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Old Sep 26, 2012, 12:06 pm
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Originally Posted by fairviewroad
Wonder if Hyder residents get dinged for international charges when they call someone else in Alaska?
With old phonelines they wouldnt because they get so many exchange numbers ( area code-exchange-xxxx ). Thus if it comes from these exchanges to the US its not an international call (though I wonder how the NSA interprets this...)


With cell carriers this happens all the time in places such as Buffalo/Niagara Falls where in parts of the city the closest cell tower is in Canada so the call gets routed through Canadian carriers lines. I think its Verizon and Rogers that share line routing/signals.
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