Question about using call cards with a land line?

Question

If you use a calling card, does the number you call show up on the phone bill (of the phone you are calling from)?

Secondly...will that in any way interfere with a 10 cents per minute calling plan that you already have through your phone provider? This second one is a dumb question...but a friend asked me these questions, and I don't want to tell her the wrong thing. I haven't used calling cards and I think you have to dial a 1-800 number and type in the card number/pin number and then it should say to enter the number your want to call. Or that's what I told her (I also said I'd ask to make sure...haha)...is that right?

Answer 1

Ok........I have used AT&T phone cards I purchased at Sam's Club for years. In the past, when I would use the card, the caller ID of the person I was calling would show different numbers with a city's name, such as Denver, CO or Atlanta, GA or Omaha, NE, etc. It was a great way to call someone if you didn't want your caller ID information to show. Sometimes I would even use the phone card to make a local call that normally you wouldn't need to use a phone card for. BUT....but NOW....no more. I have used my SAME phone card for many years, recharging it when the minutes run out and for the past year or so, the number I am calling FROM will show up, even though I am dialing the 1800 number on the back of the phone card and doing exactly the same thing. Somehow, it will now show your phone number, at least on the AT&T phone cards so don't be quite so sure that your number will NOT show up because my number never showed up until the past year.
Of course, there IS no charge for dialing a 1800 number or 1888, so dialing the 1800 number on the back of the phone card is no different than calling an 800 number for any reason. It doesn't make any difference WHO the 800 number belongs to. It's called a toll-free call and doesn't affect any charges whatsoever on your phone bill.
Hope this helps!

Answer 2

No, if you use a phone card, the number that shows up on the phone bill will be the number from the phone card company.

No for your second question. If you use a phone card to call long distance, you're calling locally so it won't be charged as long distance for your phone provider.

Be careful that some phone cards do charge some sort of access or miscellaneous fee. When choosing a phone card, read the fine prints carefully.

Answer 3

1) No, it'll show that you called the "access number", not the number you punch in after that.

2) Not supposed to.

Usually the 1800 option will be MORE expensive than if you called a local access number (which should be listed on the card) Just follow the instructions on the card.

Answer 4

1. No
2. No