Selectable billing options for a single communications account

A method for allocating communication network resources for a communication originating from a communication device of a network subscriber, comprising the steps of:

• the communication device routing the communication to a switch;
• the switch determining that the communication originated from a network subscriber;
• the switch contacting a network database;
• the network database prompting the communications device to include a network allocation resource designator in the communication, the step of including a network resource allocation designator in the communication further comprising:
• providing a table associating default network resource allocation designators with communication addresses;
• and
• using the table to select a network allocation resource designator for the communication a address of the communication;
• and
• the communications device receiving the network allocation resource designator and forwarding the designator to a network resource allocation database.

A method for allocating communication network usage for communications that are received by a network subscriber, comprising the steps of:

• a communication device of the network subscriber receiving a communication;
• indicating to the network that a network allocation resource designator will be provided;
• providing a network allocation resource designator, the step of providing the resource allocation designator further comprising
• providing a table associating default network resource allocation designators with communication addresses, and
• using the table to select a network allocation resource designator for the communication according to a communication address of the communication;
• the communications network forwarding the network allocation designator to a network database;
• and
• the network database associating the network allocation designator with service account information.