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From: jsol@bu-it.bu.edu
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Subject: Local Area Calls in Natick, MA
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Date: 15 Jul 89 23:11:27 GMT
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Yep, calls from say Natick, MA (508-653) to Boston (617-536) can be made 1+617,
and are included in the Metropolitan service area. The local calling area
for Natick was of course local, and calls into Boston were local if you have
Metro service.

What I was trying to point out is for places like Stoneham (617-438), you
could call 1-508-653-XXXX to Natick for free if you had Metropolittan service,
and you could call ANYWHERE THAT HAD METROPOLITAN SERVICE from that zone,
but from Somerville and Cambridge that is not the case. Somerville and
Cambridge live too close to Boston.

--jsol