[BC] Cell Phone Number Questions

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And then there are people like my brother and father.  My brother has  
moved many times and keeps his Florida phone number on his cell.  He  
really doesn't have a landline number.  Even my father, who has only  
moved once, keeps his Florida cell phone number though he lives in  
very rural South Carolina.  I have friends who have moved cross  
country who keep their cell phone number.  THREE have moved from  
different parts of Virginia (703 and 572 overlay) to Idaho Falls and  
all three have their same Virginia cell phone numbers.  It SURE  
doesn't matter to them, and it mostly doesn't matter to people  
there.  Long distance is now either free or very inexpensive.

My father does have a home phone, but when he makes long distance  
calls he uses his cell.  My phone service is currently unlimited at  
$15/month, but will soon be $2/month and 2.9¢ a minute for both local  
and long distance, and both inbound and outbound.  I never talk 500  
minutes a month, so it will be less expensive.


On May 22, 2008, at 6:00 AM, broadcast-request at radiolists.net wrote:

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> Another reason it is handy to have a "local" cell  phone is the
> reluctance of many businesses to return calls to long distance
> numbers. If your cell phone number is from an exchange that is out of
> your local dialing area, you may have problems getting your telephone
> calls returned. My station is in WV, on the border with Ohio, while I
> live in Ohio.
>
> The radio station is a local call from most parts of our nearest city
> (Parkersburg); leave that number if you call a business and they will
> return your call. It's long distance from the nearest city in
> Ohio--Marietta,--but they recognize the radio station's exchange as
> "local" or at least nearby, and will call back, even though it is a
> long distance call. Perhaps because many people in our town cross the
> border to trade in Marietta--it's closer; so they adjust to returning
> long distance calls to our town.
>
> If I would leave either my old number in Athens, or the cell phone
> number (also an Athens exchange), as the call back number, I wouldn't
> get a call back.  It's LONG DISTANCE, we can't call LONG DISTANCE!
>
> Seems to be more of a problem with folks with a fixed office--doctors,
> stores, etc. Also if the person returning the call is a
> secretary/receptionist/clerk type person. Service folks who are out on
> the road --and who do most of their business over the cell now,
> usually return calls when they get the chance, to whatever number you
> give them.
>
> Interesting phenomenon.  Will probably go away gradually as more and
> more people rely on cell phones rather than land lines as their main
> phone.