Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!agate!apple!sun-barr!texsun!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: apple!netcom!onymouse@ames.arc.nasa.gov (John DeBert) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Local Area Calls in the Bay Area of California Message-ID: Date: 16 Jul 89 19:22:13 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: NetCom Services - Public Access Unix System (408) 997-9175 guest Lines: 18 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 242, message 8 of 10 In article , ben@sybase.com (ben ullrich) says: >> How many other major cities still are unmetered? > Here in the Bay Area at least 408 & 415 are unmetered for residential service > (when you get the flat rate service from Pacific Bell, as ooposed to measured > service), and metered for business service. > > ...ben From what I could find out, local flat-rate service is available in all Pacific Bell locations, save toll-stations, for residential service, as well as measured 30 call (aka LifeLine) and measured 60 call. Businesses may have measured 60 call or several options of payphone service, including various COPT service options. JJD onymouse@netcom.UUCP