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From: "John R. Levine" <johnl@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us>
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Subject: Re: Largest Toll-Free Region?
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Date: 29 Dec 89 16:15:07 GMT
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I don't know if this counts by whatever rules one wants to use for
determining toll-free regions, but if you have a cellular phone in New
York City or northern New Jersey, any call to 201, 212, 718, 516, much
of 914, a little of 203, and soon to be 908 incurs no toll charge
beyond the usual per minute air time charge.  There appear to be cases
where it's cheaper to make a cellular call than a regular one, e.g.
from Toms River NJ at the southern tip of 201 to Montauk at the
eastern end of 516, a distance of over 100 miles.

This seems to be true of both the A and B carriers.