a charge made as soon as a caller is connected to the number dialled and which is additional to any charges calculated based on the duration of the call
Following the initial connection charge, calls are charged per minute.
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a one-off charge paid by new customers of a utility company or communication service provider to cover the cost of setting up the customer's services
BT is increasing its connection charge by 40% to £ 210.
Examples of 'connection charge' in a sentence
connection charge
This has a 75p connection charge for each call which is followed by the normal home tariff.
The Sun (2006)
Connection charges for calls not included in the package will jump by 17% to 7p.