Just a quick summary of what I've found out:
LD= long distance
Your number: Oakville
If you are in Hamilton
INCOMING - local (no change)
OUTGOING - calling hamilton numbers are local (no change)
- calling toronto/mississauga numbers are LD (no change)
- calling oakville numbers (no matter where the person is) are LD(CHANGED)
If you are in Toronto/Mississauga
INCOMING - local (no change)
OUTGOING - calling hamilton numbers are LD (no change)
- calling toronto/mississauga numbers are local (no change)
- calling oakville numbers are local (no change)
People (depending on where they are when they call you, THEIR number does not matter) calling you (no matter where you are) if you have an oakville number (these are THEIR charges, not yours)
FROM Toronto/Mississauga - local (no change)
FROM Hamilton - long distance (CHANGED)
FROM Oakville - local (no change)
What I'd recommend is people residing in Hamilton should change their number to a Hamilton number (no one in hamilton without a LD plan will be calling you otherwise), people commuting from Toronto/Mississauga should keep their oakville number as they can pick up their calls in their home city and in Hamilton without getting charged (changing their number to a Toronto/Mississauga number has the problem of not being able to pick up their phone in Hamilton, there are no benefits).
No matter what group you're in, I'd try to score some LD minutes (they're usually giving 100 minutes for free and 1000 minutes for $5 if you yell at them a bit from what my friends have told me). These minutes can be used for both outgoing LD calls and incoming LD calls
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