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Originally Posted by AndreA
I understood... but I think that it's a german problem :construction:
Also in arabic TVs I saw a lot of times RSM numbers (+37  and a syrian friend told me that for them calling San Marino is very expensive. But this is strange too, for our (as for a Swiss with FL) it's a simple national call not a "fake" premium number. |
I remember that in 1990's before "local" premium rate lines appeared in Poland, there were many party lines, lotteries and so on based in foreign locations in the "rest of of the world" zone. These lines were AFAIR in Aruba, Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Israel and maybe somewhere else. From the "billing" point of view they were regular foreign numbers, but charged at very high rates (2.5-3 US$ excl. VAT, depending on the exchange rate those days). The significant part of those fees was transferred by the monopolist Polish Telecom to destination countries, making the premium rate profits possible. Because of multiple complaints, temporarily some of these destinations were even disconnected from direct dialing by 00CountryCode, and they could be reached only via the human operator.
And returning to calls to FL, here is a price list of a Polish PC2Phone(!) provider (1 EUR = 3.80 PLN, rates incl. 22 % VAT)
Liechtenstein (SVC) 9.67 PLN
Liechtenstein-mobile (SVC) 4.70 PLN
Liechtenstein-mobile 2.01 PLN
Liechtenstein 0.23 PLN
What can SVC stand for (not explained on the website)??? But it shows that some +423 (no necessarily 663) international premium rate numbers may exist....