What Counts as LOCAL CALLS?
08-13-2009 at 09:47 PM
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What Counts as LOCAL CALLS?
Hey,
This may seem like a stupid question, and I have Rogers and Vonage to thank for that - I've never had to worry about this before  ...
Im from Brampton, so my area code is 905...the rezphones are also 905 area codes, I believe, but on some phone providers it would still be a long-distance call from Brampton to Hamilton, even though it's the same area code (I've heard of this happening before, even from Brampton to Scarborough)...
Does anyone know if it IS a long-distance call from Hamilton to Brampton/Mississauga (so from 905 to 905/416, no matter the distance?)? If it helps, I think that the rezphones are on a Bell network? Correct me if im wrong...  |
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08-13-2009 at 09:50 PM
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Brampton and Mississauga are long distance, despite being 905.
You're lucky if Oakville counts as a local call. Your best bet though is anything as far as Burlington (so same radius around) from Hamilton counts as a local call.
Buy a phone card that expires every couple of months and you should be good.
OR if you want to call home often, use Skype instead.
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08-13-2009 at 09:51 PM
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When I called home (mississauga) from on campus, it counted as long distance for my cell phone
905 calling 905 area codes
if that's of any help
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08-13-2009 at 09:56 PM
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okay cell phones are a huge hassle. there is a long distance fee. But if your in residence your parents can call you through your residence phone and it'll charge you according to your home phone plan. You can change your cell phone number to an oakville number to avoid long distance cell phone fees or you can talk to housing services set up a plan for your residence room phone...
we Canadians pay way to much for our cellphones....
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08-13-2009 at 10:01 PM
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Originally Posted by patelp
okay cell phones are a huge hassle. there is a long distance fee. But if your in residence your parents can call you through your residence phone and it'll charge you according to your home phone plan. You can change your cell phone number to an oakville number to avoid long distance cell phone fees or you can talk to housing services set up a plan for your residence room phone...
we Canadians pay way to much for our cellphones....
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Agreed that we pay way too much for our cellphones
but about the Oakville tidbit thing, that did not work for me and made me run up one hell of a cellphone longdistance fee -_-"""
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Generally I think anything more than a city/town away even in the same area code is long distance.
I live in Caledon with a 905 number, and all my family in Mississauga (Oakville too) is long distance, but my friends in Brampton aren't. When I'm in Hamilton Mississauga, Oakville, Brampton and Caledon are all long distance.
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08-13-2009 at 10:09 PM
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Ohhh, wow thanks guys! At least now i can give my dad an answer, he's been stressing about phones for like a month LOL... Guess no cell phone for me, and skype calls if i have to call people 
Thanks so much! (btw, how do you do that 'thanking thing' in the posts, where it looks like a 'like this' but it's blue?)
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08-13-2009 at 10:19 PM
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Originally Posted by resh.jyoti
Ohhh, wow thanks guys! At least now i can give my da an answer, he's been stressing about phones for like a month LOL... Guess no cell phone for me, and skype calls if i have to call people
Thanks so much! (btw, how do you do that 'thanking thing' in the posts, where it looks like a 'like this' but it's blue?) |
Should just be clicking the blue "Say Thanks!" button shouldn't it?
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08-13-2009 at 10:25 PM
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Oakville is definitely long distance.
Just because it's 905 to 905, it doesn't mean that it's local. the 905 area code is huge.
If you make a lot of long distance calls to certain numbers, you might want to get my5.
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08-13-2009 at 10:30 PM
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Originally Posted by PockyWarrior
Should just be clicking the blue "Say Thanks!" button shouldn't it?
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I dont have one of those buttons! I swear, i dont see one!  All i see are the edit, quote, reply and like buttons... |
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08-13-2009 at 10:31 PM
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Originally Posted by jesus
If you make a lot of long distance calls to certain numbers, you might want to get my5.
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My5 is only local according to stupid Rogers -_-
Unless you get the longdistance plan thingy
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08-13-2009 at 10:32 PM
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Originally Posted by resh.jyoti
I dont have one of those buttons! I swear, i dont see one! All i see are the edit, quote, reply and like buttons... |
It's under anyone else's post other than your own. I thought you meant you wanted to "Say Thanks" to another person's post =O
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but i've heard so many times by getting an oakville number i can take care of the long distance thing... this thread depresses me :(
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08-13-2009 at 11:20 PM
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Originally Posted by PockyWarrior
It's under anyone else's post other than your own. I thought you meant you wanted to "Say Thanks" to another person's post =O
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It is , like for your post i would want to put one, but it's not there, not on anyone's...the only difference between mine and yours is that there's no 'edit' on yours and there's no 'reply' on mine.... |
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08-13-2009 at 11:31 PM
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Originally Posted by resh.jyoti
It is , like for your post i would want to put one, but it's not there, not on anyone's...the only difference between mine and yours is that there's no 'edit' on yours and there's no 'reply' on mine....
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Odd, probably you have to have a certain number of posts first maybe? Not sure D=
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