[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by 4X4

I'm starting to think that long distance charges are a bit of a scam. I haven't really thought this through, but I'm formulating the opinion that if we're going to have arbitrary area codes within provincial boundaries, calling within the province should be considered local.

Why should calls witin the province be local?
You're still calling the same distance from Calgary to Edmonton as you did before.
It was long distance then the whole province was 403, it's long distance now that one is 403 and the other is 780, and it'll be long distance in the future when it could be any combinatin of caling from 403/587 to 780/587.