DREUBEN@eagle.wesleyan.edu (Douglas Scott Reuben) (05/28/91)
Hi ... I'll be spending some time in New Mexico in about a week, and after talking (extensively) to the A and B systems there, I still could use a few answers. -> For the "A" systems: Centel seems to operate out of Santa Fe. They do NOT (according to them) have "Nationlink" (aka "Roam America, the "A"'s version of Follow Me Roaming.) Metro Mobile, in Albuquerque, does have Nationlink. Metro Mobile is DMXed to Centel, ie, you can drive from system to system and still get paged and have your Custom Calling features work. Thus, if one calls the Santa Fe roam port to reach a mobile customer, such a mobile customer will be reachable in both the Santa Fe system and the Albq. system. (This is true in other "real" DMX areas, like RI/Boston, Jersey/Phil/Wilmington, NY/Northern NJ/CT/W.Mass, etc.) My question is: Let's say I go to Albuquerque, activate Nationlink, and then spend most of my time in Santa Fe. Will I be able to get calls in Santa Fe due to the DMX? My exeprience with other systems tells me the answer is "Yes", yet I am wondering if anyone else has actually tried this out. -> As to the "B"s: Is there a "B" in Santa Fe? No one was sure about this, and there was some suggestion made that a new system had been set up but no info was available yet. Any word on this? Guess that's about it ... It should be interesting to roam around there and try out the systems. I'm just wondering how Metro Mobile/CT will manage to mess up my bill this time. They can't pass off the blame to someone else, since THEY service Albuquerque as well! Thanks in advance for any info, Doug dreuben@eagle.wesleyan.edu // dreuben@wesleyan.bitnet
"John R. Covert 31-May-1991 1440" <covert@covert.enet.dec.com> (05/31/91)
> As to the "B"s: Is there a "B" in Santa Fe? No one was sure about > this, and there was some suggestion made that a new system had been > set up but no info was available yet. Any word on this? U.S. West has the license to operate the B system, but have not built it yet. Their Albuquerque system reaches to just barely the southern edge of Santa Fe, they tell me. For more info, call them on 800-238-7848. john