[comp.dcom.telecom] Sverige Direkt and Canada Direct

Mark Anderson <manderso@undergrad.cs.ubc.ca> (06/12/90)

X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 426, Message 3 of 9 

>[Moderator's Note: The different numbers for Canada and the USA may be
>because the operator in Sweden uses the inbound line to see where the
>call came from in order to bill it correctly, and it may be there are
>different rates from Canada to Sweden than from the USA to Sweden.  PT]

I used the Canada Direct service to call home last month when I was in
Europe.  When I called collect, the Canadian operator asked me where
(which country) I was calling from.  Is this always the case for
international collect calls (i.e. to tell the called party where the
call is coming from before charges are accepted)?  It seems to
indicate that the operator cannot tell where the call originates.