Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: yoram@cs.columbia.edu (Yoram Eisenstadter) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Large Local Calling Areas (was Re: NXX Count) Message-ID: Date: 4 Mar 91 01:17:34 GMT Sender: news@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Mr. News) Organization: Columbia University Department of Computer Science Lines: 40 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 178, Message 9 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 article Doug Reuben wrote: (I had originally written): >> NYC wasn't always a single local calling area; I remember several >> years ago there were parts of Queens that were local to Manhattan (25 >> cents from a payphone) and some that were not (40 cents from a >> payphone). > There are still many payphones that demand 40 cents for calls > within 718/212, depending on how far they are. Little Neck to > certain areas of NYC (err..I mean Manhattan) are 40 cents, (and > Little Neck is in Queens, NOT Nassau/516). OK ... I'll check this out tomorrow and report back. > Also, some people on or near the Queens/Nassau line get free (or > untimed) service to a local Nassau communities, and to all of NYC! > Neat place to set up a remote-call-forward site into/out of NYC. A > friend of mine who goes to NYU but lives in Manhasset does this. > According to him, it saves money, and he leaves his terminal on all day. This feature, which was called "border credits" by NYTEL, is being (or has already been) phased out. As an alternative, NYTEL is pushing a new program called "Econopath", which is sort of like a local version of AT&T's "Reach Out America" -- you pay a monthly fee and then get reduced rates for a specified set of non-local rate zones that you call frequently. (This is, of course, a significantly worse deal...) Actually, my CO is an interesting example of border-line effects: it is a 1A-ESS that serves two prefixes in Queens (718/343, 718/347) and two in Nassau County (516/352, 516/354). Under the new rate structure, I can call a number that is served by my own CO and be charged for a toll call! Cheers, Y