From: dannyb@panix.com   
      
   I can tell you from personal experience that in 1975   
   or so I was able   
   to use the onboard phone starting in NJ and going for   
   whatever time it took to get to Philly.   
      
   In other words, there was near seamless transitioning   
   from one tower with ranges of a dozen or so miles   
   to another.   
      
   While normally there was a hefty surcharge for   
   using the phones, The Phone Company didn't add them   
   in when using an "800" nnumber. So... I called   
   some companies and chatted away.   
      
   Misc side note: this was back in the days when   
   800 numbers were often goegraphically delineated.   
   (they still can be, but generally companies just   
   get a national one). So the operator intercepted   
   the call and asked what are code I was calling   
   from. I guessed at the reply of "215" (Philly)   
   and it worked.   
      
      
   --   
   _____________________________________________________   
   Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key   
   		     dannyb@panix.com   
   [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)