Thursday, September 8th - Local Calling Area Expansion Begins Nov. 10th...

Beginning Nov. 10, long distance fees for telephone calls between most northern Colorado towns will end. 

The Colorado Public Utility Commission (P U C) had approved the local calling area expansion and the Qwest telephone company has announced completion of computer changes and a start date of Nov. 10.   Callers in Loveland , Fort Collins , Greeley , Windsor , Estes Park , Johnstown and neighboring towns will be able to phone each other without any long distance tolls. 

Monthly rates for residential or business service will not be increased. Qwest will provide details in customers’ billing envelopes beginning next month.

The expansion comes as the result of cooperation between the communities’ officials, the P U C and Qwest.

The expansion of the local calling area was requested because of the interdependency of northern Colorado for housing, employment, shopping, education, recreation, and social services. The expansion request stated calls should therefore be considered local, not long distance.

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