Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: chapman@alc.com (Brent Chapman) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: GTE and Pac Tel Cellular in Los Angeles Message-ID: Date: 28 Feb 91 22:25:19 GMT Sender: news@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Mr. News) Organization: Ascent Logic Corporation; San Jose, CA Lines: 35 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 171, Message 10 of 10 Originator: telecom@delta.eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: hub.eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu In henderson@esvax.hamavnet.com (Javier Henderson - TMS Group) writes: # 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. I have kind of the opposite situation here in the San Francisco Bay Area. I have Pac Bell at home, and GTE as my mobile carrier. GTE MobilNet makes a major selling point that calls _from_ GTE cellular numbers from anywhere in their Bay Area service area (which covers parts of at least four area codes (415, 408, 707, and 916) and an area roughly 150 by 50 miles on a side) are "local" calls. Further, they state that calls placed _from_ cellular phones to anywhere in their Bay Area service area are "local" calls, regardless of the home area code of the cellular phone and the area code of the number being dialed; there are probably some perverse cases where using a cellular phone to call somewhere else in the service area is cheaper than using normal PacBell service. Brent Chapman Ascent Logic Corporation Computer Operations Manager 180 Rose Orchard Way, Suite 200 chapman@alc.com San Jose, CA 95134 Phone: 408/943-0630