Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: scott@dtscp1.UUCP (Scott Barman) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: How big can a Local Dialing Area be? Message-ID: Date: 12 Apr 89 18:28:38 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: scott@dtscp1.UUCP (Scott Barman) Organization: Digital Transmission Systems (a subsidiary of DCA), Duluth, GA Lines: 30 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 134, message 7 of 10 In article klb@lzaz.att.com (K.BLATTER) writes: >In article , folta@tove.umd.edu (Wayne Folta) >writes: >> a local call to anywhere in a 500-square-mile area. If you count DC as >> a state, that includes three states (MD, VA, DC). >> But is this really a very large area? How large might a local call area be >> in LA or NY? Are all local dialing areas determined by distance, or might >> there be an *enormous* exchange out in Montana somewhere that includes >> thousands of square miles but only a few thousand people? >To my knowledge, the largest (in terms of square miles) local dialing >area in the United States is the Big Island of Hawaii in, of course, >Hawaii. It is roughly 4900 square miles in size. When I moved to the Atlanta Metro area, the Southern Bell representative told me that the Atlanta area is the second largest "toll free" calling zone in the United States. From what I understand, the Georgia Public Service Commission refuses to listen to reason when trying to change the way rates are charged (as it is I pay over $25 for service before long distance charges are added and the only "extra" I have is touch-tone service). My question is where is the largest? I think the woman at SoBell ment the number of available phones that I could call toll free when the statement was made (I don't know, just an impression). If so I think it would be interesting to find the largest. -- scott barman {gatech, emory}!dtscp1!scott