Billing for toll free calls terminating with a secondary telecommunications carrier

A computer readable medium storing a program for billing a telephone call that originates in a primary telecommunications carrier network and terminates in a secondary telecommunications carrier network, comprising:

• a generating code segment that generates multiple billing records in response to the telephone call, at least one billing record comprising a toll free number administered by the secondary carrier;
• a determining code segment that determines whether the toll free number is administered by the secondary carrier;
• and
• a discarding code segment that discards the billing record including the toll free number administered by the secondary carrier when it is determined that the toll free number is administered by the secondary carrier;
• wherein the primary carrier only bills for a portion of the call that was connected from the caller to the termination point of the primary carrier network.

An system for billing a telephone call that originates in a primary telecommunications carrier network and terminates in a secondary telecommunications carrier network, comprising:

• a service node/intelligent peripheral (SNIP) that generates multiple billing records in response to the telephone call, at least one billing record comprising a toll free number administered by the secondary carrier;
• and
• a service control point (SCP) that receives the billing records from the SNIP, the SCP determining whether the toll free number is administered by the secondary carrier;
• and discarding the billing record including the toll free number administered by the secondary carrier when it is determined that the toll free number is administered by the secondary carrier;
• wherein the primary carrier only bills for a portion of the call that was connected from the caller to the termination point of the primary carrier network.