-=> On 05-10-06  12:43,  Michiel Van Der Vlist <=-
 -=> spoke to Dale Shipp about none <=-

 DS>    It is possible that phone A can call phone B for free but not the
 DS> other way around.

 MVDV> Odd, I would think the phone companies would avoid such a 
 MVDV> situation. I have never seen such an asymetric situation 
 MVDV> here. Local is one's own area code and the adjacent ones.

  The most common situation where it occurs is when A has paid for an
  extended calling area, but B has not.
 
 DS>   call, and then switches it off.    I use the phone for perhaps 100
 DS>   minutes per year or less.

 MVDV> I see. And you have no problem keeping the batteries 
 MVDV> charged? I always have problems with gadgets I do not use 
 MVDV> very often.

  I have to take it out every month or so and plug it in to recharge it.

                               Dale Shipp
                  fido_261_1466 (at) comcast (dot) net
                              (1:261/1466)


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