An ISP of their own (was RE: [rescue] Being jobless)

Phil Stracchino alaric at caerllewys.net
Wed Jul 30 21:54:18 CDT 2003


On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 09:11:29PM -0400, Curtis H. Wilbar Jr. wrote:
> The other way around this is using Data-Over-Voice.  Essentially the
> equipment flags the call as a voice call, and therefore you don't get
> billed (provided it is a local call).

As far as I know (at least in California, under Pacific Bell) there is
no free local calling on ISDN.  EVERY CALL, voice or data, local or
long-distance, is a toll call.

Other RBOCs may, of course, vary.

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