The United States of America, abbreviated
USA, is a constitutional federal republic of fifty states and a federal
district, located on the North American continent above Mexico and below
Canada. The USA also holds several
territories such as the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, and Puerto Rico. The state of Alaska is actually on the far
northwestern part of the continent, to the west of Alaska. The state of Hawaii is located in the Pacific
Ocean. Other US territories are in the
Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.
The United States has a telecom system that
is large, advanced, and set up for multiple purposes. The domestic system includes fiber optic
cales, microwave radio relays, coaxial cable, domestic satellites, and a
rapidly growing cellular system. The
international system includes 24 ocean cable systems and 70 satellites as of
the year 2000, with 61 IntelSats, 5 Intersputniks, and 4 Inmarsats.
Premium Rate Numbers are not common as a
way of payment in the USA. Most Americans prefer to pay by credit card.
Consumer friendly legislation is hurting the Premium Rates sector further,
allowing a United States consumer to avoid payment without any possibility to
ban him from a service number. In fact a
customer can call a toll-free 800 phone number anytime to inform the carrier he
is not willing to pay his 1-900 bills. Nothing can be done against that. So
chargebacks of up to 50% revenue are not uncommon. Our value-added service numbers for the USA
are available in varying amounts up to $30 on a Pay-Per-Call basis or up to
$3.99 on a Pay-Per-Minute basis and can be sourced from all landline phones.
In fact a customer can call a 800 freephone number anytime to inform the carrier he is not willing to pay his 1-900 bill. Nothing can be done against that. So chargebacks of up to 50% revenue are not uncommon.
