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From: Brian {Hamilton Kelly} <bhk@dsl.co.uk>
Newsgroups: demon.ip.support,demon.tech.unix,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Batch FTP and Web Pages
Date: Wed, 03 Jul 96 09:30:33 GMT
Organization: Dragonhill Systems Ltd
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In article <836329401snz@zhochaka.demon.co.uk>
dbell@zhochaka.demon.co.uk "David G. Bell" writes:
> ISTR that local call areas in the USA are far, far, smaller than those
> in the UK, which also makes a difference. Isn't _all_ of London a
> single area, with the 081 and 071 charging areas adjacent and thus
> 'local' to each other?
Indeed; in fact it's even better than that. From any 0171/0181 number,
one can call any other, and also any of those in the ring of suburbs:
these include the Watford, Colney Heath, Hoddesdon, Romford, Swanley,
Merstham, Esher, and Iver charging groups; this amounts to almost 23% of
the population of the whole UK.
Since a local call is one to any exchange in the same or an *adjacent*
charging group, then the UK's local call areas are indeed large:
excluding coastal charging groups, which have fewer adjacent groups, the
average size of a local call area is a circle of roughly 38 miles
diameter (please don't confuse this with the 35 miles radius for Regional
Rate calls). AIUI, local call areas in the USA are lucky if they're as
much as six miles across.
--
Brian {Hamilton Kelly} bhk@dsl.co.uk
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