TORONTO – Rogers Home Phone customers in Hamilton can now take advantage of expanded local calling zone boundaries in the region.
Starting today calls from Rogers Home Phone customers in Hamilton, Ancaster, Dundas, Galt, and Stoney Creek to anyone residing in the above exchanges and also in the Binbrook, Freelton, Lynden, Mount Hope, Waterdown, and Winona exchanges are free – meaning there is no need to dial “1” before the number and users will not be charged long distance fees for a call within Rogers’ newly-defined local calling zone. Rogers is the first company to expand the region’s local calling area.
Rogers offers circuit-switched local telephony in the Hamilton area using the facilities it acquired when it bought Sprint Canada.
Local leaders have been pressuring Bell to do the same in the region for months.
Before the expansion by Rogers, long distance charges were applied to calls from cities that were, in some cases, mere miles apart.
Rogers Home Phone is available for as low as $29.95 per month with one calling feature. Customers can also bundle their Rogers Home Phone, Wireless and Hi-Speed Internet services to receive an additional discount of up to 10%.
