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From: dave@westmark.westmark.com (Dave Levenson)
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Subject: Re: Local Calling Numbers
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Date: 19 Sep 90 01:37:33 GMT
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In article <12178@accuvax.nwu.edu>, matt_mcgehrin@pro-graphics.cts.com
(Matthew McGehrin) writes:

> With NJ Bell, you have the option of getting unlimited local calling,
> which is an option I have on my phone. For about $9 a month, I have
> unlimited calling to about 83 exchanges. 

Note that NJ Bell offers untimed local calling only to residential
customers.  Businesses are charged message units for calls within the
local calling area, and intra-state toll for all other calls.  A
message unit elapses every five minutes, and costs about 5.5 cents.
You get 50 message units per month before you get charged for them.
The 50 applies to the account, not per line.

> ... a suggestion about making a list of local exchanges ...

They did that for you.  Look in the preface of your NJ Bell directory.
They publish a list of the prefixes in your local calling area.

> ...Another good feature
> available is Selective Calling.  Which allows you to have 20 hours of
> calling to a exchange that is maybe a little out of your 'free
> exchanges'.

This, too, is only available to residence subscribers in NJ.  It is
offered only to points which would otherwise be a ten of fifteen cent
call for the initial period, and only intra-LATA.


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