No, I think that “The cost of a 15-minute call is $12.95” is theft.
No, as a matter of fact, on my Free Republic homepage, I have a LIST skewering the gruberment for getting in the way, and jacking up the price on everything with their butting-in-skyness.
Phone costs are not 86 cents a minute, not in this day and age.
Sounds a lot like the cut JP Morgan is getting from EBT cards, actually.