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   AA>The usa-calling can be handy when some contacts inherit phones   
     >from outside the country. That can be the case especially when   
     >people travel during the summer.  I have one contact that   
     >recently moved from usa to canada.  They are still operating   
     >with T-Mobile. 1-410-845-XXXX (probably no roaming charges?)   
     >..and that's a call to the states that I can't do.   
      
   Yes, I was thinking it's easy enough to switch to something else   
   and get a new SIM card but not if they have a good reason to stay   
   with the plan they had. I've often worndered why phone companies   
   don't decide if a call is to the USA or not based on where you   
   are calling to/from rather than your plan, but I suppose it's to   
   do with cooperation between companies more than actual location.   
      
   RM> I'm surprised I don't have more problems.. The phone line is above   
   RM> ground and looks to be in terrible condition and I'm probably   
   RM> close to 2 miles from the Bell Box. To clarify, only the line to   
   RM> my house is ratty.   
      
   AA>It's probably getting a good chance to dry out faster than if   
     >it were underground.   
      
   But mine doesn't act up while it's raining either..    B)   
      
   RM> Seems to me a while back when they worked on mine it had   
   RM> to do with ground wires at my house. If I recall, there were two of   
   RM> them and he ended up cutting one of them to fix things.   
      
   AA>I think one cable like that has 4 pairs (tip-ring) to work with   
     >as substitutes before they have to replace the whole cable.   
      
   It appeared that there were 2 ground lines hooked up at the same   
   time and for some reason one of them was causing line noise.   
      
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