Doug,
Here in Western Washington (particularly the Seattle area) we have service split
between GTE and US West. I can call as far away as West Seattle without it
being
Long Distance. But I have to pay LD rates for calls to Bellevue which is only
15
or so miles away. Other than that we pay no per minute fees for local calls.
Joe Curry
DSpoff2660 wrote:
> To those involved in this conversation:
>
> Where do you all live? Up here in Vermont we get charged for local calls so
> even connecting to a close server will add up. For example during peak hours
> (9am to 9pm) Bell Atlantic charges $0.022 a minute and off peak hours $0.005 a
> minute. You are given a usage allowance and the final bill is equal to the
> total local call bill minus the allowance...not to exceed $18.75. A friend of
> mine in the Huntington area doesn't even get an allowance with his local
> calls, he pays for all of them. This way the phone companies don't have to
> distinguish if you are online or not, you just get charged for everything.
>
> So eventhough I have unlimited use through AOL I still have to look at my time
> online. I don't know if it is like this anywhere else but I certainly don't
> recall this system in Mass. where I used to live.
>
> My question is does any one else go through this, especially the ones writing
> about possible (whether a hoax or not) online charges through the phone
> company.
>
> Doug
> 75 TR6 (once encased in a protective layer of ice)
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