Local calling area - moving cities in British Columbia

[adrian_neer23]

Hi PM Community,

I'm moving with my family from Vancouver to Kelowna.  We have three PM phone numbers: one with a 604 area code, one with a 778 area code, and one with a 672 area code.

My question is whether I should change these numbers after moving.  I think for the 604 number I should change it because once I am in Kelowna, anyone calling me from that city will have to call me long distance. 

But for the 778 and 672 numbers, which cover the whole province, will calls made from Kelowna to these numbers, while we are physically in Kelowna, also count as long distance?

Or here's another way of putting the question: when I start the process to change a number, it asks me to select a local calling area.  Is there a way to change the local calling area associated with a phone number I already have?  That is, even though the 778 and 672 area codes cover all of BC, can the local calling area be changed?

Thanks,

Adrian

[darlicious]

@adrian_neer23 

Use this link to check your local calling area.

https://localcallingguide.com/lca_exch.php?exch=108870

[computergeek541]

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@gblackma wrote:

@adrian_neer23  Its the second set of numbers that determine whether your number is local or not. Ie xxx yyy xxxx. Please check the CNAC website to check if your number is local or not http://www.cnac.ca/co_codes/co_code_status.htm. So the way to change it would be to get the  second 3 numbers associated with Kelowna. Or leave them alone and dial a 1 in front of your contact list.  Or change only the 604 one and give that to your local Kelowna contacts. You can change your number once per 30 day cycle from within your self service account. Stay safe 

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CNAC does not tell you if a number is local. It only tells you the city/rate centre that it is assigned to. Phone numbers in different cities/rate centres can still be local to each other. 

[darlicious]

@adrian_neer23 

The link supplied by @gblackma can be helpful in figuring out the local exchanges for telus in the kelowna and the surrounding areas. Try a few different exchanges to places like penticton, oosoyoos or vanderhoof to see what is still considered local and you will have a better chance at finding possibly your current numbers ( or close to it) in the okanagans local calling area. If you start now by every morning ( when new numbers are added to the pool) going into your account and looking thru the pool in the change number feature and if you find one snap it up just make sure you are logged into the correct account that you want the number change for. Otherwise log out and log in the correct one and repeat the action to find the number again.

 @Nezgar  Maybe you have some insight for the OP here.

[Anonymous]

There's nothing you can do other than to get a local number. But really...it's really just landlines these days that would still have only local calling. Doesn't everybody have Canada-wide these days.

I moved to the same area and I changed to a couple 236 numbers. No one blinks. If people are still paying for long distance then it's about time they got with the millennium.

[gblackma]

@adrian_neer23  Its the second set of numbers that determine whether your number is local or not. Ie xxx yyy xxxx. Please check the CNAC website to check if your number is local or not http://www.cnac.ca/co_codes/co_code_status.htm. So the way to change it would be to get the  second 3 numbers associated with Kelowna. Or leave them alone and dial a 1 in front of your contact list.  Or change only the 604 one and give that to your local Kelowna contacts. You can change your number once per 30 day cycle from within your self service account. Stay safe