What does "Extended Local Area" mean?

I was checking out my features on my account online and I ran across this:


EDGE WIRELESS CA
ELA
Extended Local Area (Calling Areas)


Anyone have an idea of what this means? It was added to my "plan" a few months ago without my knowledge. I tried calling Cingular but my head started to hurt waiting for someone to pick up.

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dun noe about edge, but the 'extended service' should be your roaming charges, when u roam it should say on your phone 'cingular extended'...but i couldnt tell u for sure

i know what edge is all about, i've used it before.

but if u really wanted to know you'd wait on the phone. I work in an inbound call center and abandoned calls (when customers hang up) really piss me off so i'm not gonna help you.

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uhh okay. and the point of replying to this thread was....???

i think it means roaming charges apply (except you get free roaming so it dosnet matter).

exactly...if your on a gsm plan with phone of course you DO NOT get chraged roaming...so enjoy.

unless you have an old calling plan...