[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by 4X4

Totally a scam. One thing that irks me is that if I'm in Calgary and I call a friend on his cell phone and he's in Miami, neither of us pay long distance. If I'm in Kelowna with a friend and he's at the bar across the street, if I call his cell phone from my cell phone, I pay long distance.

I don't understand why long distance has to be so mysterious. The call is either long distance or it isn't.

As for our upcoming world changing event of a 3rd area code, if it's going to cover the whole province, calls from 403 to 587 or 780 to 587 should be considered local regardless of where they originate or end up. And for that matter, the whole province should be considered local. If you start dialing 250 or something, then yeah, fine, long distance. Just set boundaries and stick to them. Then nobody will care if there are 18 different area codes within Alberta. 10 digits. Fine. Make charges linear.

As far as long distance goes, what boundaries are they changing?
A call from Calgary to Calgary will still be local regardless of the area code.
A call from Calgary to Medicine hat will still be long distance regardless of the area code.

You seem to think that if you call into the same area code today that it isn't long distance, but that isnt' the case, so why should that change?