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Voice Command. PCS Voice Command is an optional service that allows you to place calls by
using speech recognition technology. Calls to 911 or similar emergency numbers cannot be
placed through the Voice Command feature. Airtime and applicable long distance charges for a
call completed from your Number using the Voice Command feature begin when you press or
activate the TALK or similar key(s) and end when your call is terminated by hitting the END key
or by returning to the Voice Command platform. If you initiate and complete another call
without leaving the Voice Command platform, a separate charge for that call will begin from the
time the previous call was terminated. Airtime and applicable long distance charges will be
applied to the entire length of a completed call initiated from Voice Command. Using Directory
Assistance to input names into your Voice Command address book will incur additional charges.
Invoicing. Invoicing cycles are approximately 30 days in length. Invoicing cycles and dates may
change from time to time. Except as otherwise provided in your Service Plan, monthly recurring
charges (MRCs) are invoiced one invoicing cycle in advance. Charges for Services are usually
invoiced as soon as possible after the charges accrue. We may, however, invoice you for usage
and charges occurring before the invoicing cycle being invoiced, if they were not previously
invoiced. If you are invoiced for usage incurred during a prior invoicing cycle, those minutes
will be applied to your Service Plan minutes for the current invoicing cycle. However, if you
change your PCS Service Plan between the time the usage was incurred and the beginning of the
current invoicing cycle, those minutes from the prior invoicing cycle will be charged at the rate
per minute for usage over included minutes provided in the Service Plan in effect at the time the
usage was incurred.
Payment. If you have authorized payment for Services or equipment by credit card or by
debiting a bank account, no additional notice or consent is required before we invoice the credit
card or debit the bank account for all amounts due to us or billed by us on behalf of a third party.
You must promptly notify us of any change in your invoicing address or of the credit card or
bank account used for payment. We reserve the right to require payment by money order,
cashier's check or other secured form of payment. If we take action to receive payment beyond
invoicing you for charges for Services or equipment, you must pay our costs and expenses of
collection, including attorneys' fees and expenses, the fees of any collection agency and court
costs. If we act as an invoicing agent for a third-party service provider, payments received are
first applied to amounts due and owing to us and any remaining amounts are applied to sums
due and owing to the third-party service provider. We may immediately charge an additional fee
for any check or other negotiable instrument endorsed by you and returned unpaid by a
financial institution for any reason. You may be charged fees for certain methods of payment.
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