Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bu.edu!telecom-request From: dave@westmark.westmark.com (Dave Levenson) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: GTE and Pac Tel Cellular in Los Angeles Message-ID: Date: 8 Mar 91 05:50:29 GMT Sender: news@bu.edu.bu.edu Organization: Westmark, Inc., Warren, NJ, USA Lines: 28 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 186, Message 9 of 14 In article , chapman@alc.com (Brent Chapman) writes: [regarding cellular carriers that offer huge 'local' calling areas] > 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. Here in the New York City CGSA, the non-wireline carrier (MetroOne) offers a huge local calling area. They charge their normal airtime rate, but the landline rate for calls within their service area is 0.06 per minute regardless of distance. If I'm in Eastern Long Island and place a call from the car to Central New Jersey, I pay six cents per minute for the land-line call, but I'm calling over 100 miles. The air time, if it's non-prime time, is 0.15/minute regardless of distance. Dave Levenson Internet: dave@westmark.com Westmark, Inc. UUCP: {uunet | rutgers | att}!westmark!dave Warren, NJ, USA AT&T Mail: !westmark!dave Voice: 908 647 0900 Fax: 908 647 6857