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Interstate or interlata calls are calls originating from one state to another. While the intrastate or intralata calls are long distance calls made within your state, but to an area outside of your LATA or local calling area.
Usually Intrastate calls are calls made to a different area code than your own. Intralata calls are long-distance calls made within a specific area that are usually billed by your local phone company. Intralata calls are considered as a long-distance even if it is made within your same area code. Changing your intralata calling does not change your local phone service in any way. But it usually saves you a lot of money on your phone bills.
Intrastate and Intralata rates are determined by the individual states and their Public Service Commission, or their Public Utilities Commission. Each state has a different interstate rates and intrastate rate.
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