On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 18:39:43 GMT, the renowned "Ace"
wrote:

Not metal related, but I know Gunner is somewhat familiar with them, so:

Hypothetical situation is two individuals are neighbors in New York and one
has a cell phone with xxx area code assigned.

The one with a cell phone takes a trip to California and asks his neighbor
to call him at his "cellular" number if any problems occur during his
absence.

His roof gets blown off in a storm and the neighbor calls on his land phone,
using the local xxx area code assigned to the cellular number.

The question: Is the call made from New York to California on a land based
phone to a cellular phone a local call to the neighbor reporting the roof
being blown off?

Thanks in advance,
Ace


Yes. The recipient pays the long distance (and roaming or whatever)
charges. The caller just calls the local number and has no way of
knowing where the other person is, nor does it matter from a billing
point of view.

Even if you're in another country, on another continent, the recipient
pays. Sometimes the caller ID works in places like Asia, but not
always.



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