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- Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!telecom-request
- Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1992 15:13:44 GMT
- From: bill@Celestial.COM (Bill Campbell)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: Cellular Providers Charge Air-Time Forwarding to Land Line
- Message-ID: <telecom12.690.5@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Organization: Celestial Software, Mercer Island, WA
- Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
- Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 690, Message 5 of 10
- Lines: 41
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- In <telecom12.677.5@eecs.nwu.edu> infmx!johng@uunet.UU.NET (John
- Galloway) writes:
-
- > I was very disappointed to find that both Cellular-One and GTE charge
- > normal air time rates for calls that are made to your cellular number,
-
- > I had planned to get a cellular, then only give out that number. When
- > I get to an office or am at home, I just forward the cellular to the
- > number where I am -- simple. I only give folks one number and it
- > either goes to where I am, or to my home phone with an answering
-
- This is exactly how I work. My cellular number is the one I use for
- my business and it is on call-forwarding most of the time.
-
- I also have the message center service on the cellular for those times
- it's not call forwarded and I cannot answer the phone. This service
- costs about $5.00/month plus air time if I call for messages on the
- cellular. There's no charge if I call in for my messages from a land
- line.
-
- US-West cellular in the Seattle area doesn't charge for the land-line
- forwarding. US-West doesn't charge for calls to busy signals either.
- I had an account with Bell Atlantic for a while and it really annoyed
- me that they would charge me $0.10 for busy calls.
-
-
- Bill
-
- INTERNET: bill@Celestial.COM Bill Campbell; Celestial Software
- UUCP: ...!thebes!camco!bill 6641 East Mercer Way
- uunet!camco!bill Mercer Island, WA 98040; (206) 947-5591
-
-
- [Moderator's Note: Not only does Ameritech Mobile not charge for calls
- forwarded to a land line number, they gave us free service all day on
- Labor Day! A full page ad in the papers on Sunday said everyone with
- Ameritech cellular service was invited to use their cell phones as
- much as desired at no charge today, long distance and local telephone
- company surcharges not included. That was a nice gift from them! PAT]
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