Have you ever had sex over the telephone? Well, lots of people do. According to wikipedia, phone sex is a "type of virtual sex that refers to sexually explicit conversation between two or more persons via a telephone".
In most cases, the client calls a phone number and requests a particular erotic performer. Using credit cards, Automated Clearing House systems, and a variety of other homemade billing methods, the client buys the exotic performer's time; then the erotic performer and the client have a sexy chat over the telephone.
Another possible set up for a phone sex service is as follows: Using a local phone number, a client calls a receptionist asking for his or her fantasy. The receptionist then tries to find a suitable woman or man to call the client back. Then a erotic performer calls the client back.
How do people find phone numbers for exotic phone numbers? Phone sex service providers advertise their services on cable television, men's magazines, in pornographic magazines and videos,and online.
A typical phone sex tv commercial could be something like this:
Have you ever been tempted to call into a 1-900 hundred number? Who runs these phone sex services?
Most modern phone sex services are run by a network of of local dispatchers and erotic performers (live or automated) . Before connecting a customer/caller to a erotic performer, the dispatcher processes payment information and verifies the legal age of the "customer".
In the late 1980's, local phone companies and major long distance carriers were actively in cahoots with phone sex service companies. The telephone companies provided billing services for chat line companies. The telephone companies billed callers for calling the sexy 1-900 number at a certain high rate and then remitted 45% of the money collected to chat line operators.
Many customers felt embarrassed or ashamed when they saw the phone sex charge on their phone bills. Either to prevent revealing their activity to a significant other or refusing to pay the charges they had incurred, many customers disputed the phone sex call charges on their phone bills, even though the customers had probably made the calls. When a customer disputed a charge, the telephone company forgave the charge but blocked the caller from using or calling any other 1-900 number.
Large numbers of disputes over phone sex billing caused the phone sex industry to gain a shoddy reputation; the public perceived that the phone sex companies were engaging in shoddy age and billing verifications services.
But don't sweat it. You'll never have to give into your temptations in calling a 1-900 number/ phone sex chat line.
In 1996, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) started to regulate the exotic phone service industry. To avoid legal action, many erotic phone sex companies switched to 1-800 numbers. Although most phone sex companies have switched to 1-8000 numbers to avoid legal repercussions, some phone sex services still rely upon premium-rate telephone numbers (e.g. 976 and 900 numbers).
Due to an increase in FCC regulation and a number of other factors, such as the Internet (there is plenty of cyber sex and internet porn to go around), by 2007, only three phone companies remained in the phone sex chat line business: Verizon, MCI and AT&T. According to wikipedia, Verizon provided billing services to phone sex calls made in MA, RI, and ME. AT&T and MCI offered nationwide collection services, but limit the phone sex call to a maximum of $50 dollars per call.
Not only did phone companies get out of the phone sex business, but so did the phone sex dispatchers and erotic phone performers. By 2007, only a few chat line companies remained active.
So what is a typical phone sex call like? Apparently, according to the village people it goes something like this.
Man sits down on a chair, picks up a touch tone phone and dials a number
Phone sex dispatcher: "What is your credit card number?"
Man: "69667113."
Phone sex dispatcher: "Your phone number?"
Man: "751-6177'
Phone sex dispatcher: " What's your fantasy?"
Man: "I want to speak to a very HOT one!'
Just watch this video to find out!
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