DREUBEN@eagle.wesleyan.edu) (DOUGLAS SCOTT REUBEN) (03/24/89)
In Connecticut, we have Metro Mobile as well, and they do not bill for busys, no-answers, or calls which were terminated before completion. The same goes for the Wireline Carrier (Southern New England Tel), as well as for New England Tel in Rhode Island and Mass, and the non-wireline in Boston (Cellular One?) Metro One (non-wireline) in New York and Northern Jersey doesn't charge for incompletes, and neither does New York Tel/New Jersey Bell's "NYNEX-Bell Atlantic Partnership Service". (Since I am a non-wireline, I'm sure about Metro Mobile and Metro One, and the info about NYNEX/Jersey Bell/SNET was what I was told in Dec, although that COULD have changed.) All this talk about rates makes me interested in what sort of service people get. With Metro Mobile, I get coverage from New Bedford, Mass, down I-95 all the way to Greenwhich, CT (about 150 miles) and from Springfield/Pittsfield, Mass down to the Connecituct Shore. (110 miles?) Metro Mobile is also "DMXed" with Metro One in New York, so callers can reach me while I am in New York, WITHOUT a Roam port, simply by dialing my CT number. So effectively, my coverage is from Central New Jersey to just south of Boston, which to me is pretty impressive! One added bonus of the DMX agreement is that my Call-Forwarding works in the New York/New Jersey area also, which is very useful. (Metro One in New York and New Jersey advertises that a customer of their system can make an UNINTERRUPTED call from Wilmington, DE, to Hartford, CT (and probably Springfield, Mass)! That's one thing I'd like to have that Metro Mobile doesn't, as I keep getting cut off at the New York-Connecticut border.) Finally, I've heard from some of the staff and Metro Mobile that they are trying for a DMX agreement with Cell One (?) in Boston. Anyone hear about this? It would really be great if this took place! One number and no Roam ports from New Jersey to Maine! Happy motoring! -Doug DREUBEN%Eagle.Weslyn@Wesleyan.Bitnet DREUBEN@Eagle.Wesleyan.EDU