A communication company accumulates a communication time or the amount of
communication for a call when the call is received, and provides
additional service such as discount for a called party according to an
accumulated communication time or the accumulated amount of
communication. Another example of additional service is discount made
according to whether a first communication company providing
communication service between a called party and a first switching office
and a second communication company providing communication service
between a calling party and a second switching office are identical.