Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index A collect call (or calling collect, in the UK and other countries, reverse charge call) is a telephone call in which the calling party wants to place a call at the called party's expense. In the past, collect calls were only possible as an operator-assisted call, but with the introduction of computer-based telephone dialing equipment, it is now possible to place a collect call without using an operator. Some commercial businesses provide collect call services: in Australia, 1800 REVERSE supplements the network's collect call service. It is a free call from most phones. Other forms of paid communication, such as telegramss, could also be sent "collect". See also: Toll free This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.