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"CharlesH" <hoch@exemplary.invalid> wrote in message
news:QB16d.2121$JG2.89@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com...
> In article <L106d.1980$ls6.1077@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net>,
> _KC_ <kc@kc.com> wrote:
> >
> >"jadder" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> >news:nobody-8A141C.17552827092004@newssvr21-ext.news.prodigy.com...
> >> In article <1D%5d.2084$JG2.1849@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com>,
> >> hoch@exemplary.invalid (CharlesH) wrote:
> >>
> >> > I did some poking around at the VZW Web site (looking at the
In-Network
> >> > coverage map), and, as suggested by the new PRL changes, with a
handful
> >> > of exceptions, roaming on Extended Network systems is now part of
> >> > In-Network coverage. No big announcement; just the updated maps.
> >>
> >> So do we have to *228 to get this, get a new contract, or will it just
> >> happen automatically?
> >
> >
> >Depends on what plan you have and what area you are in. If you have
> >America's Choice plan, you get it automatically. They do want you to
update
> >your PRL but its not required, just recommended.
>
> From the discussion over in HowardForums, if you are on AC, you
> automatically have the new deal, but you have to update your PRL to get
> the new roam indicators, and some priorities have been tweaked to favor
> the providers they have the In-Nework deal with. For local plans, only
> new plans will have the new deal, due to coverage changes. What I'm not
> sure of is what has happened to the non-preferred providers previously
> included in local plans (as is the case in CA/NV). Local Digital Choice
> here at least used to be like a regional version of Single Rate National.
>
There wasn't any coverage changes on my local plan, LDC Carolinas, so no
plan change is required for the new In-Net coverage.
KC