"This is how it works:
If there IS a local access number, users can use it of course! If there IS a local access number but it is a toll call (the local phone company uses/charges local access fees) then users can connect via the 800# at $.09 per minute. To repeat, this is an option and should only be used if the local rates are higher.
If there IS NOT a local access number, then users can connect via an 800# AT NO CHARGE."
Sorry everybody, I need to add/clarify something! If there IS a local access number but it is a toll call (as described above) everything is as stated above WITH THE ADDITION OF: if you are in Canada and use the 800# instead of the local access number, there is an interim rate of $.21 per minute. Didn't mean to leave that out! It still applies, though, if there IS NOT a local access number, users - Canada too - can access via an 800# AT NO CHARGE.
Someone wrote me, so I should mention that this may or MAY NOT apply to area code. You can be in the same area code as a city that has a local access number, but your particular city/location may NOT have a local access number. So having a local access number (or not having a local access number) may or may not be relative to what area code you're in.
Some states only have a few area codes, some states have many area codes. So if the geographical span of an area code is large, you may or may not be in a city with local access number within that area code.
Clear as mud?
Ellen |
