It's not a matter of it being cheap really. It's not like it's cheap for me or you to be put on hold while they try to get "the next available agent". And worse yet for a service provider who you have to keep calling frequently because of a fault on their part.

-Billy


2012/10/19 maina <dmaishe@gmail.com>
Just an FYI; toll free is not cheap

On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 2:19 PM, Tony Likhanga <tlikhanga@gmail.com> wrote:
> "Toll free" concept must have died with Landlines :D
> I recall Unilever had until fairly recently, something to that effect.
>
> Most recently, I recall some 'Child Rights' group popularizing a toll free
> help-line accessible from mobile phone handsets.
> Come to think of it does the good old police line: '999' work from your
> mobile phone?
>
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