Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!hybrid!scifi!bywater!uunet!bu.edu!telecom-request From: henderson@esvax.hamavnet.com (Javier Henderson - TMS Group) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: GTE and Pac Tel Cellular in Los Angeles Message-ID: Date: 26 Feb 91 21:03:31 GMT Sender: news@bu.edu.bu.edu Organization: Avnet Computer - CTC Group; Culver City, CA Lines: 32 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 164, Message 7 of 13 Here's an interesting bit of trivia for Pac Tel users in Los Angeles. I have Pac Tel for my cellular carrier, and GTE (in the 714 area code) at home. Since my cellular number is in the 213 area code, when my wife calls me, we have to pay toll charges (plus airtime of course). I called Pac Tel yesterday to find out if I changed my cellular number to the 714 area code, would there be any toll charges. The service representative said that only Pacific Bell customers get toll free service to Pac Tel Cellular customers, but that they do reimburse GTE customers for calls placed from their homes to their cellular phones, as a courtesy. In fact, she even guessed the reason for my asking and suggested the above instead of changing the number, which has a $15.00 fee. To get the refund (which is done via a credit to my cellular service account) I just have to mail them a copy of the phone bill to a special address, with the calls that I claim credit for highlighted (and the rest crossed out, she said, if I don't want anyone to see who I call and when). She also said that GTE would eliminate tolls to cellular phones within the year (she didn't say whether that would apply for both Pac Tel and LA Cellular customers). Is this a common practice across the nation? And for that matter, is this known to anyone else at all? Javier Henderson Engineering Services Avnet Computer Los Angeles, CA henderson@hamavnet.com {simpact,asylum,elroy,dhw68k}!hamavnet!henderson