Editing Collect call (section)

===United States and Canada===
[[Verizon]] discontinued collect calls on its landlines in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fiercetelecom.com/telecom/verizon-seeks-clearance-to-discontinue-collect-calling-other-legacy-voice-services|title=Verizon seeks clearance to discontinue collect calling, other legacy voice services {{!}} FierceTelecom|website=www.fiercetelecom.com|date=10 June 2016 |language=en|access-date=2017-12-11}}</ref> [[AT&T]] similarly discontinued its collect call services for the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fiercetelecom.com/telecom/at-t-wants-to-discontinue-collect-calling-international-directory-assistance-services|title=AT&T wants to discontinue collect calling, international directory assistance services {{!}} FierceTelecom|website=www.fiercetelecom.com|date=14 June 2016 |language=en|access-date=2023-09-20}}</ref> [[1-800-COLLECT]] remains operational.

Prior to the introduction of the [[Toll-free telephone numbers in the United States|toll-free]] [[800 area code]] in 1967, a [[Zenith number]] (in the U.S. and Canada) or an enterprise number (in the U.S. only) would indicate to an [[long-distance operator|operator]] that the business agreed to automatically accept collect calls to that number.