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From: merlyn@iwarp.intel.com (Randal L. Schwartz)
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Subject: Re: 215 Area Code Loses "1" per Newspaper 'Reporter'
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In article <15638@accuvax.nwu.edu>, peter@ficc (peter da silva)
writes:

| The logical solution would be simply to make all calls within the area
| code local. The price structure is pretty much arbitrary, and they
| sure could afford it: I don't know of any phone companies losing
| money...

Making all of Oregon local (Oregon = 1 area code over a *huge* area)
is an attractive idea from *my* perspective, but I doubt that you'd
ever get the 28 (or so) phone companies within Oregon to agree on a
rate that I could afford even on *my* wages.

Heck, they're talkin' about bumping my local rate up by $6/month just
so that I can call Gresham and Oregon City "for free" (see previous
note).  And I don't even make $6/month in LD calls to those cities
*now*.

By the way, when "Moderator Pat" sez Local, and when I say Local, we
mean different things.  Around here ... local means flat-rate
unmeasured service.  That's what 90% of the residential customers have
around here (baby bell, GTE, independent telcos, all the same kinda
rate structure).  Not even a per-call charge or per-minute charge, or
a tiny local "zone" that makes it a toll call after 7.99 miles.  So
when you started offering me "local service" to all of Oregon, my ears
really perk up.  :-)

Just another phone user,


Randal L. Schwartz, Stonehenge Consulting Services (503) 777-0095 
on contract to Intel's iWarp project, Beaverton, Oregon, USA, Sol III
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