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eieio · 21-08-2007, 02:39

i've discovered a big problem: as i'll be in vancouver for 4 days, banff/lake louise/kananaskis for 4 days, and jasper for 2 days, that's 3 area codes.

i've just been told that if i were to choose, say the vancouver area code, then every single call i receive or make in calgary, including the 866 calls, would be considered a "canadian long distance call" and i'll have to pay an ADDITIONAL 30 cents or so ON TOP OF the 30 cents per minute: that makes it 60 cents per minute!!

what's with these canadian cell companies? there's something here that i'm not "getting". is it merely as simple as "lack of competition"? it seems like such an old fashioned system and it is like a monopoly/oligopoly.

yikes! sigh.

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eieio (Offline) Junior Member Amateur Member Posts: 21 Join Date: 21 Jul 2007 Country:	21-08-2007, 02:39 i've discovered a big problem: as i'll be in vancouver for 4 days, banff/lake louise/kananaskis for 4 days, and jasper for 2 days, that's 3 area codes. i've just been told that if i were to choose, say the vancouver area code, then every single call i receive or make in calgary, including the 866 calls, would be considered a "canadian long distance call" and i'll have to pay an ADDITIONAL 30 cents or so ON TOP OF the 30 cents per minute: that makes it 60 cents per minute!! what's with these canadian cell companies? there's something here that i'm not "getting". is it merely as simple as "lack of competition"? it seems like such an old fashioned system and it is like a monopoly/oligopoly. yikes! sigh.