" From: "Jim Blair" <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx> " " A: Not to mention in this day and age of cellphones, new area codes are " popping up like crazy and that number you skip over MIGHT be nearby! I get " calls all day long from obviously out of state numbers and yet they show up " in a few minutes time for parts. it impacts more than just mobiles. this summer i got a deal from my isp for dsl + voip [network] phone for $20/mo - and thanks to number portability [which lets you keep your cell number when you switch service] i still have my old verizon number, even though verizon is now disconnected. i'm also still listed in superpages, but that must be a deal the isp worked. they're offering it in several states up here, and i could've had a number 'in' any of them. i had been paying ~$30/mo to verizon for 'pots' [plain old tel svc] + $15/mo for dialup internet, so i'm actually saving a bundle by going to dsl. otoh i had to wire my house... ________________________________________________________________________ Andrew Hay the genius nature internet rambler is to see what all have seen adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and think what none thought ________________________________________________________________________ Andrew Hay the genius nature internet rambler is to see what all have seen adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and think what none thought _______________________________________________ AMC-List mailing list AMC-List@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list or go to http://www.amc-list.com