I am in Southern California and my Vonage primary number is in
> Washington, DC. I also have a virtual number local to my California > rate center.
> In effect, it's like having a DC foreign exchange line in Southern
> Calfornia. And, with a flat-rate out-WATS line, too. Think what all
> that would have cost in 1980, or so.
> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: But recall that with Vonage and ONE
> telephone line, all your outgoing (revenue producing for telco) calls
> are 'rate centered' Washington, DC. You cannot dial out using the
> virtual southern California line, only receive incoming calls on it. > PAT]
You're correct. I should have clarified that the virtual number is the equivalent of remote call forwarding. ;-)