati 686 $2.84 $2.84 $2.20
North Korea 850 $4.30 $4.30 $3.92
South Korea 82 $1.00 $0.80 $1.00
Kuwait 965 $1.20 $1.00 $1.20
Kyrgyzstan 996 $2.05 $2.05 $1.73
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Laos 856 $4.86 $4.86 $3.43
Latvia 371 $1.60 $1.60 $1.82
Lebanon 266 $2.50 $2.50 $2.30
Lesotho 266 $1.54 $1.54 $1.32
Liberia 231 $1.64 $1.64 $1.29
Libyan Arab Socialist People Jamahiriya218 $1.74 $1.74 $1.40
Liechtenstein 4175 $1.24 $1.24 $0.74
Lithuania 370 $2.22 $2.22 $1.60
Luxembourg 352 $0.50 $0.30 $0.50
Macao 853 $2.12 $2.12 $1.68
Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic of)389 $1.46 $1.46 $1.18
Madagascar (Democratic Republic of)261 $4.20 $4.20 $3.20
Malawi 265 $1.54 $1.54 $1.23
Malaysia 60 $1.72 $1.72 $1.04
Maldives (Republic of) 960 $2.78 $2.78 $2.28
Mali (Republic of) 223 $2.75 $2.75 $2.18
Malta (Republic of) 356 $1.87 $1.87 $1.30
Marshall Islands 692 $1.87 $1.87 $1.48
Mauritania (Islamic Republic of) 222 $2.62 $2.62 $2.06
Mauritius 230 $2.87 $2.87 $2.24
Mayotte Island 2696 $3.45 $3.45 $3.14
Mexico 52 $0.80 $0.60 $0.80
Micronesia (Federated States of ) 691 $1.86 $1.86 $1.54
Moldova 373 $2.38 $2.38 $1.88
Monaco 33 $1.12 $1.12 $0.72
Mongolian People’s Republic976 $4.56 $4.56 $3.39
Montserrat 809 $1.33 $1.33 $1.07
Morocco (Kingdom of) 212 $2.09 $2.09 $1.73
Mozambique 258 $3.03 $3.03 $0.96
Myanmar (Burma) 95 $5.03 $5.03 $3.97
Namibia 264 $1.64 $1.64 $1.36
Nauru 674 $3.17 $3.17 $2.55
Nepal 977 N/A N/A $2.02
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)31 $0.50 $0.30 $0.50
Netherlands Antilles 599 $1.24 $1.24 $0.96
Nevis 809 $1.32 $1.32 $1.05
New Caledonia 687 $1.79 $1.79 $1.46
New Zealand (Including Chatham Island)64 $0.60 $0.40 $0.60
Nicaragua 505 $1.54 $1.54 $1.25
Niger (Republic of) 227 $2.24 $2.24 $1.82
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Nigeria (Federal Republic of)234 $1.20 $1.00 $1.20
Niue 683 $4.06 $4.06 $3.33
Norfolk Island 672 $4.02 $4.02 $3.51
Norway (Including Svalbard)47 $0.50 $0.30 $0.50
Oman 968 $1.69 $1.69 $1.38
Pacific Ocean 872 $7.80 $7.80 $7.80
Pakistan 92 $1.60 $1.40 $1.60
Palau (Republic of) 680 $3.03 $3.03 $2.54
Panama (Republic of) 507 $1.47 $1.47 $1.13
Papua New Guinea 675 $1.83 $1.83 $1.38
Paraguay 595 $1.82 $1.82 $1.44
Peru 51 $1.67 $1.67 $1.18
Philippines 63 $1.00 $0.80 $1.00
Poland (People’s Republic of) 48 $1.32 $1.32 $1.06
Portugal (Including Azores & Madeira)351 $0.50 $0.30 $0.50
Qatar 974 $1.70 $1.70 $1.31
Reunion Island 262 $2.82 $2.82 $2.23
Romania (Socialist Republic of) 40 $1.88 $1.88 $1.51
Russia 7 $2.06 $2.06 $1.73
Rwanda 250 $2.99 $2.99 $2.42
San Marino (Republic of) 378 $1.17 $1.17 $0.85
Sao Tome 239 $3.95 $3.95 $3.20
Saudi Arabia 966 $1.40 $1.20 $1.40
Senegal Republic 221 $2.36 $2.36 $1.89
Seychelles Islands 248 $3.00 $3.00 $2.39
Sierra Leone 232 $2.46 $2.46 $1.98
Singapore (Republic of) 65 $1.38 $1.38 $0.91
Slovakia 42 $1.50 $1.50 $1.26
Slovenia (Republic of) 386 $1.54 $1.54 $1.23
Solomon Islands 677 $3.08 $3.08 $2.46
Somali Republic 252 $2.30 $2.30 $1.94
South Africa (Republic of) 27 $1.47 $1.47 $1.10
Spain 34 $0.50 $0.30 $0.50
Sri Lanka (Democratic Socialist Republic of)94 N/A N/A $2.11
St. Helena 290 $2.70 $2.70 $2.26
St. Kitts 809 $1.32 $1.32 $1.05
St. Lucia 809 $1.32 $1.32 $1.06
St. Pierre and Miquelon 508 $1.08 $1.08 $0.85
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 809 $1.36 $1.36 $1.12
Sudan 249 $3.22 $3.22 $3.07
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Suriname (Republic of) 597 $2.34 $2.34 $1.81
Swaziland 268 $1.62 $1.62 $1.31
Sweden 46 $0.50 $0.30 $0.50
Switzerland (Confederation of ) 41 $0.50 $0.30 $0.50
Syrian Arab Republic 963 $2.78 $2.78 $2.56
Taiwan 886 $0.90 $0.70 $0.90
Tajikistan 7 $2.06 $2.06 $1.73
Tanzania 255 $1.82 $1.82 $1.48
Thailand 66 $1.68 $1.69 $1.06
Togo (Republic of) 228 $1.89 $1.89 $1.48
Tonga Islands 676 $2.50 $2.50 $2.17
Trinidad and Tobago (Democratic Republic o f)868 $1.36 $1.36 $1.07
Tunisia 216 $1.68 $1.68 $1.36
Turkey 90 $1.54 $1.54 $1.10
Turkmenistan 7 $1.26 $1.26 $1.06
Turks and Caicos Islands 649 $2.06 $2.06 $1.73
Tuvalu 688 $4.84 $4.84 $3.58
Uganda 256 $1.82 $1.82 $1.47
Ukraine 380 $2.06 $2.06 $1.73
United Arab Emirates 971 $1.42 $1.42 $1.17
United Kingdom 44 $0.40 $0.20 $0.40
Uruguay 598 $1.60 $1.60 $1.18
Uzbekistan 7 $2.06 $2.06 $1.73
Vanuata (Republic of) 678 $3.81 $3.81 $3.18
Vatican City 396 $0.50 $0.30 $0.50
Venezuela 58 $1.14 $1.14 $0.86
Vietnam (Socialist Republic of) 84 $2.40 $2.40 $2.02
Wallis and Futuna Islands 681 $3.78 $3.78 $2.97
Western Samoa 685 $2.78 $2.78 $2.24
Yemen (Republic of) 967 $1.66 $1.66 $1.32
Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of) 381 $1.58 $1.58 $1.28
Zaire (Republic of) 243 $1.63 $1.63 $1.34
Zambia 260 $1.38 $1.38 $1.15
Zimbabwe 263 $1.57 $1.57 $1.23
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6.16 International Plan N Usage Rates
Country
Country Code Rate
Afghanistan 93 $2.20
Albania (Socialist Republic of) 355 $0.80
Algeria 213 $0.90
American Samoa 684 $0.90
Andorra 376 $0.50
Angola 244 $1.30
Anguilla 264/809 $1.00
Antarctica 67212 $0.90
Antigua (Including Barbuda) 268/809 $0.80
Argentina 54 $1.10
Armenia 374/7885/7886 $1.20
Aruba 297 $0.60
Ascension Island 247 $1.30
Australia 61 $0.30
Austria 43 $0.40
Azerbaijan 994 $0.80
Bahamas 242/809 $0.50
Bahrain 973 $1.30
Bangladesh (People’s Republic of) 880 $1.80
Barbados 246/809 $1.00
Belarus 375/701/702 $0.80
Belgium 32 $0.40
Belize 501 $1.40
Benin (People’s Republic of) 229 $1.10
Bermuda 441/809 $0.50
Bhutan (Kingdom of) 975 $1.50
Bolivia 591 $1.30
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Republic of)
387/3880/3888 $0.90
Botswana 267 $1.00
Brazil (Federative Republic of) 55 $0.90
British Virgin Islands 809/284 $0.60
Brunei 673 $0.90
Bulgaria 359 $0.70
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Burkina Faso 226 $1.20
Burma 95 $2.00
Burundi 257 $1.40
Cambodia 855 $1.80
Cameroon 237 $1.50
Canada 01 $0.10
Cape Verde Islands 238 $1.00
Cayman Islands 345/809 $0.70
Central African Republic 236 $1.70
Chad (Republic of) 235 $2.00
Chile 56 $0.60
China (People’s Republic of) 86 $1.20
Christmas Island 6724 $1.40
Cocos Island 6722 $1.40
Colombia 57 $0.90
Comoros (Federal and Islamic Republic of)269 $1.90
Congo (Republic of) 242 $1.60
Cook Islands 682 $1.90
Costa Rica 506 $1.00
Croatia (Republic of) 385 $0.70
Cuba 530 $1.20
Cyprus 357 $0.80
Czech Republic 422/423/424 $0.60
Denmark 45 $0.40
Diego Garcia 246 $1.30
Djibouti (Republic of) 253 $1.50
Dominica 809/767 $1.00
Dominican Republic 809 $0.60
Ecuador 593 $1.10
Egypt (Arab Republic of) 20 $1.40
El Salvador 503 $1.00
Equatorial Guinea (Republic of) 240 $2.10
Eritrea 291 $2.10
Estonia 372 $0.60
Ethiopia 251 $1.90
Faeroe Islands (Denm ark) 298 $0.50
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 500 $1.60
Fiji Islands 679 $1.50
Finland 358 $0.40
France 33 $0.30
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French Antilles 596 $0.90
French Guiana 594 $1.10
French Polynesia (Including Moorea and Tahiti)689 $1.20
Gabon Republic 241 $1.40
Gambia 220 $1.00
Georgia 995/788 $1.30
Germany (Federal Republic of) 49 $0.30
Ghana 233 $1.10
Gibraltar 350 $0.80
Greece 30 $0.70
Greenland (Denmark) 299 $0.90
Grenada 809/473 $1.00
Guadeloupe 590 $0.90
Guantanamo (U.S. Naval Base) 5399 $1.10
Guatemala (Republic of) 502 $1.00
Guinea (People’s Revolutionary Republic)224 $1.30
Guinea-Bissau 245 $1.90
Guyana 592 $1.50
Haiti 509 $1.10
Honduras 504 $0.85
Hong Kong 852 $0.50
Hungary 36 $0.50
Iceland 354 $0.50
India 91 $1.10
Indonesia 62 $1.20
Inmarsat -ATL E 871 $12.10
Inmarsat -ATL W 874 $14.10
Inmarsat - Indian Ocean 873 $11.70
Inmarsat - Pacific 872 $12.90
Iran 98 $1.60
Iraq 964 $1.90
Ireland 353 $0.40
Israel 972 $0.70
Italy 39 $0.40
Ivory Coast (Republic of) 225 $1.90
Jamaica 876/809 $1.20
Japan (Including Okinawa) 81 $0.40
Jordan 962 $1.30
Kazakhstan 731/732/7330 $1.20
Kenya (Republic of ) 254 $1.30
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Kiribati 686 $1.70
North Korea 850 $1.50
South Korea 82 $0.70
Kuwait 965 $1.40
Kyrgyzstan 996 $1.00
Laos 856 $1.80
Latvia 371 $0.70
Lebanon 961 $1.50
Lesotho 266 $1.40
Liberia 231 $1.00
Libyan Arab Socialist People Jamahiriya218 $1.00
Liechtenstein 4175 $0.40
Lithuania 370/7012 $0.80
Luxembourg 352 $0.40
Macao 853 $1.00
Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic of)389 $0.90
Madagascar (Democratic Republic of)261 $1.50
Malawi 265 $1.00
Malaysia 60 $0.70
Maldives (Republic of) 960 $1.50
Mali (Republic of) 223 $1.60
Malta (Republic of) 356 $0.60
Marshall Islands 692 $0.90
Mauritania (Islamic Republic of) 222 $1.60
Mauritius 230 $1.20
Mayotte Island 2696 $1.80
Mexico 52 $0.60
Micronesia (Federated States of ) 691 $1.40
Moldova 373/7042 $1.20
Monaco 377/3393 $0.50
Mongolian People’s Republic 976 $1.30
Montserrat 809/664 $1.10
Morocco (Kingdom of) 212 $0.90
Mozambique 258 $1.20
Namibia 264 $1.50
Nauru 674 $1.70
Nepal 977 $1.80
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 31 $0.30
Netherlands Antilles 599 $0.70
Nevis 809/869 $1.00
New Caledonia 687 $1.50
New Zealand (Including Chatham Island)64 $0.40
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Nicaragua 505 $1.20
Niger (Republic of) 227 $1.50
Nigeria (Federal Republic of) 234 $1.00
Niue 683 $2.20
Norfolk Island 672 $0.80
Norway (Including Svalbard) 47 $0.30
Oman 968 $1.50
Pakistan 92 $1.40
Palau (Republic of) 680 $1.60
Panama (Republic of) 507 $1.20
Papua New Guinea 675 $0.80
Paraguay 595 $1.30
Peru 51 $1.10
Philippines 63 $0.70
Poland (People’s Republic of) 48 $0.70
Portugal (Including Azores & Madeira)351 $0.60
Qatar 974 $1.60
Reunion Island 262 $1.40
Romania (Socialist Republic of) 40 $0.80
Russia 7* $0.90
Rwanda 250 $1.80
San Marino (Republic of) 378 $0.90
Sao Tome 239 $1.90
Saudi Arabia 966 $1.50
Senegal Republic 221 $2.00
Seychelles Islands 248 $2.10
Sierra Leone 232 $1.50
Singapore (Republic of) 65 $0.50
Slovakia 421 $0.70
Slovenia (Republic of) 386 $0.80
Solomon Islands 677 $1.50
Somali Dem Republic 252 $2.00
South Africa (Republic of) 27 $0.90
Spain 34 $0.40
Sri Lanka (Democratic Socialist Republic of)94 $1.60
St. Helena 290 $1.50
St. Kitts 869/809 $0.90
St. Lucia 809/758 $1.00
St. Pierre and Miquelon 508 $0.70
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 809/784 $1.10
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Sudan 249 $1.00
Suriname (Republic of) 597 $1.80
Swaziland 268 $0.90
Sweden 46 $0.30
Switzerland (Confederation of ) 41 $0.30
Syrian Arab Republic 963 $1.70
Taiwan 886 $0.80
Tajikistan 7364/7377/7379 $0.90
Tanzania 255 $1.60
Thailand 66 $1.20
Togo (Republic of) 228 $1.50
Tonga Islands 676 $1.80
Trinidad and Tobago (Democratic Republic o f)868/809 $1.20
Tunisia 216 $0.90
Turkey 90 $0.80
Turkmenistan 993/7360/7363 $1.40
Turks and Caicos Islands 649/809 $1.00
Tuvalu 688 $1.40
Uganda 256 $1.30
Ukraine 380 $0.90
United Arab Emirates 971 $1.10
United Kingdom 44 $0.10
Uruguay 598 $1.30
Uzbekistan 736/737 $1.30
Vanuata (Republic of) 678 $1.30
Vatican City 379/39 $0.60
Venezuela 58 $0.70
Vietnam (Socialist Republic of) 84 $1.80
Wallis and Futuna Islands 681 $0.70
Western Samoa 685 $1.40
Yemen (Republic of) 967 $1.30
Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of) 38/381/382 $0.80
Zaire (Republic of) 243 $1.20
Zambia 260 $1.40
Zimbabwe 263 $0.90
*Russian codes include 7, 7411, 7413, 7415, 7416, 7421, 7423, 7424, 7436, 7501, 7502, 7745, 7746,
7811, 7812, 7814, 7815, 7816, 7817 , 7818, 7821, 7831, 7833, 7834 , 7835, 7836, 7841, 7842, 7843,
7844, 7845, 7846, 7847, 7848, 7851, 7861, 7862, 7863, 7865, 7866, 7867, 7871, 7872, 7879, 7880
and 79.
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6.17 International Plan O Usage Rates
Country Standard Economy
Country Code Time Time
Period Period
Afghanistan 93 $6.41 $4.22
Albania (Socialist Republic of) 355 $5.36 $4.17
Algeria 213 $3.41 $2.79
American Samoa 684 $3.52 $2.85
Andorra 376 $2.30 $1.56
Angola 244 $6.93 $5.71
Anguilla AI264 $2.34 $1.98
Antarctica (Casey Base) 67212 $6.74 $6.60
Antarctica (Scott Base) 67212 $3.71 $3.47
Antigua (Including Barbuda) AN268 $2.30 $1.89
Argentina 54 $3.00 $2.06
Armenia 374/7885/7886 $3.81 $3.19
Aruba 297 $2.20 $1.81
Ascension Island 247 $3.85 $3.23
Australia 61 $2.35 $1.62
Austria 43 $2.25 $1.61
Azerbaijan 994/789 $3.76 $3.01
Bahamas BA242 $1.79 $1.44
Bahrain 973 $3.12 $2.52
Bangladesh (People’s Republic of)880 $5.45 $3.93
Barbados BD246 $2.30 $1.89
Belarus 7016* $3.81 $3.19
Belgium 32 $2.41 $1.54
Belize 501 $2.92 $2.11
Benin (People’s Republic of) 229 $3.15 $2.52
Bermuda BM441 $1.93 $1.61
Bhutan (Kingdom of) 975 $8.10 $6.35
Bolivia 591 $3.01 $2.54
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Republic of)
3889/3888/387/3880 $2.73 $2.18
Botswana 267 $2.85 $2.27
Brazil (Federative Republic of) 55 $2.85 $2.09
British Virgin Islands BV284 $2.23 $1.83
Brunei 673 $3.00 $2.47
Bulgaria 359 $3.12 $2.52
Burkina Faso 226 $5.15 $4.21
Burundi 257 $6.85 $5.96
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Cambodia 855 $6.25 $5.46
Cameroon 237 $3.41 $2.71
Cape Verde Islands 238 $4.14 $3.38
Cayman Islands CQ345 $2.39 $1.84
Central African Republic 236 $6.59 $5.70
Chad (Republic of) 235 $7.75 $6.41
Chile 56 $2.71 $2.12
China (People’s Republic of) 86 $4.05 $3.14
Christmas Island 6724 $7.85 $6.60
Cocos Island 6722 $7.85 $6.60
Colombia 57 $2.90 $2.11
Comoros (Federal and Islamic Republic of)269 $7.49 $5.90
Congo (Republic of) 242 $5.66 $4.61
Cook Islands 682 $7.16 $5.73
Costa Rica 506 $2.57 $1.90
Croatia (Republic of) 385 $2.69 $2.18
Cuba 53 $2.76 $2.76
Cyprus 357 $2.81 $2.25
Czech Republic 426 $2.92 $2.37
Denmark 45 $2.27 $1.48
Diego Garcia 246 $5.36 $4.42
Djibouti (Republic of) 253 $4.87 $3.95
Dominica DM767 $2.50 $1.97
Dominican Republic DR809 $2.46 $2.06
Ecuador 593 $2.86 $2.36
Egypt (Arab Republic of) 20 $3.38 $2.73
El Salvador 503 $2.71 $2.20
Equatorial Guinea (Republic of) 240 $6.52 $5.52
Eritrea 291 $4.08 $3.19
Estonia 372 $4.45 $3.23
Ethiopia 251 $4.00 $3.30
Faeroe Islands (Denm ark) 298 $2.11 $1.45
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 500 $5.91 $4.47
Fiji Islands 679 $4.16 $3.20
Finland 358 $2.29 $1.38
France 33 $2.08 $1.33
French Antilles 596 $2.27 $1.87
French Guiana 594 $2.61 $2.06
French Polynesia (Including Moorea and Tahiti)689 $3.55 $2.96
Gabon Republic 241 $3.38 $2.66
Gambia 220 $3.17 $2.52
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Georgia 995/788 $3.81 $3.19
Germany (Federal Republic of) 49 $1.93 $1.28
Ghana 233 $3.38 $2.61
Gibraltar 350 $2.68 $1.89
Greece 30 $3.02 $2.04
Greenland (Denmark) 299 $2.90 $2.06
Grenada GN473 $2.53 $2.08
Guadeloupe 590 $2.34 $1.87
Guantanamo (U.S. Naval Base) 5399 $2.76 $2.76
Guatemala (Republic of) 502 $2.75 $2.18
Guinea (People’s Revolutionary Republic)224 $4.17 $3.32
Guinea-Bissau 245 $7.18 $5.67
Guyana 592 $3.59 $2.61
Haiti 509 $2.73 $2.30
Honduras 504 $2.98 $2.18
Hong Kong 852 $2.85 $1.87
Hungary 36 $2.60 $2.11
Iceland 354 $2.58 $1.74
India 91 $4.09 $3.35
Indonesia 62 $3.42 $2.46
Iran 98 $3.96 $3.10
Iraq 964 $4.71 $4.17
Ireland 353 $2.10 $1.38
Israel 972 $3.05 $2.06
Italy 39 $2.34 $1.65
Ivory Coast (Republic of) 225 $4.08 $3.19
Jamaica JM876 $2.47 $2.04
Japan (Including Okinawa) 81 $2.26 $1.63
Jordan 962 $2.96 $2.35
Kazakhstan 7338 $3.81 $3.19
Kenya (Republic of ) 254 $3.40 $2.75
Kiribati 686 $5.26 $4.07
Korea (North) 850 $7.97 $7.24
Korea (South) 82 $2.82 $1.98
Kuwait 965 $3.08 $1.97
Kyrgyzstan 996/733 $3.78 $3.19
Laos 856 $8.97 $6.35
Latvia 371 $4.60 $3.36
Lebanon 961 $4.63 $4.24
Lesotho 266 $2.85 $2.45
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Liberia 231 $3.02 $2.37
Libyan Arab Socialist People Jamahiriya218 $3.22 $2.59
Liechtenstein 4175 $2.29 $1.36
Lithuania 370 $4.09 $2.96
Luxembourg 352 $2.20 $1.35
Macao 853 $3.92 $3.12
Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic of)389 $2.71 $2.17
Madagascar (Democratic Republic of)261 $7.78 $5.93
Malawi 265 $2.83 $2.28
Malaysia 60 $3.18 $1.92
Maldives (Republic of) 960 $5.13 $4.22
Mali (Republic of) 223 $5.09 $4.05
Malta (Republic of) 356 $3.47 $2.41
Marshall Islands 692 $3.47 $2.75
Mauritania (Islamic Republic of) 222 $4.85 $3.83
Mauritius 230 $5.30 $4.14
Mayotte Island 2696 $6.37 $5.79
Micronesia (Federated States of ) 691 $3.42 $2.85
Moldova 373 $4.41 $3.48
Monaco 377 $2.08 $1.33
Mongolian People’s Republic 976 $8.44 $6.28
Montserrat MR664,RT $2.46 $1.98
Morocco (Kingdom of) 212 $3.87 $3.19
Mozambique 258 $5.61 $4.61
Myanmar (Burma) 95 $9.30 $7.34
Namibia 264 $3.02 $2.52
Nauru 674 $5.85 $4.71
Nepal 977 $5.00 $3.74
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 31 $2.05 $1.33
Netherlands Antilles 599 $2.29 $1.78
Nevis NI869 $2.45 $1.93
New Caledonia 687 $3.32 $2.71
New Zealand (Including Chatham Island)64 $3.02 $2.05
Nicaragua 505 $2.85 $2.30
Niger (Republic of) 227 $4.14 $3.36
Nigeria (Federal Republic of) 234 $3.03 $2.41
Niue 683 $7.53 $6.16
Norfolk Island 672 $7.42 $6.50
Norway (Including Svalbard) 47 $2.09 $1.38
Oman 968 $3.14 $2.54
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Pakistan 92 $6.41 $4.22
Palau (Republic of) 680 $5.61 $4.70
Panama (Republic of) 507 $2.73 $2.09
Papua New Guinea 675 $3.39 $2.54
Paraguay 595 $3.38 $2.67
Peru 51 $3.10 $2.17
Philippines 63 $3.38 $2.27
Poland (People’s Republic of) 48 $2.45 $1.97
Portugal (Including Azores & Madeira)351 $2.57 $1.65
Qatar 974 $3.16 $2.43
Reunion Island 262 $5.23 $4.13
Romania (Socialist Republic of) 40 $3.48 $2.79
Russia 7** $3.81 $3.19
Rwanda 250 $5.53 $4.47
San Marino (Republic of) 378 $2.16 $1.56
Sao Tome 239 $7.31 $5.93
Saudi Arabia 966 $3.26 $2.57
Senegal Republic 221 $4.37 $3.50
Seychelles Islands 248 $5.53 $4.42
Sierra Leone 232 $4.57 $3.67
Singapore (Republic of) 65 $2.57 $1.69
Slovakia 421 $2.77 $2.34
Slovenia (Republic of) 386 $2.85 $2.28
Solomon Islands 677 $5.70 $4.54
Somali Republic 252 $4.25 $3.58
South Africa (Republic of) 27 $2.73 $2.05
Spain 34 $2.52 $1.71
Sri Lanka (Democratic Socialist Republic of)94 $5.22 $3.90
St. Helena 290 $5.01 $4.17
St. Kitts KI869KA $2.45 $1.93
St. Lucia SL758,SA $2.45 $1.97
St. Pierre and Miquelon 508 $2.00 $1.56
St. Vincent and the Grenadines SV784,ZF $2.52 $2.08
Sudan 249 $5.96 $5.69
Suriname (Republic of) 597 $4.34 $3.35
Swaziland 268 $3.00 $2.43
Sweden 46 $2.05 $1.33
Switzerland (Confederation of ) 41 $2.18 $1.36
Syrian Arab Republic 963 $5.14 $4.73
Taiwan 886 $3.10 $1.88
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Tajikistan 7433/7431 $3.83 $3.19
Tanzania 255 $3.38 $2.75
Thailand 66 $3.14 $1.97
Togo (Republic of) 228 $3.50 $2.75
Tonga Islands 676 $4.63 $4.00
Trinidad and Tobago (Democratic Republic o f)TR868 $2.52 $1.98
Tunisia 216 $3.12 $2.52
Turkey 90 $2.85 $2.05
Turkmenistan 7378/7432 $3.81 $3.19
Turks and Caicos Islands TC649 $2.34 $1.94
Tuvalu 688 $8.95 $6.64
Uganda 256 $3.36 $2.73
Ukraine 380/ 704/ 706 $3.81 $3.19
United Arab Emirates 971 $2.61 $2.16
United Kingdom 44 $1.69 $1.23
Uruguay 598 $2.96 $2.18
Uzbekistan 736/737/998 $3.81 $3.19
Vanuata (Republic of) 678 $7.05 $5.90
Vatican City 379/396 $2.34 $1.65
Venezuela 58 $2.10 $1.57
Vietnam (Socialist Republic of) 84 $4.44 $3.73
Wallis and Futuna Islands 681 $7.00 $5.49
Western Samoa 685 $5.14 $4.14
Yemen (Republic of) 967 $3.08 $2.45
Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of) 381 $2.94 $2.36
Zaire (Republic of) 243 $3.01 $2.49
Zambia 260 $2.57 $2.12
Zimbabwe 263 $2.92 $2.28
*Belarus codes include: 7016, 7017, 7021 and 7022
**Russian codes include 7, 75, 78, 79, 707, 708, 709, 723, 734, 735, 738, 739, 0708, 0735, 0738, 7011, 7411, 7413, 7415, 7416,
7421, 7423, 7424, 7436, 7501, 7502, 7745, 7746, 7811, 7812, 7814, 7815, 7816, 7817, 7818, 7821, 7831, 7833, 7834, 7835,
7836, 7841, 7842, 7843, 7844, 7845, 7846, 7847, 7848, 7851, 7855, 7861, 7862, 7863, 7865, 7866, 7867, 7871, 7872, 7879 and
7880.
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6.18 International Plan P Usage Rates
Country
Country Code Rate
Afghanistan 93 $1.80
Albania (Socialist Republic of) 355 $0.45
Algeria 213 $0.50
American Samoa 684 $0.35
Andorra 376 $0.32
Angola 244 $0.60
Anguilla 264 $0.65
Antarctica (Casey Base) 67212 $0.75
Antarctica (Scott Base) 64212 $0.75
Antigua 268 $0.49
Argentina 54 $0.39
Armenia 374/7885/7886 $0.79
Aruba 297 $0.40
Ascension Island 1, 247 $0.90
Australia 61 $0.18
Austria 43 $0.19
Azerbaijan 994 $0.45
Bahamas 242 $0.25
Bahrain 973 $0.69
Bangladesh (People’s Republic of) 880 $0.80
Barbados 246 $0.55
Belarus 375/701/702* $0.39
Belgium 32 $0.12
Belize 501 $0.69
Benin 229 $0.70
Bermuda 441 $0.50
Bhutan 975 $0.80
Bolivia 591 $0.69
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Republic of) 387/3880/3888/3889 $0.39
Botswana 267 $0.45
Brazil (Federative Republic of) 55 $0.29
British Virgin Islands 284 $0.49
Brunei 673 $0.45
Bulgaria 359 $0.49
Burkina Faso 226 $0.99
Burundi 257 $0.75
Cambodia 855 $1.20
*7015/7016/7017/7021/7022/7023
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Cameroon 237 $0.75
Canada N/A $0.05
Cape Verde Islands 238 $0.75
Cayman Islands 345 $0.35
Central African Republic 236 $1.20
Chad 235 $1.50
Chile 56 $0.60
China 86 $0.49
Christmas Island 6724 $0.19
Cocos Island 6722 $0.19
Colombia 57 $0.49
Comoros 269 $1.10
Congo 242 $0.99
Cook Islands 682 $1.40
Costa Rica 506 $0.49
Croatia 385 $0.29
Cuba 53 $0.75
Cyprus 357 $0.35
Czech Republic 422/423/424 $0.29
425/426
Denmark 45 $0.15
Diego Garcia 246 $0.99
Djibouti 253 $1.10
Dominica 767 $0.60
Dominican Republic 809 $0.25
Ecuador 593 $0.55
Egypt 20 $0.65
El Salvador 503 $0.39
Equatorial Guinea 240 $2.10
Eritrea 291 $1.45
Estonia 372 $0.39
Ethiopia 251 $1.30
Faeroe Islands 298 $0.45
Falkland Islands 500 $0.65
Fiji Islands 679 $1.50
Finland 358 $0.19
France 33 $0.12
French Antilles 596 $0.90
French Guiana 594 $0.49
French Polynesia 689 $0.45
Gabon 241 $0.59
Gambia 220 $0.75
Georgia 788/995 $0.85
Germany 49 $0.12
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Ghana 233 $1.10
Gibraltar 350 $0.49
Greece 30 $0.39
Greenland 299 $0.49
Grenada 473 $0.55
Guadeloupe 590 $0.50
Guantanamo Bay 5399 $0.79
Guatemala 502 $0.49
Guinea 224 $1.30
Guinea-Bissau 245 $0.85
Guyana 592 $0.99
Haiti 509 $0.59
Honduras 504 $0.75
Hong Kong 852 $0.19
Hungary 36 $0.25
Iceland 354 $0.19
India 91 $0.75
Indonesia 62 $0.60
Iran 98 $0.85
Iraq 964 $1.40
Ireland 353 $0.18
Israel 972 $0.22
Italy 39 $0.15
Ivory Coast 225 $1.90
Jamaica 876 $0.79
Japan (Including Okinawa) 81 $0.15
Jordan 962 $0.89
Kazakhstan 731/732/7330 $0.35
7336/7338
Kenya 254 $1.30
Kiribati 686 $1.10
North Korea 850 $1.05
South Korea 820 $0.35
Kuwait 965 $0.75
Kyrgyzstan 996 $0.79
Laos 856 $0.99
Latvia 371 $0.49
Lebanon 961 $0.75
Lesotho 266 $0.55
Liberia 231 $1.00
Libya 218 $0.49
Liechtenstein 4175 $0.19
Lithuania 370 $0.49
Luxembourg 352 $0.22
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Macao 853 $0.59
Macedonia 389 $0.55
Madagascar 261 $0.99
Malawi 265 $0.65
Malaysia 60 $0.35
Maldives 960 $0.99
Mali (Republic of) 223 $1.15
Malta 356 $0.29
Marshall Islands 692 $0.65
Mauritania 222 $0.79
Mauritius 230 $1.05
Mayotte Island 2696 $1.10
Mexico 52 $0.25
Micronesia 691 $0.82
Moldova 373 $0.55
Monaco 377 $0.50
Mongolia 976 $1.25
Montserrat 664 $1.10
Morocco 212 $0.65
Mozambique 258 $0.59
Myanmar (Burma) 95 $1.30
Namibia 264 $0.29
Nauru 674 $0.99
Nepal 977 $0.89
Netherlands 31 $0.12
Netherlands Antilles 599 $0.40
Nevis 869 $0.90
New Caledonia 687 $0.89
New Zealand 64 $0.19
Nicaragua 505 $0.49
Niger 227 $0.89
Nigeria 234 $0.76
Niue 683 $1.95
Norfolk Island 672 $0.50
Norway 47 $0.15
Oman 968 $0.89
Pakistan 92 $0.80
Palau 680 $1.05
Panama 507 $0.49
Papua New Guinea 675 $0.59
Paraguay 595 $0.55
Peru 51 $0.45
Philippines 63 $0.39
Poland 48 $0.29
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Portugal 351 $0.25
Qatar 974 $0.75
Reunion Island 262 $0.75
Romania 40 $0.55
Russia 7* $0.35
Rwanda 250 $0.99
San Marino 378 $0.39
Sao Tome 239 $1.90
Saudi Arabia 966 $0.75
Senegal Republic 221 $1.05
Seychelles Islands 248 $1.15
Sierra Leone 232 $0.95
Singapore 65 $0.25
Slovakia 421 $0.39
Slovenia 386 $0.32
Solomon Islands 677 $0.85
Somali Republic 252 $1.80
South Africa 27 $0.47
Spain 34 $0.18
Sri Lanka 94 $1.60
St. Helena 290 $0.95
St. Kitts 869 $0.90
St. Lucia 758 $1.00
St. Pierre and Miquelon 508 $0.39
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 784 $1.10
Sudan 249 $0.65
Suriname 597 $1.30
Swaziland 268 $0.39
Sweden 46 $0.12
Switzerland 41 $0.12
Syrian Arab Republic 963 $0.89
Taiwan 886 $0.19
Tajikistan 7364/7377 $0.35
7379/7431/7433
Tanzania 255 $0.79
Thailand 66 $0.45
Togo 228 $0.99
Tonga Islands 676 $1.05
Trinidad and Tobago 868 $1.20
Tunisia 216 $0.55
Turkey 90 $0.25
Turkmenistan 993/7360 $0.99
7363/7370/7378
Turks and Caicos Islands 649 $1.00
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Tuvalu 688 $1.10
Uganda 256 $0.49
Ukraine 380 $0.40
United Arab Emirates 971 $0.55
United Kingdom 44 $0.10
Uruguay 598 $0.59
Uzbekistan 736/737 $0.95
Vanuatu 678 $1.25
Vatican City 379 $0.25
Venezuela 58 $0.39
Vietnam 84 $1.25
Wallis and Futuna Islands 681 $0.89
Western Samoa 685 $0.99
Yemen 967 $1.10
Yugoslavia 381 $0.40
Zaire 243 $0.75
Zambia 260 $0.79
Zimbabwe 263 $0.90
*Russian codes include 7 , 7411, 7413, 7415, 7416, 7421, 7423, 7424, 7436, 7501, 7502, 7745, 7746,
7811, 7812, 7814, 7815, 7816, 7817, 7818, 7821, 7831, 7833, 7834, 7835, 7836, 7841, 7842, 7843,
7844, 7845, 7846, 7847, 7848, 7851, 7861, 7862, 7863, 7865, 7866, 7867, 7871, 7872, 7879, 7880
and 79.
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6.19 International Plan Q Usage Rates
Country
Country Code Rate
Afghanistan 93 $0.9350
Albania (Socialist Republic of) 355 $0.2561
Algeria 213 $0.2655
American Samoa 684 $0.1764
Andorra 376 $0.1516
Angola 244 $0.2320
Anguilla AI264 $0.3188
Antarctica (Casey Base) 67212 $0.2395
Antarctica (Scott Base) 67212 $0.2395
Antigua AN268 $0.3077
Argentina 54 $0.2360
Armenia 374/7885/7886 $0.3169
Aruba 297 $0.2369
Ascension Island 247 $0.6100
Australia 61 $0.1084
Austria 43 $0.1099
Azerbaijan 994 $0.3014
Bahamas BA242 $0.1595
Bahrain 973 $0.3435
Bangladesh (People’s Republic of) 880 $0.5875
Barbados BD246 $0.3630
Belarus 375/701/702* $0.2985
Belgium 32 $0.0993
Belize 501 $0.4020
Benin 229 $0.4230
Bermuda BM441 $0.1329
Bhutan 975 $0.3110
Bolivia 591 $0.3844
Bosnia and Herzegovina 387/3880/3888/3889 $0.2752
Botswana 267 $0.2525
Brazil (Federative Republic of) 55 $0.2152
British Virgin Islands BV284 $0.2265
Brunei 673 $0.2772
Bulgaria 359 $0.2757
Burkina Faso 226 $0.5060
Burundi 257 $0.3435
Cambodia 855 $0.6387
Cameroon 237 $0.4611
*7015/7016/7017/7021/7022/7023
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Canada N/A $0.0595
Cape Verde Islands 238 $0.4150
Cayman Islands CQ345 $0.1894
Central African Republic 236 $0.4234
Chad 235 $0.4685
Chile 56 $0.1249
China 86 $0.3500
Christmas Island 6724 $0.1290
Cocos Island 6722 $0.1290
Colombia 57 $0.2177
Comoros 269 $0.3747
Congo 242 $0.3662
Cook Islands 682 $0.6750
Costa Rica 506 $0.1860
Croatia 385 $0.2587
Cuba 53 $0.6522
Cyprus 357 $0.2135
Czech Republic 42/425/426/422/423/424 $0.2106
Denmark 45 $0.0912
Diego Garcia 246 $0.3662
Djibouti 253 $0.6295
Dominica DM767 $0.3760
Dominican Republic DR809 $0.1550
Ecuador 593 $0.4143
Egypt 20 $0.5355
El Salvador 503 $0.2317
Equatorial Guinea 240 $0.4800
Eritrea 291 $0.7959
Estonia 372 $0.2029
Ethiopia 251 $0.6626
Faeroe Islands 98 $0.1992
Falkland Islands 500 $0.3760
Fiji Islands 679 $0.6271
Finland 358 $0.1046
France 33 $0.0945
French Antilles 596 $0.2694
French Guiana 594 $0.2856
French Polynesia 689 $0.2508
Gabon 241 $0.3006
Gambia 220 $0.4046
Georgia 788/995 $0.2655
Germany 49 $0.0963
Ghana 233 $0.3178
Gibraltar 350 $0.1648
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Greece 30 $0.1799
Greenland 299 $0.3370
Grenada GN473 $0.4865
Guadeloupe 590 $0.2694
Guantanamo Bay 5399 $0.6522
Guatemala 502 $0.2636
Guinea 224 $0.2726
Guinea-Bissau 245 $0.4433
Guyana 592 $0.6514
Haiti 509 $0.4884
Honduras 504 $0.4228
Hong Kong 852 $0.0847
Hungary 36 $0.2059
Iceland 354 $0.1414
India 91 $0.6642
Indonesia 62 $0.2753
Iran 98 $0.6360
Iraq 964 $0.7556
Ireland 353 $0.1078
Israel 972 $0.1397
Italy 39 $0.1137
Ivory Coast 225 $0.5853
Jamaica JM876 $0.3674
Japan (Including Okinawa) 81 $0.1173
Jordan 962 $0.4815
Kazakhstan 7336/7338/731/732/7330 $0.2746
Kenya 254 $0.4982
Kiribati 686 $0.6967
North Korea 850 $0.5060
South Korea 82 $0.1091
Kuwait 965 $0.3847
Kyrgyzstan 996 $0.3501
Laos 856 $0.6360
Latvia 371 $0.3134
Lebanon 961 $0.3534
Lesotho 266 $0.3402
Liberia 231 $0.3459
Libya 218 $0.2960
Liechtenstein 4175 $0.1225
Lithuania 370 $0.2925
Luxembourg 352 $0.1264
Macao 853 $0.2311
Macedonia 389 $0.3271
Madagascar 261 $0.4488
Malawi 265 $0.2460
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Malaysia 60 $0.1338
Maldives 960 $0.6061
Mali (Republic of) 223 $0.5222
Malta 356 $0.1777
Marshall Islands 692 $0.3890
Mauritania 222 $0.3890
Mauritius 230 $0.5760
Mayotte Island 2696 $0.3077
Mexico 52 $0.1856
Micronesia 691 $0.6230
Moldova 373 $0.2909
Monaco 377 $0.1411
Mongolia 976 $0.6243
Montserrat MR664 $0.5498
Morocco 212 $0.3870
Mozambique 258 $0.3370
Myanmar (Burma) 95 $0.6815
Namibia 264 $0.2402
Nauru Island 674 $0.5911
Nepal 977 $0.6555
Netherlands 31 $0.0892
Netherlands Antilles 599 $0.2451
Nevis NI869 $0.2980
New Caledonia 687 $0.4436
New Zealand 64 $0.1017
Nicaragua 505 $0.4003
Niger 227 $0.4657
Nigeria 234 $0.5270
Niue 683 $0.7530
Norfolk Island 672 $0.1815
Norway 47 $0.1057
Oman 968 $0.4897
Pakistan 92 $0.6265
Palau 680 $0.2655
Panama 507 $0.3095
Papua New Guinea 675 $0.3240
Paraguay 595 $0.4094
Peru 51 $0.3013
Philippines 63 $0.2031
Poland 48 $0.2153
Portugal 351 $0.1541
Qatar 974 $0.4355
Reunion Island 262 $0.3110
Romania 40 $0.3055
Russia 7* $0.2225
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Rwanda 250 $0.5580
San Marino 378 $0.1394
Sao Tome 239 $0.6880
Saudi Arabia 966 $0.5385
Senegal Republic 221 $0.6038
Seychelles 248 $0.5970
Sierra Leone 232 $0.5983
Singapore 65 $0.1114
Slovakia 421 $0.2557
Slovenia 386 $0.2383
Solomon Islands 677 $0.6195
Somali Republic 252 $0.5457
South Africa 27 $0.2973
Spain 34 $0.1199
Sri Lanka 94 $0.4111
St. Helena 290 $0.5541
St. Kitts KI869 $0.2980
St. Lucia SL758 $0.3175
St. Pierre and Miquelon 508 $0.1576
St. Vincent and the Grenadines SV784 $0.3858
Sudan 249 $0.3501
Suriname 597 $0.5311
Swaziland 268 $0.1810
Sweden 46 $0.0919
Switzerland 41 $0.1012
Taiwan 886 $0.1286
Tajikistan 992/7364/7377/7379/7431/7433 $0.3080
Tanzania (Zazabar) 255 $0.4003
Thailand 66 $0.3089
Togo 228 $0.6955
Tonga Islands 676 $0.7393
Trinidad and Tobago TR868 $0.4079
Tunisia 216 $0.3370
Turkey 90 $0.2500
Turkmenistan 993/7360/7363/7370/7378/7432 $0.3656
Turks and Caicos Islands TC649 $0.3604
Tuvalu 688 $0.4345
Uganda 256 $0.3240
Ukraine 380 $0.2232
United Arab Emirates 971 $0.3175
United Kingdom 44 $0.0815
Uruguay 598 $0.3052
Uzbekistan 736/737/998 $0.3110
Vanuatu 678 $0.7413
Vatican City 379/396 $0.1309
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Venezuela 58 $0.2824
Vietnam 84 $0.8375
Wallis and Futuna Islands 681 $0.3890
Western Samoa 685 $0.4475
Yemen 967 $0.6964
Yugoslavia/Serbia 381 $0.2829
Zaire 243 $0.4487
Zambia 260 $0.3744
Zimbabwe 263 $0.2843
*Russian codes include 78, 79, 707, 709, 734, 0708, 0735, 0738, 7011, 7411, 7413, 7415, 7416, 7421,
7423, 7424, 7436, 7501, 7502, 7745 , 7746, 7811, 7812, 7814, 7815, 7816, 7817, 7818, 7821, 7831,
7833, 7834, 7835, 7836, 7841, 7842 , 7843, 7844, 7845, 7846, 7847 , 7848, 7851, 7861, 7862, 7863,
7865, 7866, 7867, 7871, 7872, 7879, 7880.
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6.20 International Plan R Usage Rates
Country
Country Code Rate
Afghanistan 93 $1.3150
Albania (Socialist Republic of) 355 $0.4500
Algeria 213 $0.4900
American Samoa 684 $0.3200
Andorra 376 $0.2000
Angola 244 $0.6000
Anguilla AI264 $0.4200
Antarctica (Casey Base) 67212 $0.7500
Antarctica (Scott Base) 67212 $0.7500
Antigua AN268 $0.3700
Argentina 54 $0.3800
Armenia 374/7885/7886 $0.6200
Aruba 297 $0.3200
Ascension Island 247 $0.7000
Australia 61 $0.1200
Austria 43 $0.1200
Azerbaijan 994/789 $0.4500
Bahamas BA242 $0.2000
Bahrain 973 $0.5300
Bangladesh (People’s Republic of) 880 $0.8000
Barbados BD246 $0.4200
Belarus 375/701/702* $0.3900
Belgium 32 $0.1200
Belize 501 $0.5300
Benin 229 $0.4500
Bermuda BM441 $0.2500
Bhutan 975 $0.8000
Bolivia 591 $0.4500
Bosnia and Herzegovina 387/3880/3888/3889 $0.3900
Botswana 267 $0.4500
Brazil (Federative Republic of) 55 $0.2500
British Virgin Islands BV284 $0.3200
Brunei 673 $0.4500
Bulgaria 359 $0.3500
Burkina Faso 226 $0.8600
Burundi 257 $0.7500
Cambodia 855 $1.2000
Cameroon 237 $0.5800
*7015/7016/7017/7021/7022/7023
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Canada N/A $0.0700
Cape Verde Islands 238 $0.6000
Cayman Islands CQ345 $0.3000
Central African Republic 236 $1.0800
Chad 235 $1.3000
Chile 56 $0.3000
China 86 $0.3500
Christmas Island 6724 $0.1900
Cocos Island 6722 $0.1900
Colombia 57 $0.3400
Comoros 269 $0.9300
Congo 242 $0.6400
Cook Islands 682 $1.2000
Costa Rica 506 $0.3000
Croatia 385 $0.2900
Cuba 53 $0.5700
Cyprus 357 $0.3500
Czech Republic 42/425/426/422/423/424 $0.2900
Denmark 45 $0.1200
Diego Garcia 246 $0.8200
Djibouti 253 $0.6641
Dominica DM767 $0.4020
Dominican Republic DR809 $0.2500
Ecuador 593 $0.4500
Egypt 20 $0.4500
El Salvador 503 $0.3900
Equatorial Guinea 240 $1.3400
Eritrea 291 $0.9480
Estonia 372 $0.3900
Ethiopia 251 $0.8220
Faeroe Islands 298 $0.3500
Falkland Islands 500 $0.6500
Fiji Islands 679 $0.7250
Finland 358 $0.1200
France 33 $0.1200
French Antilles 596 $0.3800
French Guiana 594 $0.4900
French Polynesia 689 $0.4500
Gabon 241 $0.5900
Gambia 220 $0.5100
Georgia 788/995 $0.7380
Germany 49 $0.1200
Ghana 233 $0.4500
Gibraltar 350 $0.4900
Greece 30 $0.1600
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Greenland 299 $0.3800
Grenada GN473 $0.4900
Guadeloupe 590 $0.3800
Guantanamo Bay 5399 $0.5600
Guatemala 502 $0.3400
Guinea 224 $0.6000
Guinea-Bissau 245 $0.8100
Guyana 592 $0.8200
Haiti 509 $0.5500
Honduras 504 $0.4320
Hong Kong 852 $0.1200
Hungary 36 $0.2500
Iceland 354 $0.1500
India 91 $0.5500
Indonesia 62 $0.4200
Iran 98 $0.8200
Iraq 964 $0.9950
Ireland 353 $0.1200
Israel 972 $0.1500
Italy 39 $0.1200
Ivory Coast 225 $0.8400
Jamaica JM876 $0.5400
Japan (Including Okinawa) 81 $0.1200
Jordan 962 $0.6800
Kazakhstan 7336/7338/731/732/7330 $0.3278
Kenya 254 $0.6000
Kiribati 686 $0.9000
North Korea 850 $1.0500
South Korea 82 $0.1300
Kuwait 965 $0.6900
Kyrgyzstan 996/733 $0.7500
Laos 856 $0.9900
Latvia 371 $0.4900
Lebanon 961 $0.6300
Lesotho 266 $0.5500
Liberia 231 $0.4500
Libya 218 $0.4900
Liechtenstein 4175 $0.1200
Lithuania 370 $0.4900
Luxembourg 352 $0.1200
Macao 853 $0.4900
Macedonia 389 $0.4300
Madagascar 261 $0.9900
Malawi 265 $0.4800
Malaysia 60 $0.3000
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Maldives 960 $0.9200
Mali (Republic of) 223 $0.7500
Malta 356 $0.2900
Marshall Islands 692 $0.5500
Mauritania 222 $0.7200
Mauritius 230 $0.8400
Mayotte Island 2696 $0.9300
Mexico 52 $0.1700
Micronesia 691 $0.6570
Moldova 373 $0.5500
Monaco 377 $0.1200
Mongolia 976 $1.2000
Montserrat MR664RT $0.5766
Morocco 212 $0.5700
Mozambique 258 $0.5900
Myanmar (Burma) 95 $1.3000
Namibia 264 $0.2900
Nauru Island 674 $0.6220
Nepal 977 $0.7500
Netherlands 31 $0.1200
Netherlands Antilles 599 $0.3200
Nevis NI869 $0.3750
New Caledonia 687 $0.8400
New Zealand 64 $0.1600
Nicaragua 505 $0.4250
Niger 227 $0.6800
Nigeria 234 $0.5540
Niue 683 $1.1500
Norfolk Island 672 $0.5000
Norway 47 $0.1200
Oman 968 $0.6750
Pakistan 92 $0.7500
Palau 680 $0.7500
Panama 507 $0.3900
Papua New Guinea 675 $0.5000
Paraguay 595 $0.4500
Peru 51 $0.3900
Philippines 63 $0.2500
Poland 48 $0.2200
Portugal 351 $0.1200
Qatar 974 $0.6900
Reunion Island 262 $0.7500
Romania 40 $0.4500
Russia 7* $0.2300
Rwanda 250 $0.8300
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San Marino 378 $0.1974
Sao Tome 239 $1.0500
Saudi Arabia 966 $0.7200
Senegal Republic 221 $0.8700
Seychelles 248 $0.9950
Sierra Leone 232 $0.6900
Singapore 65 $0.2500
Slovakia 421 $0.3900
Slovenia 386 $0.3200
Solomon Islands 677 $0.8300
Somali Republic 252 $1.1500
South Africa 27 $0.3550
Spain 34 $0.1200
Sri Lanka 94 $0.7000
St. Helena 290 $0.8100
St. Kitts KI869 $0.3780
St. Lucia SL758SA $0.3900
St. Pierre and Miquelon 508 $0.3400
St. Vincent and the Grenadines SV784ZF $0.4300
Sudan 249 $0.6500
Suriname 597 $0.8650
Swaziland 268 $0.3900
Sweden 46 $0.1200
Switzerland 41 $0.1200
Syria 963 $0.7400
Taiwan 886 $0.1400
Tajikistan 992/7364/7377/7379/7431/7433 $0.3180
Tanzania (Zazabar) 255 $0.5700
Thailand 66 $0.3600
Togo 228 $0.7550
Tonga Islands 676 $1.0500
Trinidad and Tobago TR868 $0.4800
Tunisia 216 $0.4300
Turkey 90 $0.2500
Turkmenistan 993/7360/7363/7370/7378/7432 $0.7000
Turks and Caicos Islands TC649 $0.4020
Tuvalu 688 $1.1000
Uganda 256 $0.4900
Ukraine 380/704/706 $0.2900
United Arab Emirates 971 $0.4500
United Kingdom 44 $0.0690
Uruguay 598 $0.4500
Uzbekistan 736/737/998 $0.3900
Vanuatu 678 $1.2500
Vatican City 379/396 $0.1200
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Venezuela 58 $0.3200
Vietnam 84 $0.7500
Wallis and Futuna Islands 681 $0.8900
Western Samoa 685 $0.6500
Yemen 967 $0.7377
Yugoslavia/Serbia 381 $0.4000
Zaire 243 $0.5600
Zambia 260 $0.5500
Zimbabwe 263 $0.4500
*Russian codes include 75, 78, 79, 707, 708, 709, 723, 734, 735, 738, 739, 0708, 0735, 0738, 7011,
7411, 7413, 7415, 7416, 7421, 7423 , 7424, 7436, 7501, 7502, 7745, 7746, 7811, 7812, 7814, 7815,
7816, 7817, 7818, 7821, 7831, 7833 , 7834, 7835, 7836, 7841, 7842 , 7843, 7844, 7845, 7846, 7847,
7848, 7851, 7855, 7861, 7862, 7863, 7865, 7866, 7867, 7871, 7872, 7879, 7880.
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6.21 International Plan S Usage Rates
Country
Country Code Rate
Afghanistan 93 $1.8000
Albania (Socialist Republic of) 355 $0.4500
Algeria 213 $0.5000
American Samoa 684 $0.3500
Andorra 376 $0.3200
Angola 244 $0.6000
Anguilla AI264 $0.6500
Antarctica (Casey Base) 67212 $0.7500
Antarctica (Scott Base) 67212 $0.7500
Antigua AN268 $0.4900
Argentina 54 $0.3900
Armenia 374/7885/7886 $0.7900
Aruba 297 $0.4000
Ascension Island 247 $0.9000
Australia 61 $0.1400
Austria 43 $0.1900
Azerbaijan 994 $0.4500
Bahamas BA242 $0.2500
Bahrain 973 $0.6900
Bangladesh (People’s Republic of) 880 $0.8000
Barbados BD246 $0.5500
Belarus 375/701/702* $0.3900
Belgium 32 $0.1200
Belize 501 $0.6900
Benin 229 $0.7000
Bermuda BM441 $0.5000
Bhutan 975 $0.8000
Bolivia 591 $0.6900
Bosnia and Herzegovina 387/3880/3888/3889 $0.3900
Botswana 267 $0.4500
Brazil (Federative Republic of) 55 $0.2900
British Virgin Islands BV284 $0.4900
Brunei 673 $0.4500
Bulgaria 359 $0.4900
Burkina Faso 226 $0.9900
Burundi 257 $0.7500
Cambodia 855 $1.2000
Cameroon 237 $0.7500
*7015/7016/7017/7021/7022/7023
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Cape Verde Islands 238 $0.7500
Cayman Islands CQ345 $0.3500
Central African Republic 236 $1.2000
Chad 235 $1.5000
Chile 56 $0.6000
China 86 $0.3500
Christmas Island 6724 $0.1900
Cocos Island 6722 $0.1900
Colombia 57 $0.4900
Comoros 269 $1.1000
Congo 242 $0.9900
Cook Islands 682 $1.4000
Costa Rica 506 $0.4900
Croatia 385 $0.2900
Cuba 53 $0.7500
Cyprus 357 $0.3500
Czech Republic 42/425/426/422/423/424 $0.2900
Denmark 45 $0.1500
Diego Garcia 246 $0.9900
Djibouti 253 $1.1000
Dominica DM767 $0.6000
Dominican Republic DR809 $0.2500
Ecuador 593 $0.5500
Egypt 20 $0.6500
El Salvador 503 $0.3900
Equatorial Guinea 240 $2.1000
Eritrea 291 $1.4500
Estonia 372 $0.3900
Ethiopia 251 $1.3000
Faeroe Islands 298 $0.4500
Falkland Islands 500 $0.6500
Fiji Islands 679 $1.5000
Finland 358 $0.1900
France 33 $0.1200
French Antilles 596 $0.9000
French Guiana 594 $0.4900
French Polynesia 689 $0.4500
Gabon 241 $0.5900
Gambia 220 $0.7500
Georgia 788/995 $0.8500
Germany 49 $0.1200
Ghana 233 $1.1000
Gibraltar 350 $0.4900
Greece 30 $0.3900
Greenland 299 $0.4900
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Grenada GN473 $0.5500
Guadeloupe 590 $0.5000
Guantanamo Bay 5399 $0.7900
Guatemala 502 $0.4900
Guinea 224 $1.3000
Guinea-Bissau 245 $0.8500
Guyana 592 $0.9900
Haiti 509 $0.5900
Honduras 504 $0.7500
Hong Kong 852 $0.1200
Hungary 36 $0.2500
Iceland 354 $0.1900
India 91 $0.7500
Indonesia 62 $0.3600
Iran 98 $0.8500
Iraq 964 $1.4000
Ireland 353 $0.1800
Israel 972 $0.2200
Italy 39 $0.1500
Ivory Coast 225 $1.9000
Jamaica JM876 $0.7900
Japan (Including Okinawa) 81 $0.1300
Jordan 962 $0.8900
Kazakhstan 7336/7338/731/732/7330 $0.3500
Kenya 254 $1.3000
Kiribati 686 $1.1000
North Korea 850 $1.0500
South Korea 82 $0.1300
Kuwait 965 $0.7500
Kyrgyzstan 996 $0.7900
Laos 856 $0.9900
Latvia 371 $0.4900
Lebanon 961 $0.7500
Lesotho 266 $0.5500
Liberia 231 $1.0000
Libya 218 $0.4900
Liechtenstein 4175 $0.1900
Lithuania 370 $0.4900
Luxembourg 352 $0.2200
Macao 853 $0.4900
Macedonia 389 $0.5500
Madagascar 261 $0.9900
Malawi 265 $0.6500
Malaysia 60 $0.3200
Maldives 960 $0.9900
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Mali (Republic of) 223 $1.1500
Malta 356 $0.2900
Marshall Islands 692 $0.6500
Mauritania 222 $0.7900
Mauritius 230 $1.0500
Mayotte Island 2696 $1.1000
Mexico 52 $0.2500
Micronesia 691 $0.8200
Moldova 373 $0.5500
Monaco 377 $0.5000
Mongolia 976 $1.2500
Montserrat MR664 $1.1000
Morocco 212 $0.6500
Mozambique 258 $0.5900
Myanmar (Burma) 95 $1.3000
Namibia 264 $0.2900
Nauru Island 674 $0.9900
Nepal 977 $0.8900
Netherlands 31 $0.1200
Netherlands Antilles 599 $0.4000
Nevis NI869 $0.9000
New Caledonia 687 $0.8900
New Zealand 64 $0.1400
Nicaragua 505 $0.4900
Niger 227 $0.8900
Nigeria 234 $0.7600
Niue 683 $1.9500
Norfolk Island 672 $0.5000
Norway 47 $0.1500
Oman 968 $0.8900
Pakistan 92 $0.8000
Palau 680 $1.0500
Panama 507 $0.4900
Papua New Guinea 675 $0.5900
Paraguay 595 $0.5500
Peru 51 $0.4500
Philippines 63 $0.2500
Poland 48 $0.2900
Portugal 351 $0.2500
Qatar 974 $0.7500
Reunion Island 262 $0.7500
Romania 40 $0.5500
Russia 7* $0.3500
Rwanda 250 $0.9900
San Marino 378 $0.3900
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Sao Tome 239 $0.1900
Saudi Arabia 966 $0.7500
Senegal Republic 221 $1.0500
Seychelles 248 $1.1500
Sierra Leone 232 $0.9500
Singapore 65 $0.2500
Slovakia 421 $0.3900
Slovenia 386 $0.3200
Solomon Islands 677 $0.8500
Somali Republic 252 $1.8000
South Africa 27 $0.4000
Spain 34 $0.1800
Sri Lanka 94 $1.6000
St. Helena 290 $0.9500
St. Kitts KI869 $0.9000
St. Lucia SL758 $1.0000
St. Pierre and Miquelon 508 $0.3900
St. Vincent and the Grenadines SV784 $1.1000
Sudan 249 $0.6500
Suriname 597 $1.3000
Swaziland 268 $0.3900
Sweden 46 $0.1200
Switzerland 41 $0.1200
Syria 963 $0.8900
Taiwan 886 $0.1400
Tajikistan 992/7364/7377/7379/7431/7433 $0.3500
Tanzania (Zazabar) 255 $0.7900
Thailand 66 $0.4200
Togo 228 $0.9900
Tonga Islands 676 $1.0500
Trinidad and Tobago TR868 $1.2000
Tunisia 216 $0.5500
Turkey 90 $0.2500
Turkmenistan TC649 $1.0000
Turks and Caicos Islands 993/7360/7363/7370/7378/7432 $0.9900
Tuvalu 688 $1.0000
Uganda 256 $0.4900
Ukraine 380 $0.4000
United Arab Emirates 971 $0.5500
United Kingdom 44 $1.0000
Uruguay 598 $0.5900
Uzbekistan 736/737/998 $0.9500
Vanuatu 678 $1.2500
Vatican City 379/396 $0.2500
Venezuela 58 $0.3900
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Vietnam 84 $1.2500
Wallis and Futuna Islands 681 $0.8900
Western Samoa 685 $0.9900
Yemen 967 $1.1000
Yugoslavia/Serbia 381 $0.4000
Zaire 243 $0.7500
Zambia 260 $0.7900
Zimbabwe 263 $0.9000
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6.22 International Plan T Usage Rates
Country Country Code RateAfghanistan 93 $1.3150Albania 355 $1.1600Algeria 213, 214, 215 $0.4900American Samoa 684 $0.3900Andorra 376, 33628 $0.5000Angola 244 $1.5200Anguilla AI 264 $0.5900Antarctica (Casey) 67212 $0.7500Antarctica (Scott) 67224 $0.7500Antigua AN 268 $0.4600Argentina 54 $0.2900Armenia 374, 7885, 7886 $0.6200Aruba 297 $0.4800Ascension Island 247 $1.1800Australia 61 $0.1200Azerbaijan 789, 994 $0.8800Bahamas BA 242 $0.2500Bahrain 973 $0.6500Bangladesh 880 $0.8000Barbados BD 246 $0.5200Belarus 375, 701, 702, 7015, 7016, 7017, 7021, 7022, 7023 $0.3900Belgium 32 $0.1200Belize 501 $0.6500Benin 229 $0.6900Bermuda BM 441 $0.1900Bhutan 975 $1.9000Bolivia 591 $0.4500Bosnia-Herzegovina 387, 3880, 3888, 3889 $0.3900Botswana 267 $0.8800Brazil 55 $0.2300British Virgin Islands BV 284 $0.4400Brunei 673 $0.9000Bulgaria 359 $0.3500Bunk Faso 226 $1.0800Burundi 257 $1.9500Cambodia 855 $2.4000Cameroon 237 $0.5800Cape Verde Island 238 $0.8600Cayman Island CQ 345 $0.3000Central African Republic 236 $1.5500Chad 235 $2.5400
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Country Country Code RateChile 56 $0.2500China 86 $0.2900Christmas Island 6724 $0.1900Cocos Island 6722 $0.1900Colombia 57 $0.2900Comoros Island 269 $2.2900Congo 242 $0.7500Cook Islands 682 $1.7000Costa Rica 506 $0.2800Croatia 384, 385 $0.3500Cuba 53 $0.6300Cyprus 357 $0.5600Czech Republic 42, 422, 424, 425, 426 $0.2700Denmark 45 $0.1200Diego Garcia Island 246 $1.5200Djibouti 253 $1.0100Dominica DM 767 $0.5100Dominican Republic DR 809 $0.2900Ecuador 593 $0.4500Egypt 20 $0.4500El Salvador 503 $0.2900Equatorial Guinea 240 $2.1900Eritrea 291 $0.9480Estonia 372, 7014 $0.7000Ethiopia 251 $1.0300Faeroe Island 298 $0.5600Falkland Islands 500 $1.2500Fiji Island 679 $1.0500Finland 358 $0.1200France 33 $0.1200French Antilles 596 $0.6900French Guiana 594 $0.7000French Polynesia 689 $1.2400Gabon 241 $1.0900Gambia 220 $0.5900Georgia 995, 788 $0.8000Germany 49 $0.1200Ghana 233 $0.4900Gibraltar 350 $1.0800Greece 30 $0.1200Greenland 299 $0.6200Grenada GN 473 $0.4500Guadeloupe 590 $0.6100Guan Bay 5399 $0.6400
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Country Country Code RateGuatemala 502 $0.3400Guinea 224 $0.8600Guinea Bissau 245 $1.7000Guyana 592 $0.8700Haiti 509 $0.4900Honduras 504 $0.4500Hong Kong 852 $0.1000Hungary 36 $0.2900Iceland 354 $0.4900India 91 $0.4200Indonesia 62 $0.4200Iran 98 $0.8200Iraq 964 $0.9950Ireland 353 $0.1200Israel 972 $0.1300Italy 39 $0.1200Ivory Coast 225 $0.8400Jamaica JM 876 $0.4500Japan / Okinawa 81 $0.1200Jordan 962 $0.6800Kazakhstan 731, 732, 7330, 7336, 7338 $0.3278Kenya 254 $0.6900Kiribati 686 $1.2700Korea (North) 850 $3.0700Korea (South) 82 $0.1200Kuwait 965 $0.6900Kyrgyzstan 996, 733, 7319 $0.7500Laos 856 $2.4700Latvia 371, 7013 $0.4900Lebanon 961 $0.6300Lesotho 266 $0.8800Liberia 231 $0.5900Libya 218, 219 $1.0100Liechtenstein 423 $0.1200Lithuania 370, 7012 $0.4900Luxembourg 352 $0.1200Macao 853 $0.8100Macedonia 389 $0.5600Madagascar 261 $2.3200Malawi 265 $0.4900Malaysia 60 $0.3000Maldives 960 $1.5000Mali Republic 223 $1.1000Malta 356 $0.7600
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Country Country Code RateMarshall Islands 692 $0.7800Mauritania 222 $1.0400Mauritius 230 $1.2900Mayotte Island 2696 $2.2900Mexico (all bands) 52 $0.1900Micronesia 691 $0.8100Moldova 373, 7042 $0.5500Monaco 377, 3393 $0.1200Mongolia 976 $1.7500Montserrat MR 664, RT $0.5766Morocco 210, 211, 212 $0.5900Mozambique 258 $1.3200Myanmar (Burma) 95 $2.3900Namibia 264 $0.8400Nauru Island 674 $1.2000Nepal 977 $1.3400Netherlands 31 $0.1200Netherlands Antilles 599 $0.4200Nevis NI 869 $0.4800New Caledonia 687 $1.4900New Zealand 64 $0.1200Nicaragua 505 $0.4250Niger 227 $0.9700Nigeria 234 $0.5900Niue 683 $1.8600Norfolk Island 672 $1.7000Norway 47 $0.1200Oman 968 $1.1100Pakistan 92 $0.4200Palau 680 $1.3400Panama 507 $0.3900Papua New Guinea 675 $1.1000Paraguay 595 $0.4500Peru 51 $0.3500Philippines 63 $0.1900Poland 48 $0.2300Portugal 351 $0.1200Qatar 974 $0.9900Reunion Island 262 $1.0600Romania 40 $0.4500
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Country Country Code RateRussia 7, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 707, 708, 709, 722,
723, 724, 725, 726, 727, 730, 734, 735, 738,739, 7011, 7411, 7413, 7415, 7416, 7421,7423, 7424, 7436, 7501, 7502, 7745, 7746,7811, 7812, 7814, 7815, 7816, 7817, 7818,7821, 7831, 7833, 7834, 7835, 7836, 7841,7842, 7843, 7844, 7845, 7846, 7847, 7848,7851, 7855, 7861, 7862, 7863, 7865, 7866,
7867, 7871, 7872, 7879, 7880
$0.2100
Rwanda 250 $1.2300San Marino 378 $1.0800Sao Tome 239 $1.6300Saudi Arabia 966 $0.7200Senegal 221 $0.8700Seychelles 248 $1.5500Sierra Leone 232 $0.6900Singapore 65 $0.1300Slovakia 421, 427, 428, 429 $0.3900Slovenia 386 $0.6000Solomon Islands 677 $1.2400Somalia 252 $1.6900South Africa 27 $0.3900Spain 34 $0.1200Sri Lanka 94 $1.0200St. Helena 290 $1.1900St. Kitts KI 869, KA $0.4800St. Lucia SL 758, SA $0.4100St. Pierre / Miquelon 508 $0.5200St. Vincent / Grenadines SV 784, ZF $0.5500Sudan 249 $0.8900Suriname 597 $1.2900Swaziland 268 $0.8000Sweden 46 $0.1200Switzerland 41 $0.1200Syria 963 $0.8900Taiwan 886 $0.1000Tajikistan 992, 7364, 7377, 7379, 7431, 7433 $0.3180Tanzania 255 $0.5700Thailand 66 $0.2400
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Country Country Code RateTogo 228 $1.1500Tonga Island 676 $1.5900Trinidad / Tobago TR 868 $0.4800Tunisia 21, 216, 217 $0.4900Turkey 90 $0.4400Turks / Caicos TC 649 $0.5600Turkmenistan 993, 7360, 7363, 7370, 7378, 7432 $0.7000Tuvalu 688 $1.8800Uganda 256 $0.4900Ukraine 380, 703, 704, 705, 706 $0.2900United Arab Emirates 971 $0.4500United Kingdom 44 $0.0900Uruguay 598 $0.4500Uzbekistan 736, 737, 743, 998 $0.3900Vanuatu 678 $2.4500Vatican City 379, 396 $0.1200Venezuela 58 $0.2300Vietnam 84 $0.6900Wallis / Futuna 681 $2.4100West Samoa 685 $1.0800Yemen 967 $1.0100Yugoslavia 38, 381, 382, 383, 3881, 3882, 3883, 3884,
3885, 3886, 3887$0.4500
Zaire 243 $0.5900Zambia 260 $0.5900Zimbabwe 263 $0.4900