What companies offer landline phone service? A traditional telephone service, or POTS (Plain Old Telephone System), refers to a landline phone service that uses copper wiring to make and receive calls. It is usually offered by household-name companies such as Verizon, AT&T, MCI, or any other local landline operator in your specific area.What is a long distance carrier? A long-distance carrier is a telephone company that provides connections between local exchanges in different geographic areas.What is long distance telephone? In telecommunications, a long-distance call (U.S.) or trunk call (U.K.) is a telephone call made to a location outside a defined local calling area. Long-distance calls are typically charged a higher billing rate than local calls. The term is not necessarily synonymous with placing calls to another telephone area code.
You also asked if folks with land lines who call your local cell phone number will be charged long distance after you move to another state. That is a different question. I say probably not. My landline does not even have long distance, but when my wife travels, I can call her local cell number for free no matter where she is in the country.