A system and method of routing both caller-paid and toll-free telephone
calls includes a local exchange network and an interexchange network in
communication with a call routing processor. The call routing processor
receives status information on at least two call service centers and
provides routing instructions to both the interexchange and local
exchange networks. The method includes the steps of a call controller in
a local exchange network communicating with a call routing processor also
in communication with an interexchange network, the call controller
identifying calls to call service centers and requesting instructions
from the call routing processor.