I have email confirmation that there would not be a connection fee, but this has cut no ice.

Its normal domestic charges are $2.99 a minute and a $2.50 connection fee.

There is no extra charge for E-mail beyond the standard connection fees.

Each provider may charge an extra connection fee when making calls between different providers.

Lycaworld is a service where a single connection fee allows for calls of up to 30 minutes.

BellSouth is likely to raise the connection fees next year by about 15 percent, analysts said.

For example, there is generally a connection fee to connect a new user to the network.

Callers to an 1800 number are not charged a connection fee from a domestic fixed line.

Conditions included signing up to a minimum 18 month contract and a £29.99 connection fee.

Those connection fees represent about half the cost of a long-distance call.