Interesting how that might work in the US. In the UK if you place a call
to a UK number but that number is abroad and they have the
international roaming set-up then you pay the UK call rate to that phone
and the receiving end pays the international call charge which I think
depends on the provider in that country. I could see how a similar
system might work in the US as the call still has to be transfered
through the providers to get to the other side of the country.

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