Calling Cell Phones Could Cost More

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com>
 Phones Could Cost More

Calling Cell Phones Could Cost More

18 Oct 2002, 2:43pm ET

By BRIAN BERGSTEIN AP Business Writer

NEW YORK (AP) - Here's another reason to check your telephone bill closely.

A subtle realignment this fall in the nation's inscrutable tangle of
phone systems could cause a surprising increase in what some
consumers pay to call cell phones from traditional landlines.

The change, rooted in the different ways landline and wireless phone
networks are laid out, means some calls to cell phones that were once
considered local now incur higher toll charges.

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http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=29146163


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