abstract:A toll-free, Freecall, Freephone, 800, 0800 or 1-800 number is a special telephone number which is free for the calling party, and instead the telephone carrier charges the called party for the cost of the call. A toll-free number is identified by a service access code, from a dialing prefix range similar to a geographic area code, such as "800".
In America, for instance, employees are increasingly making it a hobby to switch between 401(k) mutual funds over the Internet or by using a toll-free telephonenumber.